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A woman in a cream sari with an orange blouse and a white tilak on her forehead holds a long garland of yellow marigolds and red flowers, offering it to a man with grey hair and glasses who wears a white kurta and an orange-red shawl. The seated audience behind them, many in orange and red shawls, sits on striped mats in a hall with a bright interior. A man at left wears a name badge, white dhoti and orange shawl. The photo appears to show a garland exchange during a gathering.

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February 02 20162016-02-02February 02 20162016-02-02Two women kneel on striped woven mats in a hall while one places a long garland of yellow and red flowers around the other's neck. The woman receiving the garland wears a green blouse and a rust-and-brown striped sari with a red shawl. The woman garlanding her wears a white top and a red shawl. Behind them a large seated audience of devotees fills the room; many wear saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas, and others wear white. Dark wooden benches and a framed picture are visible on the back wall.2016-02-02A marriage ceremony in an indoor hall with plain walls and a tiled floor. A smiling woman in a beige sari with a paisley border and a thin orange shawl, wearing a white and yellow flower garland, has her hands clasped with a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl and matching garland, who rests his hand on her shoulder. Behind them an older woman in an orange shawl and white clothes stands beside a table, and a man in a pink shirt sits on a mat playing a drum. Several onlookers in orange and white stand along the wall, and a person in orange robes stands at the left edge.2012-07-09A photograph of a seated audience at a satsang gathering. In the foreground, a smiling man with grey hair and glasses wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala, with a garland of yellow and red flowers around his neck, and holds the garland at his chest while petals lie on his white clothing. Beside him a woman in a coral-and-pink sari with a yellow flower garland and red bindi presses her palms together in anjali. Behind them, other devotees in white and orange shawls clap, and a woman in a blue sari sits at the left edge. The room is filled with seated people, many in orange and white. a person's appearance is not confidently established, so no identification is made.2014-05-10February 02 20162016-02-02February 02 20162016-02-02May 10 20142014-05-10December 26 20062006-12-26Indoor satsang scene in a wood-panelled hall. In the foreground, a bowed woman in a red blouse with bare arms and a bangle wears a long garland of white and orange marigolds around her neck, her head lowered. A man in a white kurta with embroidered patterns leans forward, placing his hand on her head in a blessing gesture. Behind them, other people in white and cream clothing stand, and a woman in a yellow sari with a red-bordered head covering appears at right. A framed picture hangs on the wall and a tall brass lamp stands near the centre.2014-05-17Indoor hall with seated devotees on striped cloths during a ceremony. In the foreground, a man in glasses wears a cream shirt, red-brown shawl and yellow marigold garland, with a red bindi. Beside him a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari with a yellow garland and a red-brown bindi has her hand on her chest while a man in a blue kurta and white dhoti places a garland or adjusts her hair. Another man in a striped green sweater and red shawl sits with a garland. Behind them, many people sit or stand, some in saffron robes, and framed pictures hang on the walls.2016-02-02A seated group of devotees in a large hall with warm wood-panelled walls and ceiling lights, engaged in a garland-placing ceremony. A young woman in a red and gold silk sari with gold jewellery and bangles lifts a garland of yellow and pink marigolds toward a seated man in a cream dhoti and shirt wearing a badge. Around them, older women in green and red saris and older men in white shirts place and hold garlands of marigolds and pink flowers, and rose petals lie on the cloth. The scene is a photographed devotional gathering with no clearly identifiable a person among the visible people.2014-05-10