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January 06 20172017-01-06A bare-chested man sits cross-legged on a white floor in a hall, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, long rudraksha mala beads across his chest, a blue cord with a small pendant, a silver bracelet and rudraksha bracelets on his arms. His eyes are closed as he performs a mudra with his right hand, and small brass vessels and pink cloth lie on the floor before him. Behind him, other seated participants in white dhotis are blurred. The appearance is ambiguous and no printed name is visible, so no identity is asserted.2017-01-06January 06 20172017-01-06July 21 20172017-07-21November 13 20102010-11-13January 08 20172017-01-08January 07 20172017-01-07A photograph of a shirtless man seated outdoors on red stone steps in prayer, palms pressed together at chest level. He has a white vertical tilak with a red bindi on his forehead, long matted hair, and wears multiple strands of rudraksha malas, a rudraksha bracelet, a small red-and-gold pendant, and a white dhoti with an orange-bordered cloth. Behind him, other figures in white dhotis sit on the steps, and a dark stone shivalinga sits in the foreground beside brass pots, pink flower petals and a smoking incense stick. The setting suggests an outdoor puja or aarti, and this man presents as a person by his rudraksha malas, ornate adornments and ritual setting.2017-07-17January 01 20172017-01-01A photograph of a shaved-headed man in the foreground, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra, seated among a row of other devotees in white dhotis and bare-chested. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and bead bracelets on his wrist, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead, nose and arms. Several other men sit blurred behind him, some in white and yellow cloth. The setting appears to be a prayer or puja gathering with a soft, out-of-focus background.2017-01-01January 08 20172017-01-08A photograph of seated priests performing a puja inside a hall with white marble floor and orange cloth mats. In the foreground a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border, wearing a rudraksha mala and white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms, sits before a brass puja plate on an orange cloth holding a small brass lamp, a bowl of kumkum, flowers and a bell. Behind him several other men in white dhotis sit on orange mats, some wearing rudraksha malas, with brass plates and vessels beside them. A brass lamp stand and gold-coloured deity decorations are visible in the background. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is present.2010-11-05