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Evening photo of a ceremony in an open-sided hall with concrete block walls and a brass oil lamp stand. On the left, a man in white dhoti with yellow borders and long dark hair holds a gold vessel while moving through the crowd. Around him, many young people in orange and red garments sit on the floor, some with flowers in their hair, rudraksha-style beads and forehead markings. A standing woman in an orange shawl stands near the lamp stand. The lighting is dim with a bright spotlight at upper right. Several people sit close together watching the ritual. No speaker with a clear a person appearance is confidently identifiable here.

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A photograph of a hall during an initiation session, with many people seated on orange cloth mats on the floor. Most seated attendees wear orange or saffron sarongs and shawls, with rudraksha malas and beaded necklaces; several have long dreadlocked hair tied back. A standing woman in a white sari with a gold border and an older woman in white garments stand among them. On the right, an ornate gold-and-red chair sits empty, flanked by tripod-mounted cameras, and a large screen shows a figure in the top right corner. A man in white kurta stands at left.2017-11-13August 13 20162016-08-13November 29 20172017-11-29A seated group of devotees in a temple hall during a satsang or ritual gathering. Many younger women and girls wear orange and saffron saris with gold borders, rudraksha malas, and white forehead markings. Some wear white garments and others a pale blue patterned sari. In the foreground, blurred figures sit near brass bowls and a lit lamp, with red chairs visible at the back of the hall. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the visible people.2015-02-07A dense crowd of devotees gathers at night in an outdoor courtyard, many wearing saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, while others wear white dhotis or kurtas with orange shawls. Several women in orange saris and some with white forehead markings stand close together, and a man in a white kurta holds a video camera at left. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2017-08-07March 28 20182018-03-28 +1 copiesOctober 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20162016-01-21A photo of a large hall with cream walls and framed religious pictures, where many people sit on orange cloth on the floor. Most seated figures wear orange saffron dhotis and wraps with rudraksha mala beads and white forehead markings, many with long dark hair. Some people wear white clothes, and a woman in white with a long braid and mala stands at right. Gold ceremonial decorations and an orange-clad figure appear at left near an altar area. Several men in white sit among the group at the back.2017-11-13July 16 20172017-07-16July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesJuly 13 20132013-07-13