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A dense crowd of devotees sits in prayer with palms pressed together at chest level, many with eyes closed. Most wear white or cream clothes, with some in orange or saffron cloth, and many wear rudraksha malas. A bare-chested young man in the centre wears a wooden-bead mala and gold chain, and a bald man at right wears a red bindi and a mala. Several men have forehead markings of white or red. The seated congregation fills the frame, with a few heads turned toward the front of the hall. No single figure is clearly identifiable as the swami from appearance alone.

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A dense seated crowd at a temple-style satsang or festival gathering, mostly men in white and cream clothing with bare or sacred-thread upper bodies and rudraksha malas. In the centre, a young man with shoulder-length swept hair and a vertical white tilak, wearing white garments with an orange-red shawl, sits with palms pressed together in namaskar. Beside him a man with long wavy hair and gold chain pendant sits with eyes closed, and older devotees and younger men in glasses fill the rows around them. No identifiable a person is visible in the frame, so no a person candidate is recorded. Many people are visible, well over twenty.2017-02-24January 01 20172017-01-01November 05 20162016-11-05December 10 20172017-12-10July 31 20172017-07-31A large seated congregation fills a hall, with many devotees in dense rows. Foreground men wear rudraksha malas and bare chests or saffron cloth, some with white forehead markings and shaved heads. A man in the front centre wears a saffron cloth and rudraksha beads. A man at right wears an orange robe and rudraksha beads with a white forehead mark. Others wear white shirts and dhotis, and several women in saffron and white saris sit in the background. No clearly distinctive a person appearance cues are visible, so no candidate is identified. The congregation appears attentive, watching the stage out of frame.2016-11-08 +1 copiesA dense crowd of seated devotees fills a hall at a satsang, with many men shown bare-chested and wearing white or cream dhotis, rudraksha malas and sacred ash on their foreheads. In the centre foreground a young man in an orange-saffron cloth sits beside a man in a red-brown robe with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings. Many others wear white and vermilion or kumkum marks, and a few women and children are also seated among them. Blue and white pillars line the back of the hall, and the audience looks attentively toward the front. No clear a person candidate is visible in this frame.2016-11-08 +2 copiesA large dense crowd of devotees seated closely together, mostly men in white ritual clothing, many with hands folded in anjali and some with eyes closed in prayer. Several younger men wear orange-red shawls and rudraksha malas, and some foreheads bear white and red tilaks. A bald man in white with a mala stands out at left. In the lower foreground, boys in orange and white dhotis sit near the front. The setting appears to be a large hall at a satsang or puja gathering.2016-07-19 +1 copiesNovember 08 20162016-11-08 +1 copiesApril 30 20172017-04-30 +1 copiesJanuary 08 20172017-01-08A dense, seated crowd of devotees fills an indoor hall, photographed from the front. Many men are shirtless or wear white and saffron-orange cloths, with rudraksha malas around their necks and white or yellow tilak marks on their foreheads. In the foreground, a bald man in a rust-red robe with a white forehead mark and a rudraksha mala sits beside a younger man in an orange shawl. Women in orange and pink saris and white clothing sit among the crowd, and an orange-turbaned man appears in the upper background. Pillars and an ornate ceiling frame the room. The attendees appear to be listening attentively to a teaching.2016-11-08 +1 copies