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A young man with a large dreadlocked topknot sits at a wooden table beside a laptop, speaking into a headset microphone held near his mouth. He wears a white dhoti-style cloth with a gold border, a black beaded mala, a rudraksha bracelet and a headset slung around his neck. Both arms are covered in large tattoos, including a deity face on the upper arm. Behind him, a figure in orange robes with a red head covering sits, and golden figures and warm lamplight appear in the background.

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August 15 20172017-08-15 +1 copiesA man sits cross-legged on a yellow mat in front of a gold and orange silk drape with pink stripes and green fringe. He wears a tied turban of loose twisted hair, rudraksha mala beads with a pendant, a bare chest with white horizontal markings on the shoulders and upper arms, and white dhoti with gold border. His eyes are closed and one hand is raised to his mouth in a meditative or yoga practice pose, with a brass pot placed beside him.2018-04-24Close photograph of a seated devotee with long grey-blonde dreadlocks tied with a pink band, wearing a white top and red-and-white cloth over one shoulder, touching his forehead with his right hand where a tattoo is visible on the wrist. Behind him, other seated participants in white and red clothing, and a figure in orange robes sit in a blurred hall during an initiation session.2016-10-08May 16 20172017-05-16Indoor group gathering with several people seated closely together, mostly dressed in white and cream traditional kurtas and loose trousers. In the foreground, a young man with long dreadlocks, a rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace holds a black handheld microphone and speaks toward someone seated in front with white hair. To his left, a man in cream clothes with a rudraksha mala sits with arms folded and eyes lowered. On the right, a bearded man in a white kurta with a vertical tilak on his forehead smiles and looks down. Behind them, more participants sit, including a person in an orange-red headwrap and a woman in an orange top. A brass lamp stand is visible in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present.2017-04-05July 08 20172017-07-08January 03 20172017-01-03Photo of a seated group of devotees in white ritual clothes on an orange-and-purple mat, working at open laptops connected by a tangle of blue and black cables. In the foreground a man in white with a hand raised to his mouth sits beside a young man bare-chested with a white dhoti, red-bordered cloth and rudraksha mala, pointing at a laptop. Behind them a woman in white with a yellow shawl looks toward a screen, and further along a woman in white with an orange-red wrap and a bald man in white sit at their computers. A projector screen and a red curtain are visible in the background. The people shown are devotees and staff, not identifiable as a specific person from their appearance.2011-02-20December 16 20172017-12-16March 31 20122012-03-31A seated group gathering in white ritual clothes inside a temple hall, with a golden ornament visible at the upper left. In the centre, a man with dreadlocks, white kurta and a rudraksha mala holds a black microphone and speaks, while another man beside him in a white kurta with a tilak on his forehead listens. Other seated devotees surround them, including a woman with long braids and a bindi, a man in a rust-coloured head wrap, and an older woman in grey hair in the lower foreground. A man at the left wears a beige kurta and rudraksha beads.2017-04-05Photo of a seated group of devotees in white and cream ritual clothing in a meeting hall, working at open laptops on an orange cloth. Leftmost, a man in white holds a black headset-like device to his head with both hands. Next, a young man with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti with maroon border looks at a phone in his hand. A woman in a yellow shawl and white outfit types on a laptop, and beside her a woman in white with a red shawl also works at a laptop. Further right, a bald man in white and a person in orange robes sit at computers. Cables and a power strip run across the orange cloth. A red curtain, wall screen and white board are visible behind.2011-02-20