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January 01 2013

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A seated group of many devotees fills a hall with orange cloth draped over the walls and furniture. In the foreground, a shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and shawl with rudraksha mala sits beside brass lamps and a small brass pot, his hands in namaste. Behind him, boys and young men in white kurtas, cream sherwani-style outfits, orange, maroon, and pastel blue kurtas sit cross-legged on mats, several with hands joined in prayer. A boy in a cream embroidered outfit with a white flower garland sits with palms together. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person, and no throne or distinctive a person cues are visible.A seated congregation fills a hall during what appears to be a devotional gathering, with many people in white kurtas and dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas. Several figures in front hold their palms together in anjali, and a few wear orange or saffron garments. In the foreground, a young boy with a yellow cloth over his shoulder presses his hands together, and a shaved-headed boy in a white dhoti and mala sits near brass plates and small oil lamps arranged on the floor. Orange draped fabric hangs along the wall behind the crowd.January 01 20132013-01-01January 01 20132013-01-01 +1 copiesA large indoor hall with a polished floor and gold-accented shrine elements in the background shows a seated congregation on mats. In the foreground, a bald man in a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala sits with folded arms, beside a man in saffron-orange robe and rudraksha mala, a man in white dhoti with a red-and-white forehead mark, and a youth in a checked shirt holding papers. Many more devotees in white and colourful clothes sit behind them, with brass vessels and small lamps on the floor. The scene reads as a satsang or puja gathering. The pictured people are not individually identified.2012-02-10November 27 20172017-11-27A large seated congregation fills a hall during a satsang, with many devotees in white dhotis and kurtas and others in orange or saffron robes. In the front rows, a bald man in orange cloth with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, and beside him a man in white holds his hands in a mudra. Other devotees wear white, pink, orange and maroon clothing, and a banana leaf with fruit and a small offering sits on the floor in the foreground. Orange-robed figures and a deity murti appear at the upper right edge of the hall.2013-01-01 +1 copiesA seated assembly of devotees in a hall during a satsang or discourse. In the foreground, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala with a gold pendant sits with palms pressed together in prayer, beside a shaved-headed man in white with gold-bordered dhoti and vibhuti on his forehead. Rows of white-clad devotees sit on striped mats behind them, with a few in orange, and more people seated at the back of the hall. Metal stanchions divide the seating area and a red-orange cloth hangs on the left. Many attendees wear white kurtas or dhotis and some carry rudraksha malas. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from the visible cues alone.2012-05-18July 08 20172017-07-08February 14 20162016-02-14 +1 copiesA seated gathering of many young boys and a few men in an ashram hall during a puja. Foreground centre, an elderly bald man with white beard and glasses wears a white shirt and a long rudraksha mala, sitting with a plain expression. Behind him a teenage boy in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sits upright, while younger boys in orange and gold-bordered dhotis and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads sit around them. At right, a man in white with a red tilak and rudraksha mala holds his hands in namaskar. The crowd behind is visibly larger, with many boys in white, orange and red clothing, and the setting appears to be a formal ritual gathering.2015-06-03January 1st 2013 +1 copies