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A satsang-style gathering indoors, with a seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a golden throne-like chair in the background. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a ceremonial beaded mala and bangles, wearing saffron cloth and a shawl over the shoulder, hands out a book to a young girl in a blue top and a white-and-pink-trimmed saree-clad woman stands at left. Other devotees in saffron and brown robes with rudraksha malas and tilak marks stand and sit nearby, some holding hardback books, and a red-cushioned seat is at right. A printed credit line overlays the image, and the book covers show a temple scene with a deity image. Several people are holding out copies of the book.

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October 28 20132013-10-28A photo inside a hall with red curtains and a gold-framed throne at right. A young woman in a yellow floral salwar kameez receives a small book from a man seated at right in saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas and gold bangles, with a headset microphone; he holds a book in his other hand. Behind them, several saffron-robed men, some shaved-headed and some with white tilaka, sit or stand, and a woman in a white sari with red border and other devotees in white and yellow watch. A tall air conditioner and pedestal fans stand against the wall. The page labels this as a person, probable, from the saffron clothing, rudraksha malas, headset and throne setting.2013-10-28October 28 20132013-10-28October 28 20132013-10-28A photograph of a seated satsang gathering in an ashram hall with pink walls and a red curtain. On the right, a man in orange and rust-coloured robes with a rudraksha mala and a headset microphone smiles and extends a book toward a bowing woman in a white sari with yellow floral print. Behind them, a bald monk in orange robes with a gold chain and tilak stands, and a man in orange sits on an ornate gold throne beside a gold lion-headed armrest, holding rudraksha beads. A bald man in orange and a gold necklace reaches for books, and a woman in patterned clothing stands at left. Several people hold a person-titled books, and a child is partly visible at lower left. The gathering appears to be a book distribution during a satsang.2013-10-28October 25 20152015-10-25A photograph in an ashram-style room with red and gold furnishings. In the foreground a young man in a light blue checked shirt kneels and bends forward, receiving books from a woman in saffron-brown robes with gold armbands and a ceremonial gold necklace, who holds a stack of books. Beside them a bald priest in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala and gold necklace and white tripundra marks on his forehead bends toward the kneeling man. A man in white shirt and trousers stands at left with hands folded in namaste. Behind them a seated elder in saffron robes and rudraksha mala sits on an ornate gold throne with a gold crown-shaped backrest, and a standing figure in orange clothing is visible at the rear. A white air conditioner and pedestal fans are in the background.2013-10-28April 27 20162016-04-27May 06 20162016-05-06A man in a white collared shirt and dark trousers hands a small blue book to a smiling figure seated on a red tiger-striped cushioned throne in front of a large gold ornate backrest. The seated figure wears a saffron-orange garment over the shoulder, a long rudraksha mala, gold armbands and bangles, and a headset microphone, with long swept-back dark hair. Nearby, saffron-robed priests with white tilak marks sit on the floor, one receiving books, and another gold-throned figure in saffron sits behind. Stacks of books lie on a red cloth, and another hand reaches in from the lower right. A temple-style gold and red decorative panel is visible at the top right. a person cues: long swept-back hair, saffron clothing, rudraksha mala and gold ornaments, seated on the throne, distributing books.2013-10-28October 28 20132013-10-28October 28 20132013-10-28