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A seated devotional gathering in a bright hall with pale walls and red curtains. In the foreground, several smiling men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sit cross-legged on mats, with white forehead markings and arm markings; one holds a notebook and pen. Brass lamps and small plates sit before them. Behind, a large crowd of young people in black clothing and white ritual shawls sit attentively, many with white tilak. A standing figure in white and orange is at the back, and a brass urn and water jugs stand near a draped table.

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A seated assembly of saffron-robed monks and devotees fills a hall with red curtains. In the front row, several young disciples in orange robes with rudraksha malas sit cross-legged on the floor, one bald-headed man in an orange robe with a white forehead mark sits with hands folded, and a young boy with a shaved head and white tilak sits near the lower right. Behind them, men in white shirts and orange or red shawls sit in rows, many wearing orange sashes and lanyards. Brass vessels and small ritual objects are placed on the floor before the group, and a metal chain barrier runs along the front.2013-10-20 +1 copiesA photograph of a large indoor assembly of seated devotees in a hall with pink walls and red curtains. Most men wear saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, with white horizontal tilak marks on their foreheads, while others wear white dhotis with shawls. Several seated people hold open books, and in the foreground brass plates with offerings and small bowls sit on silver trays. Metal crowd barriers and seated women in white and colourful saris fill the background. No individual is clearly identifiable as a senior teacher in this view.2013-03-13 +1 copiesMarch 01 20132013-03-01July 26 20132013-07-26March 03 20132013-03-03October 20 20132013-10-20 +1 copiesMarch 17 20132013-03-17July 20 20132013-07-20A seated group of devotees in an ashram hall during a satsang. In the foreground, a man with long hair and white sacred ash stripes on his forehead and arms wears a white dhoti with an orange border and sits with palms together. Beside him a younger priest in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with hands folded, and to the right a shaved-headed monk in orange with a mala sits with eyes lowered. Brass puja vessels and small oil lamps rest on the mat. Behind them, many men and boys in black and white clothes, orange lanyards and red or maroon shawls sit closely together, some with hands in anjali, while a man in white stands near the back.2013-02-20October 19 20172017-10-19A large hall during a seated ritual gathering. In the foreground, several shaved-headed men wear saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas and white tilak marks on their foreheads and arms, seated on mats before brass plates, small brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels. Behind them, a wide crowd of seated devotees fills the room, many in white and some in orange, with red curtains, air conditioners and a pillar-lined floor. Several people in white stand at the back and the right edge. No candidate can be identified with confidence from appearance, so the seated monastics are described by role only.2013-09-13August 28 20152015-08-28 +1 copies