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A photograph of a meditation session in a bright hall with white walls. In the foreground, a man with a shaved head in a plain white t-shirt sits cross-legged on a striped mat, eyes closed, hands resting on his knees in mudra. Beside him, a man with dark hair in a white kurta and a dark rudraksha-style mala and a name badge sits with eyes closed. At the right, a man in a white t-shirt with a dark mala and badge sits with hands clasped. Behind them, a large group of seated and standing participants in white clothing fills the room, with colourful hanging tassels visible at the top left.

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September 10 20102010-09-10A photograph of a yoga or satsang session in a hall. In the foreground, a bald, bearded man in white kurta and white pants sits cross-legged on a mat with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. Beside him, a younger man in white clothes with a name badge sits with hands clasped. Behind them, rows of seated participants in white clothes sit on mats. The background shows a golden decorated shrine area and a red cloth. The seated figure's appearance is not a distinctive presentation with multiple qualifying cues, so identity is uncertain.2010-09-18May 18 20122012-05-18May 09 20132013-05-09 +1 copiesSeated meditation in a large hall with rows of devotees on red and maroon mats, most dressed in white kurtas and dhotis. In the foreground a man in white kurta and white pants sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded, wearing a red tilak on his forehead, a gold chain and wrist beads. Beside him a man with a white shawl and rudraksha mala sits in meditation. On the left a bare-chested sadhu with dreadlocks, white tilak and a white cloth draped over his shoulder sits with hands joined, and on the right an elderly man wears an orange cloth and a white shawl. Many participants in the background sit in a similar posture.2016-08-28November 29 20112011-11-29October 12 20112011-10-12March 06 20132013-03-06Several people sit cross-legged with eyes closed in a meditation or kriya session, seated on a blue mat. In the foreground a man in white kurta sits with eyes closed and lips relaxed. Beside him an older man with grey hair, moustache and a red tilak on his forehead wears a white kurta with a dark rudraksha mala. Behind them a man in a yellow kurta with a beaded mala and a name badge sits eyes closed, and a man in a grey striped kurta and others in plain clothes sit further back among chairs and bottles of water.2011-11-06A seated group of devotees meditating with eyes closed in a hall, dressed in plain white kurtas and dhotis, sitting on red and white striped mats on a tiled floor. In the foreground a man with short hair and a stubbled face sits upright with hands resting, and beside him a shaved-headed man in white sits with hands folded in his lap and a gold bracelet on his wrist. Behind them more devotees sit in rows, some with hands folded, and bags, water bottles and a folded cloth lie on the floor. No one in the image is identifiable as a person by the visible cues described here.2010-09-18November 01 20112011-11-01Men sit cross-legged in meditation on striped mats in a hall with red chairs behind them. In the foreground a middle-aged man with grey hair, a red tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a white shirt and beige trousers holds his hands in a mudra with eyes closed. He wears a conference-style ID badge and a bracelet. Several other seated participants in white shirts and pink or blue clothing meditate beside and behind him. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable, so the person is described by role as a meditating devotee.2011-10-29