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Seated devotees at a satsang, photographed from the side. An older man with white hair, glasses and white-painted forehead marks wears a white shirt and a dark beaded mala, his palms pressed together. Behind him a young boy with a red bindi looks toward the camera, flanked by a man in a white shirt with a dark mala and gold bangles, also with hands folded in prayer. Blurred figures and a colourful cloth fill the foreground and background. No swami is visible in the frame.

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January 13 20152015-01-13Several men sit seated on a floor in a hall during a satsang-style gathering, with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. In the centre, a young man in glasses and a white dhoti with a red border wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles. To the left, a bald man in white cloth and a mala also holds his palms together, and on the right an older man in white with grey beard prays. A man in a bright green shirt and a bald man in the foreground are partly visible. The mood is quiet devotion in a plain room.2011-06-07Devotees sit close together at a satsang, hands pressed in anjali mudra with eyes lowered in prayer. A woman in the left foreground wears wire-rimmed glasses, a white top, a gold bangle and a white jasmine garland with red flowers. Beside her a man in a cream shirt also wears a white and red flower garland and joins his palms. Behind them a man in a purple shirt with a white garland sits, and a boy in white stands at the lower left edge. Several other seated devotees are partly visible in the background.2013-05-12March 26 20172017-03-26March 26 20172017-03-26January 22 20172017-01-22June 13 20132013-06-13May 20 20162016-05-20A seated devotee gathering in a large hall, mostly men and boys in white dhotis with golden-yellow borders and white shirts or bare upper bodies. The central man wears thin-framed glasses, a long rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders, a gold-rimmed pendant and a round pin with an image, and holds his hands together in a mudra-like gesture while looking ahead. Behind him, others sit with palms pressed together in prayer, and a boy in orange wraps sits at the right. A young girl in orange with gold necklaces sits in the foreground. The scene suggests a satsang or meditation session, though no specific ritual is clearly shown.2017-03-26A young boy in a white kurta with a red vibhuti or kumkum mark on his forehead sits among seated devotees in white clothing. A man on the left wears glasses and a red shawl over a rudraksha mala, and an older man in white leans in to adjust or tie a white cord around the boy's neck. Other seated people in white and a man in white at the right edge are visible in a bright hall. Rudraksha beads hang on the boy's chest. No one is identifiable as a person in this image.2015-11-22A seated devotee in a white dhoti and white shawl with a gold border sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes lifted in devotion. Multiple rudraksha mala strands hang around his neck and a small red tilak marks his forehead. Behind him, a crowd of devotees sits in white and saffron clothing, and a young boy in orange robes sits at left. The setting is a large gathering.2016-05-20A dense crowd of devotees seated closely together, many with white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and wearing rudraksha malas. Several raise their hands in prayer or devotion, and a few young men wear red-and-orange shawls with white dhotis. A metal rod runs upright through the crowd, and a thin white cord stretches across the scene. Foreground faces are blurred, and the back rows wear white and cream clothing.2014-08-24