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April 17 20172017-04-17January 16 20172017-01-16July 31 20172017-07-31 +1 copiesPhotograph of a seated man with long dreadlocks tied back and white and tripundra-style forehead markings, bare-chested with white stripes painted on his arms and chest. He wears rudraksha mala necklaces and arm bands, a white dhoti with gold borders, and holds a small brass bell and a lit oil lamp or flame over a wooden tray of offerings with leaves. Other shirtless participants in white dhotis sit on blue mats behind him in a pink-walled hall.2017-01-03A shirtless man sits cross-legged on red-painted stone steps lined with black lingam-shaped stone forms, holding a small lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand while his left hand touches his head. He wears a white dhoti with a tan cloth at the waist, a rudraksha-style cord across his chest and a pendant necklace, with white sacred ash markings on his forehead, arms and chest. Brass vessels, incense sticks, a small deity murti, flowers and a yellow cloth lie on the ground in front of him, and another seated person in white appears at the upper left.2017-07-31December 29 20162016-12-29A shirtless man with long dreadlocked hair tied back sits cross-legged on a blue mat, ringing a small brass handbell in his right hand while looking down. He wears a white dhoti with gold borders, multiple rudraksha malas around his neck and arms, a small pendant, and white horizontal tilak stripes on his forehead and upper arms. Behind him, other shirtless men in white dhotis sit or bow on mats in a pink-walled hall, with an oil lamp glowing at right. A wooden tray with offerings and a brass bell sit in the lower right foreground.2017-01-03Photo 11709373A seated man with long dreadlocked hair tied back and a white vertical tilak with a central dot on his forehead sits cross-legged on a mat, bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti with gold borders, rudraksha malas around his neck and both arms, and white horizontal stripes painted on his shoulder and upper arm. He holds a small brass bell and a small lamp or cup in his hands, gazing downward during ritual worship. Behind him, several other men sit in similar white dhotis with their backs toward the camera in a pink-walled hall, and a lit oil lamp glows at the left edge.2017-01-03A photograph of a seated man with long dreadlocked hair tied back, wearing a rudraksha mala necklace and bracelets, bare-chested with white stripes on his arms and chest and a white horizontal tilak on his forehead. He wears a white dhoti with gold borders and holds a small brass bell and a lit oil lamp in his hands, performing a puja on a blue mat. Behind him, several other men sit in blurred background, some bare-chested and others in white dhotis, with a wooden tray of offerings at the lower right. The scene suggests a ritual gathering in a pink-walled hall.2017-01-03A bare-chested man with dreadlocks tied back and white vertical tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on a blue mat, holding a small brass bell and a brass ritual implement. He wears a white dhoti with gold borders, a dark rudraksha mala across his chest, and matching rudraksha bracelets on his arms, with white stripes painted on his shoulders. A wooden tray with flowers and leaves sits in the foreground. Behind him, other shirtless men in white dhotis sit on mats in a hall, performing a ritual.2017-01-03Photograph of a seated man with dreadlocks tied back, bare-chested, wearing a white dhoti with gold border, multiple rudraksha malas and a bead bracelet, and white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms. He sits cross-legged holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other, eyes lowered, in a ritual setting. Behind him many other bare-chested men in white dhotis sit on blue mats in a pink-walled hall, and a brass tray with offerings sits at lower right.2017-01-03