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A young man with short dark curly hair, eyes closed and a small red tilak on his forehead, sits with palms pressed together in namaste at a satsang-style gathering. He wears a dark navy shawl over his shoulders. Around him, seated devotees fill the frame: a woman with glasses in the foreground, a woman with hair tied back, and others in red, orange and grey clothing. Red seats and a red and yellow draped backdrop frame the scene.

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A photo of a seated audience at a KAILASA satsang-style gathering in a hall with red and yellow drapery. A young man in the centre, wearing a dark jacket and a small tilak on his forehead, sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Around him, devotees sit on red chairs and cushions, including a woman in the foreground wearing glasses and a bindi, and others in saffron, white and patterned clothing. No speaker or dais is clearly visible in this frame.2017-12-18A large crowd of seated devotees sits in a hall, many with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed in prayer or meditation. In the foreground a young man in a black hooded sweatshirt with a rudraksha-style mala at his neck holds his hands together, and beside him a young woman in a grey vest over a white top, with a beaded mala, also prays. Blurred figures in orange, turquoise and blue clothing fill the background, and a woman on the left wears a turquoise top with a red-orange beaded necklace. No single person in the scene is identifiable as a person, and the setting appears to be a satsang or puja gathering.2016-12-12Crowded indoor satsang with devotees seated close together against red and blue drapery. In the centre, a man with short dark hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala with a white shawl sits with palms pressed together in anjali. Beside him a woman in glasses and a red bindi also has hands folded, and others wear white and cream garments with gold borders. Several men near the back have white tripundra markings on their foreheads and wear rudraksha malas and brown robes. Foreground heads are blurred. Whether the central man is a person is uncertain; no distinctive presentation cues are clearly visible.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23Crowded seated devotional gathering with a central man in white dhoti and cloth, brown rudraksha mala around his neck, eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaskar. Nearby, a man in a saffron-brown garment with a long gold necklace sits behind him, and several devotees with white tilak on their foreheads and women in saris or glasses are seated in the blurred foreground. Deep red drapes form the backdrop. The page links this to the 40th Avatardinotsava celebration, but the central man's appearance is not distinctive enough to confirm a person's presence.2016-12-23A photograph of a seated devotional gathering with many people in the foreground. In the centre, a man with short black hair, closed eyes and palms pressed together in anjali sits in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a woman in white with glasses and a red-bead mala also sits with eyes lowered. Behind them, several people wear white and yellow-bordered clothing, white horizontal forehead marks and beaded necklaces. A red and blue draped backdrop fills the background. Blurred heads in the lower foreground frame the image.2016-12-23A photograph taken at a seated gathering in a large hall with blurred audience members in the background. In the foreground a young man with short dark hair, a small vertical mark on his forehead, and a dark zip-up hoodie over a white t-shirt, with a rudraksha-style bead pendant, looks toward the camera. Beside him a woman with curly hair wears a dark blue top and a red-brown beaded mala, and to the right an older man in a white kurta wears a red-brown mala. Chairs and a red seat are visible. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present in the frame.2016-12-12December 18 20172017-12-18May 21 20152015-05-21Close profile photo of a young boy with short dark hair and a white vertical tilak with a small red dot on his forehead, eyes closed and lips parted as if chanting. He wears a dark charcoal kurta with a beaded, embroidered collar, and his palms are pressed together in anjali mudra. Other blurred people sit at the edges of the frame, and the background is soft warm light with red and cream tones.2012-10-24A photograph of a satsang-style gathering in a crowded hall. In the centre, a young woman with reddish-brown hair tied back with a multicoloured headband stands with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra, wearing an olive-green ribbed top and a long rudraksha mala with a vibhuti bindi on her forehead. Around her, several devotees sit close together: a woman in an orange top with a pink shawl behind her, a person in dark clothing wearing a long mala at left, and partial figures at the edges. A red draped backdrop sits behind them.2017-12-18A large seated congregation sits cross-legged on red mats in a bright hall during a darshan session. In the foreground a young man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak presses his palms together in prayer, eyes lowered. Beside him a man in a white shirt with glasses also holds anjali mudra. Behind them a Western man in a black t-shirt, several men in white ritual clothes and a man in a black tee sit with eyes closed, while a bottle of water rests on the mat at left. Pink and white lighting fills the background crowd.2016-04-17 +1 copies