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Close photo of several devotees with bare shoulders and white cord necklaces, hands pressed in anjali mudra, eyes lifted in devotion. The central man has short curly black hair, a moustache and goatee, a rudraksha mala and a small pendant, and a silver ring. Beside him a younger man presses his palms together, and more devotees with white cords stand behind. The setting appears to be a sacred initiation or satsang gathering.

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May 10 20172017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10Close photo of a bare-chested man with short hair and a trimmed beard sitting with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed in meditation. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread over his shoulder. Behind him, several other devotees sit with hands folded in prayer; their faces are blurred or partly out of frame. The setting is a group satsang or meditation session.2017-05-10A photograph of bare-chested devotees at a satsang gathering, with a central man in the foreground pressing his palms together in anjali and looking forward with a red tilak on his forehead. He wears a white beaded necklace with a rudraksha bead and a pendant medallion. Men on either side, also bare-chested with white cord necklaces and rudraksha-style pendants, sit or stand in the crowd behind him. The setting is a crowded hall with other devotees blurred in the background.2017-05-10January 04 20162016-01-04May 10 20172017-05-10Photograph of a crowded seated gathering of mostly bare-chested men at a Shiva Deeksha-style satsang. In the centre, a young boy with short dark hair and a thin white sacred thread across his bare chest sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. To his left, an older bald man with grey stubble and a white sacred thread looks on, and other seated devotees with white threads and tilak marks fill the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the crowd members shown are devotees.2017-05-10Photograph of a dense crowd of devotees at an evening gathering, mostly men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and rudraksha-style beaded cords. In the centre a young man in a white cloth with a red-bordered edge presses his palms together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered, with vibhuti marks on his forehead. Around him others raise hands in prayer and sit close together, some shirtless, one bald man at right with a thin white cord. The setting is crowded and dimly lit. No identifiable a person figure is visible among the people shown.2017-05-10Photograph of a row of seated devotees in a hall during a satsang-style gathering. In the foreground a young man with a shaved-side haircut, white tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and bare shoulders sits with palms pressed together in anjali, eyes closed. Beside and behind him other seated men with shaved heads and white or sandalwood markings also hold their hands folded in prayer. A blurred background shows a white wall and a yellow panel.2017-01-04January 04 20162016-01-04