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A photo of a seated man with grey hair, glasses and a grey moustache, wearing a white kurta and a rudraksha mala, holding a small silver vessel and a stick in his hands over a silver tray of offerings with a red apple. Two people in the foreground are partly visible with their heads turned away, one in a yellow shawl at right. Behind him a large ornate gold-embossed panel and a figure in orange and red cloth at left suggest a ritual setting.

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A photograph of a devotional padapuja-style ritual indoors. In the centre, an older man with grey hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala around his neck, wears a white shirt and holds a small silver cup with both hands while bowing forward. Beside him a young woman in a yellow shawl and a yellow-and-blue sari presses her palms together in prayer. Behind them, several people in white garments stand or sit, and in the foreground silver trays of flowers, fruit and offerings sit on a cloth. At the right, a seated figure in an orange robe is partly visible in front of a red cushioned gold-trimmed throne. The setting is a plain pink-walled hall.2010-09-19A photograph of a ritual scene indoors. In the centre, an older man with glasses and short grey hair, wearing a white shirt and a wristwatch, holds a small silver vessel in his right hand over a brass plate. At the left edge, a figure in saffron-orange robes is partly visible. Behind him, a younger man in white with a yellow shawl sits by a microphone stand, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl sits beside him. A woman in a purple top with hands folded in namaskar sits in the upper background, and a brass plate of offerings rests on a red ledge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam in progress, with a green cloth drape behind.2009-12-06A photograph of a seated bald man in white kurta and white dhoti-style clothing, wearing a red and white lanyard and rudraksha mala with a small pendant, and a gold wristwatch, performing a ritual with his hands clasped at his waist. A white vibhuti marking is on his forehead. Behind him other seated people in white clothes, several with red lanyards, sit on a patterned gold-and-brown carpet. In front, brass oil lamps, small metal bowls with pink petals and a red cloth are arranged. The men are seated in a meditative satsang gathering.2013-12-13A man in a white shirt and white trousers sits in profile beside an ornate gold-leafed carved shrine or throne, holding a small polished silver cup or bowl with both hands. He wears a dark rudraksha-style mala around his neck, thin-framed glasses, a gold wristwatch and gold rings. The background is plain white and pale wall. At the lower left edge, the orange-and-red garment of another seated figure is partly visible.2011-10-09November 20 20112011-11-20A photograph of a seated audience at a satsang-style gathering. In the centre, an older man with swept-back silver-grey hair, a grey moustache and clear-framed glasses wears a cream kurta and a rust-coloured rudraksha mala with a small amber pendant on a cord. A red bindi is on his forehead and a pen is clipped to his shirt. Around him, participants in white, blue and orange clothing sit in rows, and a partially visible young man in white with a rudraksha mala is in the foreground at left. Sparse, unidentified attendees fill the background. The man's appearance does not establish a candidate for the named teacher, so he is described by role only as a seated participant.2016-12-17December 02 20112011-12-02October 10 20102010-10-10November 20 20112011-11-20A photograph of a seated older man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and an orange lanyard, white vibhuti lines on his forehead, and dark-rimmed glasses, looking intently toward another seated man whose back is to the camera, wearing a black cap and white clothing. Behind them, blurred figures in white sit near golden carved decorations. The seated man in white holds his hands folded in his lap.2016-09-27Indoor photo of a seated man in a plain white kurta with a dark wooden mala around his neck and a visible name badge on his chest, holding a small silver cup in both hands. In front of him is a row of silver bowls and a plate with an apple. To his left a woman in white with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded in prayer. Other people are blurred in the foreground and background, and a standing man in white with a lanyard is behind them. Seven or so people are partly visible.2010-10-10A devotional puja scene before a gold-decorated murti with yellow marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt with a black rudraksha-style bead mala and a gold bangle holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand, looking down toward a silver tray of offerings. A woman with a red bindi and a dark necklace sits at left, and a second man in white stands behind them. At right, the orange-robed legs and hand of a seated figure are visible, but no face is shown.2010-10-18 +1 copies