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A young child with curly dark hair sits cross-legged in prayer, palms pressed together at the chest with eyes closed. The child wears a saffron-orange garment with gold zari border and a white beaded necklace with a rudraksha bead. Blurred seated figures in white and gold brass vessels surround the child in what looks like a ritual gathering.

A young boy sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands folded in his lap, meditating during a ritual gathering. He wears an orange-saffron cloth with a gold brocade border draped over one shoulder, multiple rudraksha malas around his neck and arms, and a small pendant. A white sacred ash line marks his forehead with a red dot at the centre. Behind him, other boys in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls also sit quietly with eyes lowered.

March 30 2016

A young boy sits cross-legged on a floor during a puja, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a bare chest, rudraksha beads, and a green thread necklace, with a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him, several people in saffron-orange robes sit with rudraksha malas, and a woman in orange draped garments is visible. Incense smoke drifts in front of him. Brass oil lamps, a brass vessel, pink flowers and an incense stick lie on the floor in front. The scene is a temple-style ritual setting.

September 15 2016

A young person with long dark curly hair sits cross-legged with eyes closed and a hand resting under the chin in a meditative pose. They wear a loose orange saffron wrap draped over one shoulder, with a white vertical forehead mark and red bindi. Beside them stands a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border, and a man in a pink shirt sits at the right edge, with blurred seated devotees behind.

A young boy with short dark hair and clear-framed glasses sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed and hands resting in his lap. He wears an orange saffron-coloured garment with a gold-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha mala with a small pendant, and has white sacred ash marks with a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him, another boy in a white dhoti with a gold border also sits with eyes closed, and blurred seated devotees fill the background of a hall.

A group of young boys and men seated cross-legged on a pink cloth during a ritual ceremony. The central boy wears an orange saffron wrap with gold border and a white sacred thread, holding a small brass spoon and cord over brass oil lamps and bowls. Other participants wear white dhotis with gold borders and orange wraps, some with rudraksha beads and vermilion on their foreheads. Brass kalashas, brass lamps and a small clear plastic container sit on the cloth in front of them.

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A young boy with a shaved head and white sacred markings on his body stands at the centre, wearing a rudraksha mala necklace and a white thread, and opens his mouth toward a food offering. Around him, bare-chested men wear saffron-orange dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas and bracelets. A hand on the right holds a portion of yellow rice food being offered, as part of a Maheshwara Puja style food offering ritual. Several other devotees stand in the background.