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A photograph from an Inner Awakening convention session at Adi Kailasa, Bengaluru. In the right foreground a bearded man in a rust-red robe wears heavy gold and beaded necklaces, gold bangles and a gold pendant, and holds a wooden stick over a black Yamaha DTX electronic drum pad on a stand, apparently sounding it during a sound-based process. Seated delegates in white and red clothing fill the left and centre, one woman with grey hair pressing her palms together, a man with a white forehead mark and a man in white with a mala. Blurred tables and a brass pole fill the background. The bearded man is.

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October 02 20162016-10-02February 10 20162016-02-10 +1 copiesOctober 02 20162016-10-02Photograph of a man seated on a large brown leather throne-style chair inside a hall, eyes closed, playing a Yamaha DTX electronic drum pad with wooden sticks resting in his lap. He wears a dark red-maroon robe, heavy gold multi-strand necklaces, gold bangles and an armband, a rudraksha mala and an ornament with an Om symbol, plus a white horizontal forehead mark and a head microphone. Long dark hair falls down his back. A tall golden trident stands at the left edge. Seated delegates in white and red clothing fill the background, and a woman in the foreground has white flowers in her hair.2016-10-02February 10 20162016-02-10 +1 copiesClose view of a black electronic drum pad labelled DTX Drums on a tall stand, with two wooden drumsticks resting on top. A person in a rust-red and maroon robe, wearing heavy gold bangles and a gold-beaded necklace, reaches toward the pad with one hand. Behind them, seated devotees in white and red clothing watch attentively; a woman on the left wears a red shawl and a bindi, and a man in white sits with eyes closed. Blurred audience heads fill the foreground. Setting is an indoor convention hall with a gold-toned pole in the background.2016-10-02February 10 20162016-02-10 +1 copiesNovember 19 20152015-11-19October 02 20162016-10-02October 02 20162016-10-02A seated teacher in a brown leather throne chair leads a session, holding two drumsticks over a black Yamaha DTX electronic drum pad on a stand. He wears long black hair, a white forehead marking, a headset microphone, a heavy gold necklace with pendants, gold bangles and an armband, and a rust-red robe with rudraksha beads. A tall gold trident stands at left. Seated devotees in white and red shawls, several with forehead markings, watch from the foreground, with a wooden door and a framed red-and-orange painting on the pale wall behind. Swamiji (probable) is identified by the distinctive long hair, gold ornaments and rust-red robe, seated as the presiding teacher during the Bengaluru Inner Awakening event.2016-10-02A man seated on a brown leather throne-style chair plays a Yamaha DTX electronic drum pad with wooden drumsticks, his eyes lowered. He wears a rust-orange dhoti-style wrap with golden-yellow edges, a long ornate gold-and-bead necklace, and a rudraksha mala, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead. Behind him, devotees in white clothes with orange shawls sit attentively, including an older woman with grey hair and a younger woman in orange. A red-draped table is visible at the upper right.2015-07-09