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January 03 2013

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A group of young boys and novices in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged in a hall, eyes closed and mouths open as if chanting or singing together. Many have white horizontal tilak lines across their foreheads and wear rudraksha malas around their necks; the front boy in the centre also has a red bindi. Some have their hands folded in prayer, and small brass plates and offering dishes sit on a silver tray in front of them. Behind them, adult devotees in white and orange clothing sit and stand in the background. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

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A photograph of a seated group of young sannyasi-style boys and men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas, white vertical forehead markings, and shaved heads, chanting with eyes closed beside brass puja vessels, a small lamp and a yellow box on the floor. The scene looks like a ritual gathering in an indoor hall. No individual is identifiable as a person from appearance here, so no candidate is named.

Several young shaved-headed monks in saffron-orange robes with magenta borders sit on the floor during a ritual, with white and red tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks and wrists. The two foreground monks hold small brass bells in their raised hands and chant with their mouths open, while a third monk in a maroon robe with gold border sits with eyes closed. Behind them, seated devotees in white clothes watch, and colourful cloth bunting hangs at the top of the hall. Brass plates and offering vessels are on the floor in front.

Dense group of young and adult devotees in saffron-orange robes with maroon shawls seated on the floor during a ritual, many with white horizontal tilak bands across their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Several hold their palms together in anjali mudra or sit with hands folded, and small oil lamps and offering plates glow on the floor in front. The scene suggests a satsang or puja gathering, with boys and men in the foreground and a watermarked archive copyright along the lower right. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person from this image.

November 13 2013

Photograph of a large seated gathering of devotees in orange and saffron robes, many bare-chested with white vibhuti markings on their foreheads and shoulders, sitting cross-legged on a floor at a meditation or satsang session. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man with a red kumkum bindi and a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed and hands folded, wearing an orange shawl knotted at the shoulder. Beside him a younger man with a shaved head and orange shawl appears to chant, and a small brass lamp and cups sit on the floor. Many more people sit in the background on mats, some in white or grey clothing.

A seated group of devotees in an indoor hall chants together. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man on the right wears a white forehead and body markings, a red bindi, a rudraksha mala, and an orange shawl tied over his bare shoulder, with hands together in front of him. Beside him, another bare-chested man in an orange shawl sits with eyes closed. Other participants behind them, some with white forehead markings, sit in meditative posture, and oil lamps glow near the front. Appearance does not clearly establish a person candidate, so this is described by role only.

July 21 2013

A photograph of a seated group of young and adult ascetic devotees in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, most with white sandalwood or vibhuti lines and bindis on their foreheads. Several hold small oil lamps with flames, and some sit before brass plates of offerings and a bell. Two older men in the back row look toward the camera, and a person in white stands in the background near a fan and a table. Several faces are partially cropped.