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A large hall with many seated men performing a puja ritual on a white floor. Most participants are bare-chested in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth and wear rudraksha malas and white body markings. The men in the foreground hold open ritual books or small trays. Brass oil lamps, small plates of offerings and white clay figures sit on wooden trays in front of each group. Large screens on the walls show deity imagery and a ceiling of lights overhead. Several dozen people are visible. The seated central man wears an orange cloth and multiple rudraksha malas.

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March 16 20172017-03-16September 19 20172017-09-19 +1 copiesSeated devotees in a ritual hall during a puja, with brass oil lamps and small trays of pink flowers laid on the floor before them. Several men wear white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies marked with white ash stripes, plus rudraksha malas. A man in the centre wears glasses and holds an open book, while the man at right presses his palms together in anjali. Orange-robed devotees sit further back, and tall brass lamp stands line the room. No single individual here can be confidently identified as a person from appearance alone.2017-07-20October 25 20102010-10-25July 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copiesJuly 27 20172017-07-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a large seated gathering of men in white ritual clothing during a satsang or ceremony in an indoor hall with orange drapes and banners on the walls. Many participants wear white dhotis and shawls with tilak markings and rudraksha malas, and several sit with hands folded in prayer or namaskar. Some men hold small brass vessels and pots near the front. Lanyards with name badges are visible on several people. A blue wall sign and an Om-emblazoned shirt appear among the crowd. No single figure is clearly identifiable as the a person from the visible cues, so no in-person candidate is asserted.2010-12-02A large hall with cream tiled floor where many men sit cross-legged in rows, most bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with gold borders, sacred threads over the shoulders and rudraksha malas. Several hold small brass vessels, oil lamps and pink flower offerings on plates in front of them. Behind them, orange-robed attendees stand near a golden-tinted stage, and a deity murti and framed image are displayed at the top of a red-curtained platform. Small brass lamps and bells sit on the floor. A partly visible video camera on a tripod is at the right edge.2017-07-27Several men sit cross-legged on a white marble floor performing a ritual with brass plates. Most are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold borders, and have white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and bodies. The man in front wears rudraksha malas and has a white tilak and tends small brass bowls holding flower petals, pink flowers and leaves on a mesh cloth. Beside him an older man with white hair sits on a red and orange cloth with pink flowers and offerings. Other men with orange or rudraksha necklaces sit nearby, and a seated woman in a yellow sari cradles a small child in the background. Steel serving counters and framed deity images stand behind them.2017-07-25July 30 20172017-07-30 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16A seated group of men in white dhotis with red-and-pink borders performs a devotional ritual in a hall with red curtains. In the foreground, a man with short hair and a red tilak on his forehead, wearing a red-and-white dhoti and rudraksha mala, sits with palms pressed together and eyes closed. Beside him, a bald man with white markings on his chest and a rudraksha mala sits in prayer posture before brass puja vessels, a small bell and a lamp on an orange mat. Other seated men with bowed heads and folded hands fill the rows behind, with more people standing at the back.2011-01-29