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A seated group of devotees in white dhotis and white shirts sits cross-legged on a floor covered with a light cloth, several with palms pressed together in namaskar or anjali. Some wear red and white rudraksha or bead malas around their necks, and some have white sacred ash and red kumkum marks on their foreheads. A boy in an orange shirt with a mala stands at left, and a red stacked cushion pile and a green-and-gold draped table with drums sit in the background. No single figure in the group is identifiable as a person; the seated men are devotees.

November 21 2015

A large indoor congregation of devotees seated on orange cloth mats during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, a bald man with glasses wears a rudraksha mala and white robes, and a bearded man in orange with a mala and folded hands sits at the right edge. Many men wear white dhotis and shawls, some with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and shoulders, and a few wear red or orange shawls. Several women in saffron and pink saris sit among them, and a woman in the background raises her arm. Brass or gold-coloured ceremonial lamps stand at the left, and people in the back row stand and sway. Some participants press their palms together in prayer.

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July 03 2017

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A seated group of devotees in a hall during a ritual gathering. Men in white dhotis and white shawls with red-striped borders sit on the floor, several with rudraksha malas, one pair of hands pressed in namaskar. A man in saffron-orange robes sits at far left, and a woman with long hair and a yellow-bordered white sari sits near the left edge. A brass plate holding flowers and a small lit oil lamp rests on an orange mat in the foreground beside a brass lamp. Behind them more seated people and a child in a green shirt.

Indoor photo of men seated cross-legged on a tiled floor with mats, hands pressed in namaste, at what looks like a satsang or puja. Front left, a bald man with a red-and-gold shawl, white dhoti with gold border and tilak wears a red rudraksha-style mala. Next to him a white-haired man in white kurta holds his hands together and wears a red shawl. A man in white with a black beaded mala and a man in white shirt with red shawl sit beside them, with more devotees behind. Small wooden stools hold brass plates and clear containers. Wall portraits, red curtains and an LED clock are visible behind.

A large seated gathering of devotees in an indoor hall during a satsang. In the foreground, several men sit cross-legged on orange mats wearing white dhotis with gold borders and white shirts, many with rudraksha malas and sandalwood tilaks; the man at center has hands folded in anjali, and another at left is eyes-closed in meditation. Behind them, rows of seated devotees and younger boys in white and maroon fill the room, with a microphone stand at right. Some people in the background wear white shirts. No figure is clearly identifiable as the presenter from appearance alone, and the seated mass suggests a sizable audience.

June 22 2017

2017-06-22 +1 copies

A seated congregation at an indoor satsang or discourse, with many devotees filling the hall. In the foreground a young man in white dhoti with an orange-red shawl and rudraksha mala claps his hands, beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Another man in white clothes with a grey-streaked head and white tilak sits with hands folded. Behind them, devotees wear orange and saffron robes, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and a young boy in a patterned golden robe sits at left. a person is not clearly identifiable here, so no ceremonial figure is named. Watermarked archive photograph of devotees in prayerful attention.

Photograph of a seated congregation at a pada puja satsang in an ashram hall, with devotees in saffron and maroon robes, red-orange rudraksha malas and white ritual dress. In the centre foreground a bald man in a white dhoti with gold border and red-brown arm bands sits cross-legged with palms pressed together, smiling. Behind him a man in white with a gold chain and rudraksha mala joins his hands in prayer. On the left, a man in maroon robes and gold-edged yellow shawl sits with hands folded, and puja trays with brass lamps, flowers and offerings are set on low wooden stands on a mat. Metal barrier posts and seated devotees fill the background, some with white forehead markings.