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A photograph of a seated group of smiling participants in white clothing with orange-brown rudraksha malas around their necks and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads. In the foreground, a bearded man in white kurta and white dhoti sits cross-legged, smiling, his face and forehead marked with white ash. Beside him, a man in a blue-and-white striped shirt and dark lungi holds a microphone and speaks, with a red tilak on his forehead. Young girls in white dresses and rudraksha malas sit at the lower right, laughing. Behind them, many more people in white garments fill the frame. The setting appears to be a satsang or group discourse session.

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A photograph of a seated group in white clothing at a satsang gathering. A man in the centre wears white dhoti and kurta, a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala, and holds a corded microphone to his mouth with his eyes closed. Around him, young men and boys in white and rudraksha beads sit close, some smiling and listening. On the right, a young woman in white with a rudraksha mala holds a pair of colourful sticks. A man in a blue-and-white striped shirt and rudraksha beads sits behind them. The central man has no distinctive long hair, crown or saffron clothing, so the appearance is too uncertain to identify him as a person.2007-05-04A photograph of a large seated audience in white clothing and rudraksha malas at an evening satsang. In the centre, a smiling woman with long curly dark hair wears a white outfit with an orange-red shawl and holds a microphone, apparently speaking or asking a question. 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No one in the scene is presented as a person.2006-05-21July 21 20132013-07-21A photograph of a large seated group in white clothing inside a hall at night, with many people wearing rudraksha malas. In the foreground, a bald man in white with an orange-edged cloth sits with his back partly toward the camera, near a microphone cable. Centre, a man in white with a white forehead mark holds a microphone and sits on a white sheet beside a woman in white who appears to be placing small objects on the cloth. Around them, devotees in white sit closely together, several with forehead markings and malas, and a woman in a pale dress sits at the right. The photo is taken from a low angle at the front of the gathering.2007-05-04A seated audience photographed from the front at a satsang gathering, with a crowd of smiling men and women in white and pale clothing. Many men wear white kurtas or shirts with rudraksha malas and lanyards, and several women in white saris sit in the upper rows. 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