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May 04 2016

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A large indoor gathering of devotees seated closely together in a hall, many wearing white dhotis and shawls with gold borders and rudraksha malas. Foreground men sit with palms pressed in anjali and hands folded, some with vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. A few men wear saffron cloth. Behind them, a dense crowd fills the hall under white-clad figures, with a wooden doorway at the upper right.2017-07-09May 27 20172017-05-27A dense crowd of devotees seated closely together in a hall, many in white ritual clothing with gold borders and some in saffron/orange robes. Several men wear rudraksha malas and forehead markings of white vibhuti and red kumkum. In the foreground a man with long hair wears an orange garment, and a bespectacled man in white sits centrally with a red tilak. Faces are attentive and focused.2017-07-16 +1 copiesJuly 05 20172017-07-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a large seated satsang gathering in a hall, with rows of devotees on colourful striped mats. In the foreground, several men wear white dhoti-style cloth with orange-gold borders, rudraksha malas around their necks, and white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads; some clap and smile. A man in saffron-orange robes with dreadlocks and rudraksha malas sits at left, and a bald man with a white shawl and glasses smiles at right. Water bottles sit near the mats. Behind them, many more participants in white and orange clothing fill the hall. No single person is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues in this frame.2017-05-19May 04 20162016-05-04May 04 20162016-05-04A seated congregation at an indoor satsang or discourse, with many devotees filling the hall. In the foreground a young man in white dhoti with an orange-red shawl and rudraksha mala claps his hands, beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Another man in white clothes with a grey-streaked head and white tilak sits with hands folded. Behind them, devotees wear orange and saffron robes, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and a young boy in a patterned golden robe sits at left. a person is not clearly identifiable here, so no ceremonial figure is named. Watermarked archive photograph of devotees in prayerful attention.2016-04-10July 07 20172017-07-07May 04 20162016-05-04A seated group ritual in a large hall with orange floor mats. In the centre, a man in an orange saffron cloth and a multi-strand rudraksha mala sits with his body marked with white ash stripes and a white tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and shawl has white tripundra marks and a white sacred thread, and another man in white has yellow turmeric paste on his forehead. Behind them, many devotees in white and orange sit with hands folded or palms together, and a row of people in white and orange clothing fills the background. The crowd and setting suggest an assembly during a puja or satsang.2018-11-22October 22 20152015-10-22