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May 13 20172017-05-13 +1 copiesNovember 24 20112011-11-24April 30 20122012-04-30A shirtless young man with short dark hair stands in a crowded hall, looking down while he applies white paste to his own chest with his fingers. He wears a white dhoti with a gold-bordered edge and a thin orange-and-beige cord with beads around his neck. Behind and beside him, other devotees in white dhotis and saris and a person in orange stand near a red curtain. A woman with a long braid in a white sari with a gold border is partly visible at the left edge. Ritual body markings in white paste mark the chest and upper arms of several people.2017-04-03A photograph of a young boy in the foreground, bare-chested and marked with white ash on his shoulders and chest, wearing a white dhoti with gold-bordered yellow edges. He wears a red-and-gold thread necklace and a dark bead bracelet, and looks down while adjusting it. Behind and beside him, several other people in white dhotis, some bare-chested, stand or sit in a hall with red curtains. A woman with a long braid and a white-and-gold blouse is at the left edge.2017-04-03A photograph of an energy darshan during an Inner Awakening session. A seated boy in a white dhoti-style cloth and a pendant necklace, eyes closed, receives a blessing as a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a white garland of pink and white flowers and a bracelet of red thread, presses his hand to the boy's forehead. Around them, participants in white kurtas and white clothing stand and sit, with a crowd further back. The boy holds a small card or booklet in his hand.2017-05-04January 24 20162016-01-24February 08 20122012-02-08October 01 20172017-10-01A photograph of a young boy with closed eyes and palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a white dhoti with gold border, gold-beaded rudraksha-style necklace, and a white sandal-paste mark on his forehead and throat. An adult in the foreground, seen from behind with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland over bare shoulders, places his right hand with a red thread on the boy's forehead, appearing to bless or initiate him. Another figure stands partly visible at the right edge. Setting appears to be an indoor ashram ritual.2017-02-27October 10 20102010-10-10April 03 20172017-04-03