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July 01 2009

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Photograph of a seated group of devotees in white clothing with yellow-and-red sacred threads, eyes closed, performing a ritual during a homa or tharpanam offering in a hall. In the foreground a man in white with a yellow cord rests his hand near his face holding a small object; behind him others sit in meditative prayer, several holding small items with their fingers. Gold bangles and a dark beaded bracelet are visible on the wrists of some participants. The background is blurred with more seated attendees and a bright window at the top.2009-07-01July 01 20092009-07-01A large seated gathering of devotees in white clothes with orange lanyards, eyes closed in meditation. In the centre-foreground a man with short dark hair, a dark beaded mala and a white garment sits with eyes closed and hands. Beside him a man in white wears a pale blue-violet blindfold or headband over his eyes. To the right an older man with white hair wears white and an orange lanyard, and a man with a forehead marking sits with eyes closed. Many blurred figures in white fill the background, sitting in rows in a hall.2013-05-16December 02 20162016-12-02A large seated gathering of devotees in white kurtas and dhotis, eyes closed in meditation, filling a hall. In the foreground a man with a white forehead band and a rudraksha mala sits with head bowed; a bespectacled man in white with a rudraksha mala sits centrally, and several men on the right wear gold chains and small tilak marks. Many others fill the background, with a few children visible. No speaker or throne is clearly visible; the scene shows a satsang or meditation session with people sitting in silent stillness.2013-05-12A photo of a man in a plain white t-shirt with a yellow lanyard, eyes closed and holding a thin stick or incense-like object to his forehead in a devotional gesture. Behind him a crowd of people in white clothing sits in a bright hall with white lattice panels and blurred lights. A man on the left and older heads in the foreground are partly visible.2009-07-01Close photograph of a seated man with eyes closed and head slightly raised, receiving a white ash or sandalwood paste mark across his forehead and neck. A second person in an orange garment reaches in from the right and presses fingers to his brow, during what appears to be a blessing or anointing. The man wears a white kurta and a rudraksha mala of brown beads around his neck. Behind them are white and orange fabric surfaces. Two people are visible.2010-07-28July 01 20092009-07-01July 30 20062006-07-30A seated audience in a bright hall with red chairs in the background, many people with eyes closed and hands raised in meditation. In the foreground, a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a yellow lanyard touches his forehead with his fingers. Beside him, an older man with white hair and beard wears a white shirt with a red-brown beaded mala and presses his palms together. A man in a purple kurta with a yellow lanyard sits at the lower right, and a woman in a pink-and-green sari sits at the left. The scene suggests a seated meditation session, with a logo in the top left corner.2009-12-10July 01 20092009-07-01December 04 20102010-12-04