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A photograph of a large seated gathering of devotees at an ashram event, with many people smiling, laughing and clapping. In the foreground, a man with glasses and swept-back hair wears a white and gold-bordered dhoti-style garment with a shawl and rudraksha mala. Beside him, a smiling man in a pink-orange kurta with glasses claps his hands. A young boy in orange clothing wears a rudraksha mala, and a man in an orange turban and white-and-gold garment sits at right. Several men in white robes with tilak marks and rudraksha malas fill the rows behind them.

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A photograph of a large seated gathering of devotees at a satsang-style event, many smiling and laughing. In the foreground a man in glasses and a pink-orange kurta claps his hands while smiling. Beside him a young boy in orange and white sits wearing rudraksha malas and a kumkum-marked forehead. Other devotees wear white dhotis and shawls, orange and yellow cloths, rudraksha malas and white tilak on their foreheads. A man at left in white with a red bindi wears a rudraksha mala and sits near a bald figure in the lower left corner. The background is a crowded hall with people packed closely together. No specific individual is identified as a person in this image.2017-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a large seated gathering of devotees clapping and smiling, most dressed in white dhotis and shawls with orange or saffron borders. In the foreground, a man in a pink-orange kurta and glasses claps while smiling, beside a man in white with a rudraksha mala and orange-bordered shawl. A young boy in a white dhoti and orange shawl sits with rudraksha malas. A man at right wears an orange head wrap and rudraksha mala. Other participants with white forehead markings fill the background.2017-01-01A large seated audience in a hall fills the frame, many clapping with raised hands. In the foreground, a smiling man in white dhoti with orange-and-white border and a brown rudraksha-style mala claps with palms together. To his left a man in a red kurta with spectacles smiles and claps. At right a young boy in saffron-orange robes with sandalwood tilak on his forehead smiles and claps, beside a girl in orange clothing. Behind them, rows of men in white and pastel shirts sit and clap. The scene suggests a devotional gathering with applause.2017-03-26August 13 20172017-08-13A seated audience at a large gathering, with a central bare-chested man in orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala clapping, his body marked with white sacred ash stripes. Around him devotees in white and orange garments sit, including a man in a white dhoti with an orange shawl and a bald man with a red tilak. Two children in orange clothing sit in the foreground, one wearing a rudraksha mala. Nearby an older man with white hair wears an orange shawl. No clearly distinctive a person cues such as long swept-back hair, crown or ceremonial gold necklace are evident on any candidate, so the identity is uncertain. Roughly twenty to thirty people are visible in the scene.2016-11-24 +1 copiesDecember 16 20142014-12-16January 01 20172017-01-01July 01 20172017-07-01 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12A dense crowd of devotees fills the frame, many in white dhotis and saffron or orange shawls. In the centre, a smiling young man in an orange shawl raises both arms and claps, with red bangles on his wrists and a red tilak on his forehead. Men around him, some wearing glasses and rudraksha or beaded necklaces, smile and clap or raise their hands. A man at lower left wears a red-orange wrap and a tilak, and a man at lower right has a bare upper body with a white cloth. The atmosphere is joyful and celebratory, and the faces are uplifted toward the front of the hall. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2016-05-04A crowded photograph of a seated congregation at a Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam-style gathering. Many men and some children sit close together, most smiling or looking toward the front. Several wear white dhotis with gold-and-saffron borders and rudraksha malas, and one woman in the left foreground wears an orange top. A man at right with silver hair, a red-brown mala and an orange-and-cream garment is smiling broadly, and a figure in the lower left wears a pink shirt. Some have tilak and vibhuti marks on their foreheads. The scene suggests a satsang or discourse audience, with no legible text visible.2017-01-01January 15 20172017-01-15