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March 18 20132013-03-18March 27 20132013-03-27A seated group of young boys and adult men performing a ritual puja on the floor of a hall. Several boys wear maroon sleeveless tunics with yellow trim and white tilak marks on their foreheads, some raising small lamps or offering pieces. Foreground: a shaved-headed man in orange-saffron robes and a long orange shawl wears a rudraksha mala and holds a small lamp, while another bald man in orange shawl and bead mala sits in front, holding a flame. A silver tray holds marigold flowers and a small framed image, with other brass vessels nearby. Several boys in the background also hold lamps or offerings, with white sacred ash markings on their arms and faces.2013-07-02A group of young saffron-robed initiates sit cross-legged on a hall floor performing a ritual. Most have shaved heads with white vibhuti horizontal stripes across their foreheads and wear orange robes with rudraksha malas. Several hold small brass ritual implements and bells, and silver-toned trays, flowers and small offering items are set on the floor before them. An older man in a white shirt sits with hands pressed together at the back, and a figure in a red and orange cloth sits in the foreground holding a bell. Motion blur suggests active chanting or puja.2014-09-03A seated group of young boys and adolescents in saffron-orange robes and maroon-and-orange sashes performs a ritual with small oil lamps held in their hands. Many have white vertical tilaka marks on their foreheads and wooden rudraksha malas around their necks. Brass dishes, a small bell and offering plates sit on white floor mats in front of them. Several older men in white clothing sit in the background, some also holding lamps, in a plain room with maroon curtains and a white door. Gold-bordered text is absent; the scene is a lamp-lighting puja or aarti.2013-03-20October 29 20132013-10-29 +1 copiesDense 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.2013-04-03March 17 20132013-03-17April 02 20132013-04-02 +1 copiesJuly 20 20132013-07-20September 19 20142014-09-19July 30 20132013-07-30