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A photograph of a bearded man in a red sleeveless top and red wrap seated on an ornate silver throne draped with a striped tiger-skin cover, arms raised in an open gesture while addressing a seated crowd. Behind him stands a bronze Nataraja statue within an arched frame, with a small wall shrine, a fan, and a bull figure nearby. In the foreground, many people with their backs to the camera sit in front of the stage, including women in pink, purple and orange clothing. The person on the throne is seen from the back and side and in the scene is a teacher giving a session in a courtyard setting; the speaker has a tilak marking on the forehead and gold bangles on the wrists.

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January 31 20172017-01-31A photo of a courtyard session in an ashram setting. A bearded man with a red-orange sannyasi robe draped over his shoulders and a vertical tilak on his forehead sits on a white ornate throne-like seat with a zebra-striped cushion, one hand raised in gesture while addressing the gathering. Behind him stand a bronze Nataraja statue within an arched frame, a bronze Nandi bull, and red walls with framed pictures. Seated in front, women and girls in orange and saffron clothes, with braided and bun hairstyles, face him with their backs partly to the camera. A woman in a dark top with a beaded mala sits at the left edge. Several standing fans are placed around the courtyard. Whether the seated man is a person is uncertain from appearance alone.2017-02-09January 31 20172017-01-31A man with long swept-back dark hair, a white tilak on his forehead, a red-orange shawl over bare shoulders and a red-orange dhoti sits cross-legged on a red-cushioned swing-style throne (peetha) with silver carved frame and chains, holding a microphone in one hand while extending the other arm outward mid-discourse. Probable Swamiji: long swept-back hair, ceremonial red-orange shawl and dhoti on a ceremonial throne, giving a satsang discourse. Behind him is a bronze Nataraja statue framed by a fire arch, with a framed deity picture on the right. Two small brass bowls sit on a low table beside him. A crowd of devotees in orange and pink saris and white clothes sits in the courtyard in front, many with their backs to the camera.2017-01-18January 17 20172017-01-17February 09 20172017-02-09 +5 copiesFebruary 09 20172017-02-09 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20172017-02-09January 17 20172017-01-17February 09 20172017-02-09 +3 copiesA courtyard satsang session under a white carved pavilion with a pink-cushioned daybed. A man with a voluminous dark dreadlocked crown, a white forehead mark and a rust-orange wrap sits cross-legged on the daybed, holding a microphone and speaking. Three small metal bowls sit on a low table beside him. Behind him a large bronze Nataraja statue dances within a flame arch against a red wall, with framed images and a small shrine nearby. Seated audience members with heads turned away fill the foreground, many in orange and pink clothing, with a few in light blue and white. A standing fan is at left.2017-01-18A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on a pink-cushioned white carved swing-bench under a canopy, holding a microphone and speaking. He wears an orange-red shawl and orange-red cloth around his body, with leopard-print cushions behind him. Three small silver bowls sit on a low table in front of him. A large bronze Nataraja statue dancing within a flame arch stands on the red wall behind, with a small deity figure and lamp at the right. Seated devotees in the foreground, many with their backs to the camera, watch him, and a child with a white forehead mark appears at the left edge. Probable Swamiji, identified by long swept-back hair, orange-red shawl and rudraksha-style adornment cues, giving a discourse in a courtyard session.2017-01-18