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A photograph of a devotional ritual indoors with several people standing close together. In the foreground an older bald man with glasses and a white tilak on his forehead wears an orange robe and holds his hands together in prayer. Beside him a man with swept-back dark hair and white tilak wears a maroon robe and a long rudraksha mala, holding a small glass vessel with pink petals and a green leaf. On the right, a man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare upper body stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Other devotees with tilak and white or orange clothing stand in the background, and a silver staff is visible at the left edge.

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Two men sit side by side in a dimly lit hall with a crowd behind them. The man on the left, an older bald man with glasses and white vibhuti stripes, wears an orange ochre robe and holds his hands together in namaskar. The man on the right, with long dark hair and a red bindi and white forehead marks, wears a maroon-red sannyas robe with a gold border and a long rudraksha mala; he is smiling. Behind them devotees in white shirts and orange lanyards, some with white forehead marks, watch. A pillar with silver cladding stands at center. Photo of a satsang gathering.2013-11-21June 14 20132013-06-14November 21 20132013-11-21A photograph of a satsang or ritual gathering indoors. In the centre stands a man in an orange dhoti and shawl with a heavy gold beaded necklace and a sandalwood-and-kumkum forehead mark, hands pressed together in anjali. To his right a younger shaven-headed man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and holds his hands together. On the left an older man with white hair and beard, in white shirt and white dhoti, stands with palms joined. Behind them a crowd of devotees, some in orange and some in white, stand with hands folded. The scene suggests devotional standing worship. Orange-robed central figure with gold beads and mala matches the appearance cues, so this is a person presence, shown in person.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24November 21 20132013-11-21Night-time outdoor photo at a temple-like complex with a tiled roof and lit lamps. In the centre, a man with short dark hair and a white forehead mark wears a long rust-red shawl with a gold border and a brown beaded garland, and holds out his hands over a brass pot with a yellow-green coconut-like top and pink flowers. To the left, an elder in saffron-orange robes with a shaved head and white markings walks beside a man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads. Behind them, devotees in maroon and red garments with white forehead marks and beaded necklaces watch.2013-11-21November 21 20132013-11-21May 29 20122012-05-29November 21 20132013-11-21May 07 20122012-05-07A seated group of saffron-robed monastics and white-clad devotees in a hall with a red mat. In the foreground, a bald man with white forehead markings and a gold chest ornament wears rudraksha malas and a red-brown robe with gold armbands. Beside him, a bespectacled monk with a red bindi and red-brown robe sits with eyes lowered. A white-clad man in the background holds his hands in anjali, and a man in a teal shirt sits behind them. A boy in orange sits at the lower edge. Gold and brass items lie on the right.2013-04-24