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June 17 2017

A bald, light-skinned man in a white kurta stands with bowed head while a long-haired person in a red-orange sash and dense beaded garlands places a hand on his scalp and holds a sheet of paper. The person wears rudraksha-style beads, bangles and a red bindi, with a pale-yellow garment beneath the sash. Beside them a man in a white shirt with a black beaded necklace stands with hands folded. A man in saffron clothing and another in white stand nearby, and a tray of small items sits at lower right. Behind them hang framed portraits on a cream wall, and a projector screen and red curtain fill the background.

2012-04-05 +2 copies

September 09 2016

A smiling man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark, orange shawl and a long dark rudraksha-style bead mala hands a document and a yellow-wrapped gift to a woman in orange sari with white forehead marks and hair pulled back. A cameraman in orange filming on the left. Behind them a hall with pastel drapes and patterned bunting, and rows of seated devotees in orange and white clothing, with framed pictures on the wall. Photograph taken at a hall event.

June 17 2017

A photograph inside an ashram hall during a ritual blessing. A bald man in white clothes stands at left with his head bowed as a long-haired figure in a red-orange robe and a multi-strand rudraksha mala with a gold necklace raises a hand over his head. This central figure is an appearance-based a person. Beside him, a monk in orange robes holds a white paper and stands at a wooden box of small items. Other men in white shirts and orange-robed devotees stand around, and a camera operator is visible at the left edge.

June 21 2012

A photograph of a seated man with long dreadlocks, a full beard and a bare upper body wrapped in a red-brown shawl, wearing layered rudraksha malas and a gold necklace. He holds a short rod or staff in one hand and extends his other arm toward a young woman on the left who holds up a small white printed form. Behind him, several men in white dhotis with gold borders and bare torsos stand with hands folded in prayer, and a devotee wearing a rudraksha mala looks on. Ornate silver-and-gold ceremonial staffs stand at the right edge. Faces are marked with white and red ritual paste. The setting appears to be a Shiva Deeksha initiation darshan.

A photograph of a crowded indoor gathering of people dressed in white clothing with orange-brown shawls and lanyards. In the foreground a woman with a black bob and glasses, wearing a white top, orange-brown shawl and orange lanyard, holds an open notebook and looks down at it. To the left a man in a white shirt holds a notebook and pen while facing her. Other people in white and orange are blurred in the background, and framed pictures hang on the wall behind them.

A photograph of a ritual gathering indoors on a light tiled floor under ceiling lights. In the foreground a young woman with long dark dreadlocks wears rust-brown robes, a long rudraksha mala and a bead necklace, kneeling and extending her cupped hands to receive an offering from a woman in red-orange robes with a gold border who leans in from the right. Behind them several women and men in saffron-orange robes stand or kneel, one man with a shaved head wears a rudraksha mala, and a woman at left wears orange with glasses-free dark hair. Background shows red curtains and framed pictures on the walls.

A photograph of a devotional gathering in an indoor hall with red drapes. In the foreground, a bald man in an orange shirt and a man in a white shirt press their palms together in namaste toward a central figure. A bare-shouldered woman in an orange wrap wears a long white jasmine garland with red flowers and gold bangles, and reaches forward with her hand over a red tray holding gold objects and papers. On the right, a man in an orange and yellow-bordered wrap wears a dark rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead, looking downward while another devotee's hands are folded beside him. Behind them, a young man in orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and a tilak. The scene suggests a satsang or darshan, with the hall's decor visible in the background.