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A seated group of young monastics in saffron and rust-coloured robes sits on a red carpet during a satsang-style gathering. In the foreground a bespectacled monk with a shaved head, red-and-white tilak and rudraksha malas wears a rust shawl and sits upright, eyes forward. To the left, a monk with a white forehead mark and a heavy gold-beaded necklace sits beside another in orange. To the right, a monk in orange wears beaded bracelets and rudraksha beads with hands folded. Behind them, a man in white clothes with a red tilak sits with palms pressed together, and devotees in white, red and turquoise sit in the background. Small brass items and a white cup sit on the carpet, and a child in orange is partly visible at lower left.

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A seated group of saffron-robed monastics and white-clad devotees in a hall with a red mat. In the foreground, a bald man with white forehead markings and a gold chest ornament wears rudraksha malas and a red-brown robe with gold armbands. Beside him, a bespectacled monk with a red bindi and red-brown robe sits with eyes lowered. A white-clad man in the background holds his hands in anjali, and a man in a teal shirt sits behind them. A boy in orange sits at the lower edge. Gold and brass items lie on the right.2013-04-24March 13 20132013-03-13November 29 20132013-11-29 +3 copiesApril 24 20132013-04-24A photograph of a seated group in a hall with rows of devotees in white and orange-saffron clothing, many with white and red forehead markings and rudraksha malas. In the foreground, a young man with a shaved head, red bindi and orange robe sits in meditation with eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. Beside him, a man in orange-red robes with vibhuti marks and a rudraksha mala sits upright. Others around them, some in white dhotis, sit in attentive posture on mats while a blurred figure in the lower foreground occupies the frame.2016-08-28August 17 20142014-08-17A seated group of people meditating with eyes closed in a hall. In the foreground, a young man with a red bindi and rudraksha mala wears orange robes and glasses. Beside him, a bespectacled young man in a saffron shawl and red-orange garment sits with eyes closed. At right, a shaved-headed man with white tripundra marks, a red bindi and rudraksha mala wears orange robes. Behind them, men in white clothes with orange lanyards sit in meditation, and an older man in white with glasses sits at far right. The setting appears to be an indoor assembly for an inner awakening class.2013-03-13October 11 20142014-10-11May 15 20132013-05-15A seated group of devotees in a hall during a ritual gathering. In the foreground two men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas sit cross-legged; the left one holds a pen over an open notebook, the right one wears glasses and a wristwatch. Both have white sacred markings on their foreheads and arms. Behind them, people in white dhotis and orange garments sit on the floor, and a child in black sits among the audience. A brass figure and pink containers with puja items lie on the floor in front.2013-02-21A seated group of devotees in an indoor hall. In the foreground, two shaved-headed men in orange and maroon sannyasa-style robes wear rudraksha malas, white ash markings on forehead and arms, and armbands; the man on the right holds his hands together in his lap. Behind them more devotees in orange and yellow robes sit in rows, and on the far right an older man in white kurta wears a red-brown mala and a pendant. A red curtain and cream walls form the backdrop, with a small purple bird logo in the top-left corner. Several more people are partly visible at the edges.2015-02-02A seated group of devotees in a hall during a satsang gathering. In the foreground, a shaved-headed sannyasi in saffron and maroon robes with a rudraksha mala and a long orange-beaded necklace sits with white tripundra markings and bare arms, centred among others. Beside him, similarly robed monks in orange with beaded malas sit cross-legged, and a man in a white kurta with a red scarf sits at the right with a laptop. Behind them, rows of men and boys in white and orange clothing sit on the floor, with more onlookers seated in chairs at the back. The foreground figure is not confidently identifiable from appearance, so the role is described as a sannyasi.2014-04-25