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September 27 2011

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Two men sit cross-legged on a floor covered with mats during a ritual. In the foreground a young man with eyes closed, hands clasped in front of him, wears an unstitched white dhoti and white upper cloth with a gold border, a red rudraksha-style mala and a pendant, and a small red dot on his forehead. Behind him an older man in white dhoti and shawl with a white tilak on his forehead sits with eyes lowered. Brass vessels, a lit oil lamp, a plate with offerings and a white bowl lie in front of them. Another person in white sits blurred in the background.

A shaved-headed young man wearing thin-rimmed glasses sits and speaks while making a hand gesture. He wears white ritual cloth with red-bordered edges draped over one shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a matching rudraksha bracelet on his wrist, plus a gold bangle. White sacred markings are visible on his forehead and upper arm. Behind him are orange cloth and a brown floor, consistent with a padapuja or ritual setting. He appears to be a priest or devotee; no appearance-based a person candidate is present.

A young shaved-headed devotee in a white dhoti with gold borders sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed, wearing rudraksha mala beads and a round pendant with a small portrait. A gold band is on his wrist. A kumkum mark is on his forehead and he wears glasses. Other seated people in white dress are behind him at a temple paduka puja.

A shaved-headed young man in white dhoti and shawl with red border sits cross-legged, wearing wire-rimmed glasses, white vertical sandalwood-paste marks on forehead and arm, and a long rudraksha mala. A woman in a yellow sari beside him holds a silver lamp with a lit flame, and a silver plate of offerings sits in the foreground. He is a devotee or priest; no distinctive a person cues are visible.

Photograph of several men seated in a row on the floor in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered edges, hands in anjali, eyes closed, in meditative or prayer posture. Foreground man has shaved head, white vertical tilak on forehead, glasses, and a rudraksha mala. Others have white tripundra and white arm markings. In front on an orange cloth are brass puja items: small oil lamps, a conch shell, a brass tumbler, a banana, rose petals and a plate. Sparse white wall and orange-cloth setting suggest a puja or satsang.

A close photo of a shaved-headed young man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with red borders, seated with eyes lowered and holding a silver plate with red flowers. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a rudraksha bracelet and gold bangle, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arm. Thin rimmed glasses are on his face. A woman in a yellow blouse and green-bordered sari is partially visible at the right edge. The setting is a hard floor near an orange-red wall, consistent with a padapuja offering.

November 05 2010

A photo of a seated ritual in a hall. In the foreground a clean-shaven man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border sits cross-legged with eyes closed, chanting and holding his hands in a mudra. He wears a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak with a red dot. Before him on a patterned cloth are brass plates with flowers and fruit, a small brass bell, an oil lamp, plastic containers of offerings and a water bottle. Seated devotees in the background wear white and grey clothing. The setting suggests a puja or padapuja.

A close photo of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with red border, seated with palms pressed together in namaskar at chest level. He wears a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle inscribed with text, a ring, thin rimless glasses and a red bindi with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead and upper arms. A woman in an orange shawl with a rudraksha mala sits partly visible at right, also with hands folded. Behind them is an orange wall with a red base, and a silver tray with offerings is visible at the bottom edge.

A photograph of a pada-puja ritual in a hall with a red curtain. Several men sit cross-legged on mats in white dhotis with orange-gold borders, bare-shouldered and wearing rudraksha malas and tripundra forehead markings. The front man, wearing glasses, speaks while hands are clasped; others sit with hands folded or holding ritual items. Brass oil lamps, bells, a kalasha-like brass vessel, flowers and a plate of offerings sit on orange cloths on the floor. Behind them, men in white and an orange-robed figure stand near the wall.

November 07 2011