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Four men sit in a row in an indoor hall, palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed in prayer. They wear orange and saffron cloth, with rudraksha malas around their necks and arms, and gold bangles. The man in the center, bald and wearing glasses, has a white line on his bare shoulder. A man at the far left also wears glasses and a ring. Behind them are wooden columns and a white wall. The posture suggests satsang or meditation. None of these men shows the cues needed for an identification, so the a person field is set to none.

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September 23 20132013-09-23December 20 20152015-12-20February 23 20162016-02-23September 24 20132013-09-24December 20 20152015-12-20A row of seated male devotees in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sits in a hall with red drapes, palms pressed together in prayer. Many have white sacred ash horizontal stripes on their foreheads and arms. A tray of offerings sits at the lower right. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the scene is a group satsang-style gathering.2013-09-21May 23 20152015-05-23Photograph of a seated group of devotees in a temple pada puja. Foreground, a close-cropped man in a maroon dhoti with an orange beaded shawl and a black cord necklace sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind him, a shaved-headed man with a white tilak on his forehead and white marks on his arms holds his palms together, wearing an orange beaded shawl and rudraksha-style beads. Further right, a bald man in dark-framed glasses and an orange shawl and bangles sits with hands open in prayer. At the far right, a man in maroon robes sits in meditation with an orange shawl. On the left, a man in white ritual clothes sits with hands folded. Brass lamps and puja vessels sit on the floor at the bottom left and bottom right.2013-04-05 +1 copiesThree men seated side by side in a hall with a red curtain behind them, in a devotional pose with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. They wear saffron-orange unstitched robes draped over bare shoulders, with rudraksha mala beads around their necks and gold bangles on their wrists. Each has white vibhuti or tilak marks on the forehead, and the man on the right wears glasses and a small earring. A small oil lamp flame is visible at the lower left edge, and other seated devotees in the background wear white and yellow. This appears to be a puja or satsang moment with devotees in prayer.2011-08-04A seated group of men in a hall with hands pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in prayer or meditation. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in front wears an orange-brown shawl, a rudraksha mala and a white ash line on his forehead and arm, with a bare upper body. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border wears dark beads, and others sit behind in blurred poses with similar orange and white garments.2017-01-04Photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a hall with red and cream walls. Three men in front wear saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha malas, with white ash horizontal markings on their foreheads and arms. They sit cross-legged on a red mat, one with hands folded, behind a low table holding brass lamps, a kalasha-style brass vessel, flower petals, a conch shell and offering bowls. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothing and a man in a red shawl watch the ritual, with a woman in a white shirt at right.2013-10-09Three saffron-clad men in a satsang hall with red curtains. The central man, shaven-headed and wearing glasses, has white tripundra marks and a red bindi, holds his palms pressed together at chest level, and wears a rudraksha mala over an orange shawl with a maroon border. Men on either side, also with white forehead marks and shaven heads, hold their hands in anjali, one partly out of focus on the left and one partly visible on the right in orange cloth. The setting is an indoor devotional gathering with a window and white wall in the background.2013-03-31