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A man with grey hair, glasses and a grey moustache sits with palms pressed together in namaste in a large hall filled with seated devotees. He wears an orange-saffron shawl printed with repeated text and a yellow-bordered white dhoti, with white vibhuti lines on his forehead and arms and a rudraksha mala around his neck. Behind him, a bald man with white-marked forehead and an orange shawl sits with eyes closed, and many people in white ritual clothing fill the background. The atmosphere suggests a devotional ritual or darshan.

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May 05 20142014-05-05Several men sit in a row in a meditation or satsang hall with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. The central man with grey hair, glasses and a moustache wears white clothes and an orange-red shawl. Beside him a man in similar white and red shawl also holds hands together, while a bald man in the right foreground bows his head. Blurred figures in white behind them suggest a larger seated gathering. A small purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner.2013-12-20December 28 20142014-12-28October 22 20152015-10-22 +1 copiesA seated man in white ritual clothing with a gold border and a rudraksha mala, a white forehead tilak and white body markings, sits with palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed. Behind him, a large hall holds devotees in orange and cream clothing, two men in pink and white, and many more people seated in prayer or satsang. The setting is a blurred temple-like hall with warm lighting.2016-09-16Photograph of devotees in prayer at a satsang gathering. In the foreground a man with swept-back white-grey hair and white vertical tilak on his forehead sits with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed, wearing layered rudraksha malas and a round pendant with a portrait. Beside him a bald man with glasses, wearing a white cloth over bare shoulders with white ash markings, also holds his hands in anjali. Blurred figures in orange and white clothing sit behind them in the hall, and a blurred warm light glows at left.2017-01-06A seated devotee in the foreground, bare-chested with a white dhoti and an orange-red shawl printed with a person text, applauds with hands together. He wears glasses, a vibhuti line on his forehead with a red kumkum dot, and a rudraksha-style necklace. Around him, seated devotees in white and orange-red shawls clap, and the hall is blurred with more participants behind them.2017-03-04April 27 20162016-04-27 +1 copiesA seated group of devotees in white dhotis and shirts with rudraksha malas and red-saffron shawls sits on mats in a hall during a satsang or puja. In the centre, a bald man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered saffron-red shawl and a gold necklace sits with palms pressed together. Beside him an elderly man in white with a rudraksha mala holds his hands folded, and a small brass plate with flowers and a lamp rests on the floor. Behind them many more white-clad participants fill the hall, with framed images and red curtains on the walls.2014-08-24July 08 20162016-07-08September 09 20122012-09-09A seated group of devotees at a puja or satsang gathering, shown in a dense crowd close to the camera. Foreground: an older man with white beard and white shirt with a dark lanyard; a man in a red-and-grey jacket with hands cupped in prayer; a man in a white shirt with an orange-and-white scarf reading Nithyanandaya Namaha, wearing an orange-and-white lanyard. Behind them, a man in green shirt presses palms together, a bald man in white and orange kurta sits with hands folded, and others in white dhotis and shirts sit with eyes closed or heads bowed. A small lit lamp glows near the right middle. Visible people number well over twenty.2012-09-03