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A photograph of a crowd at a satsang or yoga session. In the centre, a shaven-headed man in a saffron-orange kurta with a red bindi and dark-rimmed glasses holds his hands to his nose in a breathing practice, with a brown beaded bracelet and a black wristwatch. Behind and around him, seated devotees in white shirts and kurtas also perform the hand gesture, one older man with a brown wrist cord, and a bearded man in a light shirt at right. A blurred figure in the lower foreground. The scene conveys a group practice of nasal breathing during a gathering.

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June 21 20162016-06-21 +2 copiesJune 13 20132013-06-13Photograph of several devotees seated in a temple hall performing nadi shodhana-style breath practice, each pinching one nostril with a finger. A man in the foreground wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle, with a watch on his other wrist. Beside him a younger man in white with a red-and-white thread tied on his wrist and glasses, and a bearded man in a yellow t-shirt on the left, and another man in white on the far right, all seated and blurred in the background. The background shows a warm-lit hall with a flame at the upper right edge.2011-11-17December 02 20112011-12-02Several shaved-headed men in plain white dhotis sit close together in a meditation session, performing a nasal breathing practice with their right hands raised to their noses. The man in the centre wears thin-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala, and has white ash marks on his forehead and upper arm. The man on the left wears a gold ring and gold bracelet and a mala, and the man on the right wears a gold bracelet and a mala. Their eyes are closed. Behind them, other seated participants in white clothing are blurred, and a pinkish wall and red cushioned seats form the background.2011-02-20A photograph of a seated group practising a breathing or meditation exercise indoors. In the foreground a bald young man in a white kurta wears a red-brown rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak, with one hand raised to his face. Beside him a boy in an orange kurta also holds a hand to his nose. Behind them, adults in yellow, striped, blue and white shirts sit on a blue-and-white striped mat, several with hands covering their faces. Name tags are visible on a few shirts. A purple logo appears in the top left corner.2011-11-12 +1 copiesA large group of seated practitioners performs a breathing and hand-gesture meditation in a hall. Many wear white dhotis with yellow borders and orange or saffron cloths; some wear rudraksha malas. In the foreground, a man in white with a red-brown rudraksha mala and a name badge presses his thumbs to his nostrils while raising his forearms, and beside him a bald man in white with a rudraksha mala does the same. Behind them rows of people in white and orange sit with hands raised to their faces, and some have white tilak on their foreheads. Several wear bangles and wristwatches. Nobody in the image is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is marked.2015-06-21A large seated audience performs a breathing or nasal yoga practice in a bright hall with a wooden floor and blue-edged mats. In the foreground a middle-aged man in white dhoti and shirt with a rust-red rudraksha mala and a small pendant closes his nostrils with his fingers, while a young man in white dhoti with gold border, rudraksha mala and wristwatch does the same beside him. Behind them, several young men in saffron-orange robes with gold trim and rudraksha malas sit in similar postures, and rows of participants in white, saffron, red and pink saris and kurtas fill the room. Lamps and a small metal box sit on the floor at the edge of the frame.2015-06-21A photograph of seated monks in a hall performing a meditative or devotional practice. In the foreground a monk in saffron-orange robes, wearing a rudraksha mala and wire-rimmed glasses, sits cross-legged with his right hand raised to his face. Beside and behind him, several shaved-headed monks in white dhotis and white shawls sit in a row, also touching their faces or hands in the same gesture. A figure in white sits at the far left edge, and a partly visible person sits at the far right. Pale cream walls, a plain white panel and a few small offering items on a low table form the background. a person is not identifiable from appearance here, so the foreground monk is described only by role.2011-12-01May 07 20162016-05-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated group meditation in a hall with white floor mats and hanging colourful tassel decorations overhead. Several people in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged, performing a nostril-closing breathing practice with their right hands raised to their faces. The man at the centre wears a white kurta with red-bordered dhoti, a red-orange tilak on his forehead and a wristwatch. A bald man at right wears a white kurta and a red bindi-style mark. Others in the background are also seated in white.2010-09-03December 22 20112011-12-22