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A night-time gathering of shirtless male devotees wearing orange dhoti-style lower garments, rudraksha malas and wrist bands, with white sacred ash markings on their bodies and foreheads. Several are smiling with palms pressed together in anjali mudra. On the left, a bearded man with long tied-up hair and a tie-dye cloth around his neck stands bare-chested. Behind them is a red corrugated wall and lit building windows. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

A large group of men seated cross-legged on an orange cloth at night, bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas, many with white forehead markings, eyes closed in meditation or chanting. Several have hands folded in anjali, and one in front holds his hands together while another reads or gestures. Behind them stand more devotees and illuminated ritual decorations, with a golden ornate structure visible at the upper right. No individual is singled out as a person; the attendees appear to be devotees and priests in ritual dress.

2017-09-26 +1 copies

January 04 2016

A large hall filled with devotees dressed in saffron and orange robes, seated on mats and performing a ritual with small oil lamps and offering plates. In the foreground, a bald man with a rudraksha mala and a red-and-saffron cloth draped over his shoulders holds a lit lamp, while a younger man in orange with a red tilak and rudraksha beads sits beside him, also holding a flame. A boy at left with long dark hair and a pendant holds a small lamp, and smoke or incense drifts through the warm, dim room. Many other participants sit behind them, some with shaved heads and white beards. The scene looks like a group puja with lamps and aarti.

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January 07 2017

A crowd of devotees with raised, folded hands in a temple hall during collective worship. Many men are shirtless or wear white dhotis; several have sandalwood or vibhuti markings on their foreheads and arms, and some wear rudraksha malas. Foreground figures include a man with long blond hair and a bald man with arms raised in devotion. A man with short grey hair, rimless glasses and a rudraksha mala stands centre with palms joined, and an orange cloth is visible at the lower edge. The setting is crowded and warmly lit.

2016-11-11 +1 copies

January 01 2017

A photograph of a dim hall in which many saffron-clad devotees sit on the floor during a ritual. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and red tilak on his forehead holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a small flame-tipped item in the other, wearing rudraksha malas and a red-orange shawl. Beside him, a bare-chested man with an orange headwrap and beard tends a small wooden tray with lamps and offerings, and a boy in orange cloth sits near incense smoke. Center, a young man with swept-back dark hair wears an orange cloth, rudraksha malas and a pendant, raising an incense stick as he sits behind a tray of lamps, flowers and offerings. Many other people in orange and white sit behind them in the blurred background.

A large group of bare-chested men seated closely on the floor in a hall, many with white sacred ash smeared across their foreheads and shoulders and white sacred threads over their chests. In the foreground a man with greying hair and a red bindi holds his palms pressed together in anjali mudra while speaking, with a white thread across his bare chest. Beside him a bearded man in white dhoti-style cloth holds his palms together, and a bald man at the lower left wears a rudraksha mala and reddish sandal marks. Some devotees sit with eyes closed in prayer, and the background is softly blurred with more seated participants.

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