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A seated man in a white dhoti with gold border and a bare upper torso holds a lit oil lamp flame toward the camera, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a pendant necklace. Behind him, a large group of seated men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing event lanyards, hold small lamps and open prayer sheets. Some people in the background wear orange and white clothing, and a few women are visible near the top right.

September 04 2012

A photograph of a ritual in progress indoors. A shaven-headed man in white dhoti and a bare chest, wearing a gold beaded necklace and a gold pendant, holds up a lit incense stick and a small offering dish, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arm. Smoke rises from the incense. Around him, other white-clad men wear gold necklaces, white and red sacred marks, and one woman with a red bindi holds a brass lamp. A woman with a yellow cloth in the foreground is also present. The setting appears to be a ceremonial hall with a dark backdrop.

2010-10-22 +1 copies

Photograph of a seated group at a ritual gathering. In the right foreground a bald man in white dhoti and shawl with red border, rudraksha mala and gold bangle, holds a small oil lamp aloft while looking forward. Beside him a man in white with white forehead markings sits with hands folded, and behind them devotees in white and colourful shirts hold lit lamps or sit with palms joined. A man in yellow sweatshirt and a boy in red kurta sit in the background. Lamps glow in the dusk setting, indicating an aarti or puja.

Two men in white ritual dhotis and shawls sit in a hall during a puja, one raising an arm with incense smoke rising around him. The man on the left, with a short dark hairstyle, wears an orange-red rudraksha mala and bare white ash-marked upper arms, and is singing. The man on the right wears a dark rudraksha mala and gold bangles and holds a lit incense stick aloft. Plastic chairs and seated devotees are visible behind them, and a child is partially visible at the lower right.

October 23 2010

A photograph of several men seated in a hall performing a ritual with incense sticks. Four men in white dhotis with red-bordered cloth and white forehead marks hold lit incense sticks and small brass bells, raising their arms. A man at the front left wears wire-rimmed glasses, rudraksha malas and a gold bracelet. At the right foreground a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron shawl with rudraksha beads sits with his head bowed. A tall whiteboard and pale walls form the background, and a few partially visible children appear at the left edge.

A seated group of devotees in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders, many wearing rudraksha malas, sits on striped mats in a hall with yellow walls and orange draped cloth. In the foreground, a man with a rudraksha mala and a gold-bordered white dhoti holds a brass bell and a small brass object over a cloth with brass vessels, while the man beside him holds an incense stick. A central seated man in all-white clothes and a grey lower garment holds a rudraksha mala and raises his hands in ritual gesture. Other people, some wearing vibhuti, sit behind them. Hanging decorations are visible at the top. The scene suggests a puja or satsang, with no clear a person candidate present.

2012-05-11 +1 copies

January 04 2013

A photograph of a group of men seated on the floor in white dhotis with gold borders, performing a ritual with small brass oil lamps held in outstretched hands. The foreground man wears wire-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala, and a white forehead mark, and holds a lamp toward the left. Behind him, a shirtless man with a white tilak and a bead necklace holds a lamp, and another man in white holds a lamp to the right. Boys in casual clothes sit in the background, and a blue-rimmed container and brass items lie on the mat in front. Watermarked archive photo. A white-robed figure stands in the upper background.

Devotees seated in a hall during prayer. In the foreground, a man with white vibhuti on his forehead, rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace sits with eyes closed and hands held in a mudra, wearing a white dhoti with red-and-gold borders. Beside him, another man in a white dhoti with gold trim presses his palms together in anjali. Behind them, a row of seated men in white shirts and dhotis and a few in western clothing listen in a satsang-style gathering, with a metal stand and chain at left.

October 11 2011