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A seated man in white dhoti and white shawl with gold borders sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered, in a pale room with a red curtain. He wears a black rudraksha mala, a silver bracelet, red-orange beaded wrist threads, and white vibhuti stripes on his forehead and arms. Behind him, two other seated devotees in white with gold-bordered cloth also have their hands folded in prayer, one of them shaven-headed. The scene suggests a satsang or meditation session. Physical people visible: three.

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Three seated men in white dhotis and white shawls sit with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed in prayer. Each has white vibhuti or tilak markings on the forehead and arms, with white painted lines on the upper arm of the man on the left. The man in the centre wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and a gold bangle, and his shawl has gold borders. The man on the right wears a gold-bordered white garment and a gold bangle. A partly visible fourth person stands at the far left edge. The setting is a plain white-walled room with a light-coloured floor.2011-10-13Devotees seated in a hall during prayer. In the foreground, a man with white vibhuti on his forehead, rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace sits with eyes closed and hands held in a mudra, wearing a white dhoti with red-and-gold borders. Beside him, another man in a white dhoti with gold trim presses his palms together in anjali. Behind them, a row of seated men in white shirts and dhotis and a few in western clothing listen in a satsang-style gathering, with a metal stand and chain at left.2012-10-09Two men sit in a close row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer. The nearer man in front has short dark hair, a red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck, and wears a white dhoti-style garment with a gold border over his shoulder; a white horizontal tilak marks his forehead. The man behind him, also in white with a gold-bordered cloth and white tilak, has a shaved head. Soft-focus lamps glow in the background and a blurred figure sits further back. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the visible people.2011-11-18November 07 20112011-11-07A seated devotee in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and marked with white vibhuti stripes on forehead and arms, presses his palms together in anjali while chanting, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck and gold bangles on his wrist. Behind him, rows of similarly dressed men sit cross-legged in a hall with pink walls, several with hands folded, and small oil lamps and brass puja vessels are visible in the foreground.2017-01-01A man sits cross-legged on a dark mat in meditation pose with eyes closed, bare-chested beneath a white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, a red bindi on his forehead, a dark rudraksha-style mala at his neck, a gold bracelet on his wrist and long dark hair swept back. To his right, a bald man in glasses and a white dhoti with gold border sits with his eyes lowered, his mala visible. Behind them a white wall, a black bag and a plastic water bottle sit on the floor, and a small framed item is in the foreground.2011-11-24Three men seated in a hall with palms pressed together in anjali, eyes closed in prayer. The nearest, on the right, is an older bald man with white vibhuti markings on his forehead and arms, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti. The middle young man has long dark hair tied back, a tilak, rudraksha malas and a white upper cloth. The left young man also wears rudraksha malas and white markings on his shoulders. Behind them, others in orange and white clothing sit in the blurred background of a satsang or darshan gathering. No candidate for the a person figure is clearly distinguishable by the cues required.2017-08-03A photograph of two shaven-headed men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-and-white borders, seated with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed. The man in front wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a bracelet on his wrist, with white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a small red tilak. Behind him, a second man also has his palms joined and wears a white cloth over his shoulder with a mala. Their faces are in profile and sincere in prayer, with a wooden cabinet and orange-brown wall behind them.2010-10-16Three men sit in a row in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, hands pressed together in anjali mudra during prayer. The man on the left has long slicked-back hair and eyes closed, wearing a gold bracelet. The middle man has a shaved head with white tripundra vibhuti lines on his forehead and white paste bands on his arms, holding his palms together. The man on the right, partly blurred, has white markings on his arms and a gold bracelet, with hands raised in prayer. The setting is a plain pale wall. No a person candidate is distinctively identifiable by the visible cues.2011-11-03November 08 20112011-11-08Seated devotees in white cloths meditate with eyes closed on a floor, several with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. The central man wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and a white dhoti-style wrap, hands resting on his knee. Men to the left and right wear similar white clothes, some with beaded necklaces, and a brass vessel sits on the floor at left beside a metal table with a red cloth. Figures in the foreground are partly cropped.2011-09-30Several men sit close together in white ritual dress with reddish-maroon borders, bodies and arms marked with white ash lines. In the foreground two men with shaved heads and rudraksha malas press their palms together in anjali, eyes closed, in prayer. Beside them a man with short dark hair and a gold bangle also holds his hands folded with eyes closed. Behind them another seated man in white is partly visible, and a blurred bald figure in orange appears at the lower right corner. Warm light glows at the left edge.2011-10-02