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Outdoor ritual gathering with a young man in orange cloth holding a handheld microphone and speaking, wearing glasses, a rudraksha mala over bare shoulders and multiple rudraksha bracelets. Beside him, a second young man sits bare-chested with white sacred ash markings on his arms and chest, wearing a long rudraksha mala. Behind them, stone shivalinga-style pillars stand on a low platform, with people in colourful saris and salwar in pink, teal and yellow seated in the background. A microphone stand is in the foreground.

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Two young men sit outdoors in front of black stone pillars and pink-and-grey ledges. The man on the left wears clear-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala with a pendant, and holds a handheld microphone while speaking. His long dark hair falls past his shoulders. The man on the right, with hair tied back, sits bare-chested with white vertical markings on his chest and arms and a rudraksha mala. Both wear orange-saffron cloth around the waist and rudraksha bracelets. A pink-clad figure and white-clad legs appear in the background, and a red cloth hangs at the right edge. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance.2016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10December 03 20162016-12-03Outdoor gathering on stone steps with a crowd of devotees seated around. In the foreground two young men with bare upper bodies, white forehead and body markings, rudraksha malas and orange-saffron dhoti-style cloth sing into handheld microphones. Behind them a large crowd of children and adults in white, green and pink clothing sits on the steps. A cable runs across the lower left and a white plastic bag and orange cloth lie on a striped mat.2016-12-05August 25 20162016-08-25A photograph of a seated group of shirtless men in orange dhoti-style cloth wearing rudraksha malas and upper-arm rudraksha bands at a sacred discourse. In the centre a young man with dark wavy hair speaks into a handheld microphone with his right hand raised. To the left a man looks toward him, to the right a man with a white vibhuti band and red kumkum dot sits attentively, and a bald man in orange sits at the far right. Blue-and-white water bottles sit in the foreground, and devotees sit in the blurred background, with a colourful painting on the wall behind.2016-09-30October 31 20162016-10-31 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated group of devotees in orange and rust-coloured garments at a gathering. In the foreground a young man with curly hair and white horizontal tilaka-style marks on his forehead and bare shoulders holds a black microphone to his mouth and speaks. Beside him a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair and white body markings wears a rust-brown shawl and rudraksha beads. Behind them, several children in bright orange turbans and saffron wraps sit smiling. A man at the far right in glasses and a rust shawl also sits in the row. No throne or a person candidate is visible, so no appearance-based identification is made. The scene suggests a ritual or satsang setting with people seated on a mat.2018-01-08A photograph of a seated group of bare-chested men in saffron-orange dhotis wearing rudraksha malas. In the centre, a young man with short dark hair holds a black microphone to his mouth and speaks, his other hand resting on his knee, a rudraksha bracelet on his wrist. To his left, a man with cropped hair and a rudraksha mala looks on with a smile. To his right, a man with white tilak marks on his forehead and body sits with palms pressed together in a gesture of respect. Behind them, a hall with cream walls and a painting, with audience members sitting and a few people standing in the background.2016-09-30A young man with dark wavy hair, bare-chested and wearing rudraksha malas across his chest and arm, sings or speaks into a handheld microphone while seated among devotees. Beside him, a smiling young man with a white vibhuti line and red kumkum bindi wears long rudraksha malas and a gold-toned pendant, with hands raised in a gesture. Other people are seated and blurred in the background, and a man on the far left wears a light shirt. Several figures wear orange-saffron cloths. The setting appears to be a satsang or devotional gathering.2016-09-30August 24 20142014-08-24