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A seated man with long dreadlocked hair and a white forehead marking sits cross-legged on an ornate silver-framed wooden swing-bed with red cushions, a leopard-print pillow and an orange folded cloth. He wears an orange-red robe and holds a microphone to his lips with both hands near three small silver bowls on a low wooden table. In front of him, a rear view of a seated audience fills the foreground, mostly women in pink, orange and dark tops. Behind him, a bronze Nataraja dancing Shiva sculpture in a flame-ring frame stands against a red wall, with a framed picture and a small golden shrine on the right. Two standing fans and a white radio sit at the edges. This is a courtyard session with an audience listening to a speaker.

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January 18 20172017-01-18January 18 20172017-01-18A courtyard satsang session under a white carved pavilion with a pink-cushioned daybed. A man with a voluminous dark dreadlocked crown, a white forehead mark and a rust-orange wrap sits cross-legged on the daybed, holding a microphone and speaking. Three small metal bowls sit on a low table beside him. Behind him a large bronze Nataraja statue dances within a flame arch against a red wall, with framed images and a small shrine nearby. Seated audience members with heads turned away fill the foreground, many in orange and pink clothing, with a few in light blue and white. A standing fan is at left.2017-01-18January 18 20172017-01-18January 18 20172017-01-18A photograph of a courtyard session in an ashram setting. A bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, a white tilak on his forehead, and a rust-red robe sits cross-legged on a carved white wooden swing-bed with a red cushion and a leopard-print pillow, holding a microphone and a row of small metal bowls on a low table. He appears to be giving a talk. Around him, a seated audience of roughly two dozen people, many in orange or saffron clothing, faces him; a young woman with long hair and orange robes sits to the left. A standing red-and-gold deity sculpture and a wall fan are visible behind.2017-01-18January 17 20172017-01-17A seated sannyasi with long matted dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on a white carved wooden swing-bench with red cushions and a leopard-print pillow, speaking into a handheld microphone. He wears a rust-red robe over a bare chest. Three small bronze bowls sit on a low wooden table beside him. Behind him stands a large bronze Nataraja, dancing Shiva within an arch of flame, beside framed pictures and a gold-framed shrine. Pillars with white carved stone frame the open courtyard, and a row of seated audience members in the foreground listens from below, several with their heads visible at the bottom edge. Among the audience, a woman with light hair in a white top sits at left. A few people in the crowd are partially visible. The scene is a courtyard discourse session. Several white-haired and dark-haired audience members are visible.2017-01-18January 18 20172017-01-18January 17 20172017-01-17A man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a red-orange shawl over bare shoulders and a red-orange dhoti sits cross-legged on a red-cushioned swing-style throne (peetha) with silver carved frame and chains, holding a microphone in one hand while extending the other arm outward mid-discourse. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, ceremonial red-orange shawl and dhoti on a ceremonial throne, giving a satsang discourse. Behind him is a bronze Nataraja statue framed by a fire arch, with a framed deity picture on the right. Two small brass bowls sit on a low table beside him. A crowd of devotees in orange and pink saris and white clothes sits in the courtyard in front, many with their backs to the camera.2017-01-18A seated man in a rust-orange robe speaks into a handheld microphone from an ornate white wooden swing-like seat with a red cushion, under a wooden canopy hung with brass lamps and bells. Behind him a dark-red wall shows a carved Nataraja-style dancing figure and a framed picture, and a white bull statue rests beside him. Dozens of devotees in orange and pink clothing sit on the floor in the foreground with their backs to the camera, many with braided or dreadlocked hair. A woman in a yellow and red sari sits at the right edge of the seat. Two standing fans stand in the courtyard. The man's visible cues are a bare chest with a dark-red shawl and a long swept hair, consistent with the appearance of a person leading a courtyard satsang session.2017-02-09