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A photograph of a seated group of devotees in a hall with red draped curtains and gold pillars. In the foreground, several men and a young person wear white dhoti-style clothing, red shawls or sashes and red eye-patch style markings across the eyes. A man on the right wears a white kurta with a red shawl and a rudraksha mala. A bare-chested man on the left has red shawl and white paste markings. Behind them, others sit on colourful striped mats, and a woman in a white saree stands at the back. Thin red headbands and white forehead marks are visible. No individual is identifiable as a person from appearance alone.

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A photograph of a seated congregation in a hall during a meditation session. Many participants wear white dhotis and shawls, some with red-orange sashes, and several have red-orange cloth or blindfold-like eye coverings. A bald man in the lower right, bare-shouldered with a white cloth draped over him and a beaded mala, sits with his back partly turned. Behind them stand a red-draped table and a white arched backdrop.2017-07-31 +1 copiesFebruary 14 20162016-02-14A crowd of devotees seated closely together, many wearing rudraksha malas and bare-chested or in white clothes, with orange-red markings across their eyes. In the centre, a balding, grey-haired man in a plain white shirt and red-beaded mala wears a black eye mask with orange-red markings, looking forward. Nearby, a bearded man with a bare chest and multiple rudraksha malas has his eyes closed. A man in a red blindfold appears at left, and out-of-focus heads fill the foreground. The scene suggests a group meditation or ritual session with participants blindfolded and marked on the eyes.2016-12-06June 26 20172017-06-26 +1 copiesFebruary 14 20162016-02-14Photograph of a seated congregation at a satsang gathering, with many devotees in white kurta-style clothes and red-and-black printed shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground a bald man with a white vertical tilak sits with eyes lowered, beside a young woman in white with her head bowed. A man in glasses and white shirt with a rudraksha mala looks down in meditation, and a man on the right holds a beaded mala. A long-haired man on the left with a red and black shawl and a red pendant looks forward. Behind them rows of seated attendees fill the hall, some wearing red shawls and glasses.2014-07-23February 10 20162016-02-10 +1 copiesApril 02 20172017-04-02July 03 20172017-07-03September 01 20142014-09-01A seated group of men and a few women in white ritual clothing with orange-red shawls sit in rows in a hall, many wearing blindfolds or sitting with eyes closed in meditation. Gold-coloured ornate thrones and deity figures stand in the background, and the foreground shows blurred seated devotees' backs and heads. No single person in the scene is distinguishable as a person by visible cues such as long hair, crown, saffron clothing or malas; the seated men wear plain white and orange shawls.2016-10-11A photograph of a seated teacher on a dark brown leather throne-style chair at the centre of a hall, wearing a red-and-orange shawl with a saffron cloth draped over the chair arm. Around him, dozens of participants sit on red floor mats in white clothing with red-and-saffron shawls tied as blindfolds over their eyes. Some wear white kurtas, others white dhotis with gold borders. A standing fan and a laptop are on the floor near the front, and a saffron cloth covers a table before the throne. Red and white banners and a framed image hang on the wall behind. Swamiji (probable) appears to be the figure on the throne, identified by his long swept-back hair, ornate gold necklace and saffron shawl.2016-02-14