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Crowded evening gathering of seated devotees with eyes closed in meditation or prayer. In the centre foreground a woman with a shaved-back dark hairstyle, yellow turmeric and red kumkum on her forehead, wearing a red shawl and a heavy gold necklace with rudraksha-style beads, sits with eyes lowered. Around her, women in white and red-orange shawls, some with red bindi and tilak markings, sit close together. Flower garlands with yellow and red blossoms hang at the left edge beside a metallic ornament. Dark background with warm lamplight.

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May 20 20142014-05-20May 20 20142014-05-20May 20 20142014-05-20A photograph of a seated, smiling man in a saffron-orange garment with a dark red bindi and a tilak-like yellow forehead marking, wearing a heavy gold necklace and rudraksha beads. He holds a silver trident (trishul) decorated with a white and orange flower garland. Behind him, a crowd of seated devotees in white and saffron clothing, some with orange forehead marks and folded hands, face the front. The setting appears to be a Hindu satsang or ritual gathering. a person is the seated central figure, identified by the rudraksha mala, gold necklace and saffron clothing, with the trident and garland as ritual objects; the figure in the centre holds the trident as a ceremonial role.2014-05-20May 12 20142014-05-12December 17 20172017-12-17 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10Seated congregation at a satsang in a hall with red walls and gold-framed chairs. Many attendees wear white or cream clothes with orange-red shawls and lanyards. A man in the foreground at right wears white with rudraksha malas and a shawl, looking forward. Others have hands joined in namaskar, and several eyes are closed in meditation. A woman with long grey-blonde hair in a white top and red shawl sits center. No speaker or throne is clearly visible in this frame.2015-10-22 +1 copiesSeptember 19 20152015-09-19A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair sits at the front of a large outdoor gathering, holding a tall silver trident-topped staff in his left hand and pressing his right palm forward in a gesture. He wears a red-brown shawl, a leopard-print lower garment, a rudraksha mala, and a white and orange flower garland with a gold pendant. Behind him, dozens of seated devotees in white, red and orange clothing with vibhuti and kumkum marks on their foreheads sit in rows, several with hands joined in prayer.2014-05-20September 18 20152015-09-18July 09 20172017-07-09