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A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with a cream floor. In the centre, a grey-haired man with glasses and white body markings sits with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a bare upper body, several rudraksha malas and a pendant necklace. Around him, other men and women sit on mats in white and saffron cloths, many with white ash markings on their bodies. Brass plates with flowers, a small oil lamp and a book lie on the floor in front. A shaved-headed man at left also presses his palms together.

A seated devotee in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and marked with white vibhuti stripes on forehead and arms, presses his palms together in anjali while chanting, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck and gold bangles on his wrist. Behind him, rows of similarly dressed men sit cross-legged in a hall with pink walls, several with hands folded, and small oil lamps and brass puja vessels are visible in the foreground.

January 08 2017

July 28 2017

A photograph of a group of shirtless men seated in a row during a ritual, with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads, chests and arms, and white sacred threads over their shoulders. The central man, wearing glasses and a red rudraksha mala with a pendant, sits with eyes lowered and hands near a small object on a cloth. Others around him sit with eyes closed, some chanting, dressed in white and yellow cloths. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with white walls and a blurred background.

Several shaved-headed men in plain white dhoti-style cloth sit in a seated row with hands folded in anjali, eyes closed, reciting in a devotional gathering. They wear white tripundra-style markings on forehead and arms, and rudraksha malas around their necks; one on the left wears a red-and-gold trimmed cloth. The background shows red and maroon hangings and blurred figures.

September 10 2011

October 29 2011

A large seated congregation of men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, many wearing rudraksha malas and sacred ash or white paint markings on their foreheads, arms and chests, sit closely together during a ritual satsang. In the foreground, a bald man in a red-brown bindi and a young man in red-framed glasses sit in meditative posture with hands folded. A central older man with long pale hair and no shirt, wearing a rudraksha mala, sits with eyes lowered among the devotees. Brass lamps and yellow-and-white offerings are placed in front of the seated rows, and small lamps glow on the floor. Several men hold palms together in namaskar. The setting is an indoor hall with pale walls and red and white cloth.

January 04 2017

2017-01-04 +1 copies

Several men sit close together in white ritual dress with reddish-maroon borders, bodies and arms marked with white ash lines. In the foreground two men with shaved heads and rudraksha malas press their palms together in anjali, eyes closed, in prayer. Beside them a man with short dark hair and a gold bangle also holds his hands folded with eyes closed. Behind them another seated man in white is partly visible, and a blurred bald figure in orange appears at the lower right corner. Warm light glows at the left edge.

A shaved-headed man sits cross-legged with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali at his chest, wearing a white sacred thread and white dhoti. He is bare-chested with white ash stripes on his arms and shoulders and a red tilak on his forehead, with a gold pendant on a chain. Behind and beside him, several other bare-chested men in white dhotis and white threads sit in meditation or prayer on an orange mat in a hall. The scene reads as a group meditation or satsang session.