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A photograph of a large seated gathering in a bright hall, with many people dressed in white. In the centre foreground a young man with curly dark hair and a moustache sits cross-legged, wearing a white dhoti and an orange-red patterned shawl over his shoulder, holding a small white packet or box in both hands and looking down. In the lower left, a bare-shouldered person with long matted hair tied up and an orange cloth around the neck bows with hands joined near their face. Many others in white clothes sit around them, some with tilak marks on their foreheads, and more people stand in the background.

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February 19 20172017-02-19A seated devotee in a large hall looks down at a small handheld device or booklet he holds in both hands. He wears a bare chest, white dhoti with a gold border, a rust-orange shawl printed with Sanskrit mantra text, and a rudraksha mala with a small pendant. Around him other participants sit in white clothes and orange shawls, some bald and some with hair, with pink walls and framed artwork behind them. The scene suggests a meditation or satsang session in progress, though the image itself shows only reading and quiet sitting.2017-03-01April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of a large group of young male devotees seated on the floor in a hall with a red backdrop, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with white sacred ash markings on their chests, arms and foreheads. A central boy in the foreground, with white ash on his body and a white thread across his shoulder, sits cross-legged on a colourful striped mat, holding a small book or leaf and reading or reciting. Others around him, some wearing wire-rimmed glasses and white necklaces, sit in similar postures, with yellow-bordered cloth visible at the edges. No person is identified as a person in this image.2017-04-03A large seated congregation of devotees in white clothing with red-orange shawls and rudraksha malas fills a hall, many with tilak marks. In the foreground, a young man with curly hair, bare-shouldered in white with a yellow sash and rudraksha mala, holds a white ceremonial fan or paddle and looks toward the front. Others around him, including a man on the left holding a green fan, sit attentively in meditation or ritual participation.2015-05-08September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copiesApril 03 20172017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A seated group of young male devotees in white dhoti and shawl with maroon borders sits in a hall with red curtains. The foreground boy in the left third has white vertical forehead marks, closed eyes and palms joined in his lap, and wears a rudraksha mala. Another boy beside him holds a hand near his mouth, and a boy at right, bare-shouldered and wearing a rudraksha mala, sits in profile. An older man in white clothes sits in the background, and a figure in light green stands behind the group.2011-09-25A dense group of young men and boys sit cross-legged on the floor, bare-chested, wearing white dhoti-style cloths and rudraksha or bead necklaces with pendants. Many have white sacred ash or painted markings on their chests and foreheads. The central boy in front, with a red tilak on his forehead, holds small wooden objects in his hands and appears to chant with eyes half-open, while others sit with eyes closed in meditation. Pink and red cloths lie beneath them on the ground. Several people fill the frame.2017-04-08 +1 copiesMarch 03 20172017-03-03April 03 20172017-04-03