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January 12 2017

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A young man with a shaved head and white vertical forehead markings sits cross-legged on a green mat, eyes closed, hands resting in his lap. He wears rust-red dhoti-style cloth and a rust-red shawl with yellow edging draped over his bare shoulders, plus a pendant necklace. White ash stripes mark his upper arms. Brass puja items, a small bell, oil lamps and a pink container sit on a red cloth in front. Several other seated, bare-chested devotees with white markings are blurred in the background.2017-01-12A young male devotee sits cross-legged in meditation with eyes closed, hands folded at the chest in a mudra. He wears an orange dhoti, bare-chested, with white horizontal tripundra lines on forehead, arms and chest, a dark bindi, a rudraksha mala and a silver chain with a pendant. Behind him, a large hall holds many seated devotees in orange and white attire, some with similar ash markings, with ceiling lights overhead, forming a satsang or meditation session.2017-01-25A seated priest in reddish-orange robes and a long rudraksha mala draped over his shoulders sits cross-legged on a white floor in front of a silver-topped puja tray holding brass vessels, a small brass lamp, and a white shell-like item, with a red-orange offering on a plate. He has white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, a red bindi, and his hands are folded in his lap with eyes closed in meditation. Behind him a young man in an orange kurta sits, and a large seated crowd of devotees in white clothes with orange lanyards fills the hall, along with several boys in maroon-and-gold robes. The scene looks like a satsang or puja gathering.2013-05-17July 23 20172017-07-23January 01 20172017-01-01January 08 20172017-01-08A shaved-headed young man sits cross-legged on a marble floor, bare-chested, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and multiple rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists, with white horizontal tripundra markings on his forehead and arms. He leans forward arranging brass ritual items on a red cloth: a brass bell with a handle, small brass cups, a brass plate with yellow flowers, and a small oil lamp with a lit flame. A second person in a red-orange cloth sits behind him, partly visible. A yellow cloth bag lies at right and a white paper cup sits nearby. The scene appears to be a ritual preparation.2017-01-06January 08 20172017-01-08February 04 20132013-02-04A photograph of a shaved-headed man in orange dhoti sitting cross-legged on a white marble floor, bare-chested, with white horizontal stripes on his forehead and arms and a red tilak mark. He wears multiple rudraksha malas around his neck and wrists and holds a brass bell in one hand while gesturing over a brass plate with small brass cups, a red cloth and a small oil lamp at his left. Behind him, a second bare-chested person in orange cloth sits with hands joined, and a yellow cloth bag lies on the floor to the right. A pair of brass items and white flowers rest on the plate.2017-01-06December 31 20162016-12-31January 25 20172017-01-25 +1 copies