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January 02 2016

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A photograph of a shirtless man with closed eyes and head bowed, receiving a blessing as a woman in a red-orange shawl places her hand on his forehead. He wears a dark rudraksha-style mala, a white cord necklace with a small pendant, and a yellow-orange marigold garland bundle at his chest. Behind him, several bare-chested men in white dhotis and a figure in a white dhoti stand in a sunlit outdoor courtyard.2016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02A close photograph of a bare-chested man with closed eyes receiving a blessing as a person in an orange-red garment presses a hand to his forehead. He wears a thin pale cord with a small gold pendant around his neck and a red-and-pink thread on the wrist of the blessing hand, which also wears a gold bangle. Behind him a second bare-chested figure stands in soft warm light. Two people are visible.2016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02A night-time photograph of a initiation rite. In the foreground a man kneels bare-chested with his right arm raised, wearing glasses and a black cord around his neck, while a shaved-hair-free priest with long dreadlocks coiled high on his head, a rudraksha mala, and a bare back draped in a rust-red cloth places his right hand on the kneeling man's head. Behind them standing figures wear saffron-orange robes and heavy rudraksha malas with gold pendants, and additional seated devotees in orange are visible at the left edge beside brass vessels and offering plates.2018-03-12February 10 20162016-02-10 +1 copiesMarch 26th 20142014-03-26July 17 20152015-07-17July 15 20132013-07-15March 24 20182018-03-24 +1 copiesMay 06 20182018-05-06July 10 20112011-07-10