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A photograph of a dense crowd of mostly bare-chested men seated at a gathering. In the centre, a close-cropped, bearded man with bare shoulders and a thin white sacred thread across his chest presses his palms together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in devotion. Around him, others wear white cloth draped over their shoulders and white thread necklaces, and one man on the right wears a green-and-black striped garment. The setting appears to be a satsang or class with a seated congregation; no deity, throne or a person figure is visible in the frame, so no candidate is identified.

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Close photo of a bare-chested man with short hair and a trimmed beard sitting with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed in meditation. He wears a dark rudraksha mala and a white sacred thread over his shoulder. Behind him, several other devotees sit with hands folded in prayer; their faces are blurred or partly out of frame. The setting is a group satsang or meditation session.2017-05-10Photograph of a crowded seated gathering of mostly bare-chested men at a Shiva Deeksha-style satsang. In the centre, a young boy with short dark hair and a thin white sacred thread across his bare chest sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. To his left, an older bald man with grey stubble and a white sacred thread looks on, and other seated devotees with white threads and tilak marks fill the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the crowd members shown are devotees.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10A photograph of bare-chested devotees at a satsang gathering, with a central man in the foreground pressing his palms together in anjali and looking forward with a red tilak on his forehead. He wears a white beaded necklace with a rudraksha bead and a pendant medallion. Men on either side, also bare-chested with white cord necklaces and rudraksha-style pendants, sit or stand in the crowd behind him. The setting is a crowded hall with other devotees blurred in the background.2017-05-10A dense crowd of men seated closely together, mostly bare-chested and wearing white sacred threads over their shoulders, at an outdoor evening gathering. In the centre, a man with a short beard and a forehead marked with sandal or vibhuti lines holds his palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lifted in devotion. Beside him, an older man wears round spectacles, a red headband and a white moustache, and others around them sit attentively. A red thread is tied on the wrist of the praying man. The setting suggests a satsang or initiation-style gathering, though no deity or stage is clearly visible.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10Photograph of a dense crowd of devotees at an evening gathering, mostly men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and rudraksha-style beaded cords. In the centre a young man in a white cloth with a red-bordered edge presses his palms together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered, with vibhuti marks on his forehead. Around him others raise hands in prayer and sit close together, some shirtless, one bald man at right with a thin white cord. The setting is crowded and dimly lit. No identifiable a person figure is visible among the people shown.2017-05-10A dense crowd of bare-chested men sits closely together outdoors. In the centre, a young man with short dark hair, a small red forehead mark and a rudraksha bead on a white cord has his eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaste. Older men with grey hair and white or red shoulder cloths flank him, several with white tilak marks on their faces, and one lower-left man has a shaved head. The setting suggests a ritual gathering such as a satsang or initiation, though no deity, throne or a person candidate is visible in this frame.2017-05-10May 10 20172017-05-10A large group of bare-chested men seated closely on the floor in a hall, many with white sacred ash smeared across their foreheads and shoulders and white sacred threads over their chests. In the foreground a man with greying hair and a red bindi holds his palms pressed together in anjali mudra while speaking, with a white thread across his bare chest. Beside him a bearded man in white dhoti-style cloth holds his palms together, and a bald man at the lower left wears a rudraksha mala and reddish sandal marks. Some devotees sit with eyes closed in prayer, and the background is softly blurred with more seated participants.2017-12-24A photograph of a large seated congregation, mostly men, in a hall at a satsang. Foreground: a grey-haired older man in wire-rimmed glasses and a red cloth over his shoulder, hands pressed together in anjali, beside a man with a moustache and eyes closed, hands folded. Centre: a bare-chested man with a short moustache, white beaded necklace, and red-and-white thread bracelet, palms joined before his chest. Behind them, many bare-chested devotees wear white cloths and white or beaded necklaces. The scene conveys a devotional gathering with folded hands.2017-05-10