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Outdoor satsang under a large banyan tree with thick aerial roots. Many seated men in white shirts and white dhotis wear orange lanyards with name badges, indicating event participants. Several have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. In the foreground a man in a white shirt rests his chin on his hand, while others listen attentively. No speaker or a person figure is clearly visible in this frame, so no identification is made.

December 14 2011

2011-12-14 +1 copies

A seated crowd of devotees in white ceremonial clothing fills a hall at a Nithyanandoham convention session. In the centre, a man with short dark hair and a white kurta sits leaning forward and looking up attentively. To his left, a man with a red tilak on his forehead, wearing glasses and a white shawl with a yellow border, speaks with a rudraksha mala and white beaded necklace. Other attendees in white sit around them, some with name badges on lanyards.

Devotees in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged on orange and purple mats during a satsang gathering. In the foreground, a bald man with glasses and a moustache wears a white shirt, a long rudraksha mala and a name badge. Beside him, an older man with grey hair and a white shirt has white vibhuti marks on his forehead and a red thread on his wrist. Behind them, several more seated devotees in white and one in yellow listen attentively, with orange-clad figures further back.

A seated devotional gathering in a hall. In the foreground a man in a cream shawl with a red-and-maroon border, a white horizontal tilak and a red dot on his forehead, wears rudraksha beads and a gold pendant, and has folded hands at his chest; he appears to be chanting with eyes lowered. Beside him an older man with white hair tied back and a white beard wears white dhoti-style clothing and a gold bracelet, his hands joined in prayer. Other seated participants in white and orange clothing are behind them.

Several men sit outdoors in a row on a low ledge beside a green shrub and a white and red wall, appearing to take part in a gathering. In the foreground a man in a white shirt, dark trousers and sunglasses presses his palms together in anjali, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a gold bracelet on his wrist. Beside him a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed and hands clasped. Behind them a younger man in a white shirt looks toward the camera and another man has white tilak on his forehead. Partial figures in white clothing appear at the edges of the frame.

Men seated in a hall at a satsang, wearing white shirts and rudraksha mala garlands. In the foreground a man with short black hair and a red tilak on his forehead sits facing forward with a serious expression, wearing a dark beaded necklace over his white shirt. Beside him an older man with grey hair and a moustache, also in white with a rudraksha garland, sits with eyes lowered. Blurred devotees fill the background, and red curtains hang behind them.

August 19 2017

2017-08-19 +1 copies

A seated indoor gathering of men in white shirts wearing long rudraksha mala garlands. In the foreground, a man with grey-streaked hair, a red forehead mark and a dark beaded mala with a pendant sits upright, gazing forward, with a gold bracelet on his wrist and a pen clipped to his shirt pocket. Beside him, a man with a moustache and white ash on his forehead, also in a white shirt and rudraksha garland, looks ahead. Blurred figures and a partly visible man on the right fill the background, with a red curtain and framed pictures on the wall behind them. The setting suggests a satsang or programme audience.

Several men seated in a hall in white ritual clothing perform a breathing or nasal practice, one hand raised to the nose. The foreground man wears a dark rudraksha mala, a red-and-white tilak on his forehead and a pendant, and sits cross-legged on a mat. The man beside him wears a white shirt with a red lanyard, and a bald man on the right wears a white dhoti with gold borders, bare-shouldered, pressing fingers to his nose. Behind them, other people in white and a man with a yellow scarf stand or sit in the blurred background.

October 12 2011

A seated crowd of devotees in white clothing meditates with eyes closed inside a hall. In the foreground, a bald man in round glasses and a white shirt sits beside a younger man with a moustache in a white kurta. Behind them, many men in white dhotis and shirts sit closely packed. A man in the centre wears white and orange cloth, a sacred ash mark on his forehead and a red bindi. Several people wear eyeglasses and rudraksha or prayer beads.