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March 04 2013

A group of devotees in orange and rust-coloured robes sits cross-legged on a floor during a seated gathering. In the foreground, two shaved-headed men wear rudraksha malas and ochre-and-gold shawls; the left one has his hands folded and eyes lowered, while the right one, with a white horizontal tilak across his forehead and a red dot, speaks. Behind them, more seated people in saffron clothing and white forehead markings fill the room, with brass oil lamps and small offering dishes on the floor.

Two shaved-headed men in rust-red and orange robes sit cross-legged on a white cloth in an indoor hall, with curtains behind them. The man on the left wears dark-rimmed glasses and a long rudraksha mala over his shoulder, with a beaded bracelet on his upper arm and a horizontal white tilak on his forehead. The man on the right, also wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala, has white ash bands on his forehead and arm, a gold-edged dhoti, and a gold wristwatch, and his hands are folded in his lap. Yellow marigolds lie at the lower left and a small white device sits on a wooden table at the right. A partly visible person in orange robes sits at the far right edge. No recognizable a person candidate is clearly established by the visible cues, so the identity is left uncertain.

Several saffron-robed monastics sit cross-legged in a hall, eyes closed or lowered in meditation. In the foreground, a bald man in round glasses wears orange robes, a long rudraksha mala and a red bindi, hands clasped. Beside him, a younger man with a white tripundra on his forehead wears orange robes and a rudraksha mala, holding an open book on his lap. Behind them, a man in white dhoti with a white tripundra and other seated devotees fill the background, with a blue plate and a stone pillar visible in front.

March 04 2013

A photograph of seated devotees meditating with eyes closed in a hall, many in saffron and orange dhotis with gold borders. In the foreground, a bald man with a sandalwood and kumkum forehead mark wears rust-red robes, a thick rudraksha mala and round glasses, hands resting in his lap. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in white robes with a gold border wears a red and brown rudraksha mala and a bead bracelet, also meditating. Several young boys and men in orange and white sit behind them, a satsang-style gathering in a temple-like hall.

Photograph of a seated devotional gathering in a hall. In the foreground, two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange dhoti-style wraps and rudraksha malas sit before brass ritual vessels; the man at left, with white tilak on forehead and arms, claps with palms together while a book rests on his lap, and the man at right, wearing glasses and a red bindi, rests his hands in his lap. Behind them, many seated people in white and yellow clothing, and a figure in red robes, fill the room. Brass pots and a small tray of offerings sit on the floor mat. No one is clearly identified as a person.

July 30 2013

A 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.

Several saffron and orange-robed sannyasis sit cross-legged in a hall during a satsang session. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange robes and layered rudraksha malas sits with arms folded and eyes open, while beside him a man in red-orange cloth and a rudraksha mala sits with a sacred ash band across his forehead and white marks on his arms. To the right another monk in orange with a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed in meditation. Other seated devotees in orange and red fill the background, and carved stone pillars are visible behind them.