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January 21 2018

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A large group of bare-chested men seated closely on the floor in a hall, many with white sacred ash smeared across their foreheads and shoulders and white sacred threads over their chests. In the foreground a man with greying hair and a red bindi holds his palms pressed together in anjali mudra while speaking, with a white thread across his bare chest. Beside him a bearded man in white dhoti-style cloth holds his palms together, and a bald man at the lower left wears a rudraksha mala and reddish sandal marks. Some devotees sit with eyes closed in prayer, and the background is softly blurred with more seated participants.2017-12-24January 21 20182018-01-21May 26 20172017-05-26A seated satsang audience of devotees in white dhotis and saffron-and-white shawls, many wearing rudraksha malas. A man in front centre, with white hair and a white tilak, wears a gold pendant and rudraksha beads. Others on the left and right raise hands in gesture, and some sit with eyes closed. A young man on the right has a tilak on his forehead. The setting is a crowded hall with patterned mats. No a person candidate is clearly visible; the speaker is not in frame.2017-05-19A seated congregation at a Nithya-Satsang gathering, with many devotees sitting cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation. Foreground figures wear orange saffron cloths and rudraksha malas, with white horizontal and vertical tilaka markings on their foreheads. Others wear white ritual clothes and white shawls with gold borders, some with white sandalwood paste on their faces. A man in a light blue shirt and glasses sits in the middle, and a bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands at left. A young boy in white sits at lower left. Behind them, a standing figure in white holds a wooden stick, and a man in a purple shirt stands near a black speaker. Background shows a pillared hall with a red-painted doorway.2017-11-27November 24 20152015-11-24A large indoor gathering of seated men, most bare-chested in white dhoti-style cloth, many with white and ochre forehead markings and rudraksha or bead necklaces. Foreground figures sit close to the camera, some with hands folded and others looking toward the front of the hall. Behind them, rows of similarly dressed devotees fill the room, with a few saffron-clad figures visible further back and a wooden door and carved panel on the right wall.2015-11-24A large group of men seated cross-legged on an orange cloth at night, bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas, many with white forehead markings, eyes closed in meditation or chanting. Several have hands folded in anjali, and one in front holds his hands together while another reads or gestures. Behind them stand more devotees and illuminated ritual decorations, with a golden ornate structure visible at the upper right. No individual is singled out as a person; the attendees appear to be devotees and priests in ritual dress.2017-09-26 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesA seated group of devotees fills a hall during a chanting session, with many people in the foreground wearing saffron-orange robes with gold-yellow borders, rudraksha malas, and white forehead bands. Behind them, a row of people in white ritual clothing sit on red chairs and mats, some with hands folded in prayer. A few wear orange-and-white satsang attire. A partly visible figure in orange stands at the upper right near a framed image on a red wall, and a small child sits among the seated rows at the back.2015-02-02February 22 20172017-02-22January 05 20192019-01-05