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Close side-profile photo of a balding, middle-aged man with a mustache in a white shirt and a yellow sash with rudraksha beads, holding a thin stick or incense-like object near his nose. Gold bangles on his wrist. Beside him a shaved-headed person in white and an older man with grey hair are partly visible, with a blue water bottle at left and white-clad people in the background. The setting appears to be a ritual gathering with white and yellow fabrics behind.

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Photograph of a seated group of devotees in white clothing with yellow-and-red sacred threads, eyes closed, performing a ritual during a homa or tharpanam offering in a hall. In the foreground a man in white with a yellow cord rests his hand near his face holding a small object; behind him others sit in meditative prayer, several holding small items with their fingers. Gold bangles and a dark beaded bracelet are visible on the wrists of some participants. The background is blurred with more seated attendees and a bright window at the top.2009-07-01November 21 20152015-11-21A photograph of a seated group of devotees in white ritual clothes during a homa or tharpanam offering. In the foreground, a balding man in the middle-aged bracket wears a white garment, a yellow-and-gold cloth draped at his neck with a dark rudraksha mala, and holds a thin stick or incense-like item near his mouth. Beside him, a shaved-headed devotee tilts his head back, also in white with a yellow cloth. Behind them, another man with grey hair and white clothing sits, with a blurred figure in red and white to the right. Blurred blue and yellow items sit at the left edge.2009-07-01A photograph of a yoga session with a group of practitioners in white clothing, several with yellow-trimmed white garments and rudraksha malas. In the foreground a middle-aged man with grey hair wears a white polo shirt and a lanyard badge reading Nithya Kriya Yoga, his hand raised to his nose in a breathing practice, eyes closed. Beside him a young man in white with yellow trim and a rudraksha mala performs the same nasal gesture. Others in the background mirror the posture in a bright hall with framed pictures on the walls.2015-06-20Close-up photograph of a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti-style cloth, bare-chested with white ash marks on his shoulders, eyes closed and right hand raised to his face with fingers touching near the brow, performing a meditation gesture. He wears a gold ring, a gold bangle, and layered rudraksha and dark beaded malas. Behind him, a second man in white with glasses and a similar hand position, along with other blurred figures seated in a meditative group, suggest a guided meditation session such as an eN Kriya initiation.2011-02-20A photograph of a seated man with closed eyes and a neat moustache, wearing a plain white short-sleeved kurta with a button placket, in a meditative posture among a crowd of white-clad seated devotees. Behind him, an older bald man in a white shirt and a bespectacled older man with a white vibhuti mark on his forehead also sit with eyes lowered. The background is blurred with more people in white clothes.2013-05-08Devotees seated in a hall during a satsang or meditation session, eyes closed. In the foreground a man in white kurta and an orange-red shawl with printed Sanskrit-style script holds a small object to his forehead with his right hand, wearing a gold wristwatch and a red thread on his wrist. To the left, a bald man with a white beard wears white clothes and an orange shawl with his hands raised near his face. Other people, one with white hair, sit blurred in the foreground and background. A patterned wall and a red panel are visible behind them.2016-10-11Photograph of several devotees seated in a temple hall performing nadi shodhana-style breath practice, each pinching one nostril with a finger. A man in the foreground wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle, with a watch on his other wrist. Beside him a younger man in white with a red-and-white thread tied on his wrist and glasses, and a bearded man in a yellow t-shirt on the left, and another man in white on the far right, all seated and blurred in the background. The background shows a warm-lit hall with a flame at the upper right edge.2011-11-17Large seated gathering of devotees in white and orange clothing during an initiation session. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold trim wears a long gold-bead necklace and multiple rudraksha malas; he touches a small object to his forehead near the third eye. Around him many seated devotees, some in white, some in orange or red robes, perform similar gestures with eyes closed. Blurred background of further participants and a building.2016-05-06September 12 20152015-09-12May 21 20152015-05-21October 16 20122012-10-16