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September 14 20142014-09-14September 15 20142014-09-15A group of young male students in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on a peach-coloured mat indoors, playing musical instruments as a devotional ensemble. Several have white horizontal forehead markings and rudraksha mala necklaces. The foreground student beats a small cymbal-like plate with a stick, another plays a dholak-style drum at left, and others hold tambourines and hand drums. White-framed glass doors sit behind them. Several players have shaved heads. This appears to be a satsang or nithya kirtan musical session.2014-09-13A group of young boys seated on the floor in orange and maroon robes, wearing rudraksha malas and white vibhuti lines on their foreheads, playing devotional instruments. In the foreground a boy in a maroon cloth plays an orange drum with a gold trim, while another boy in orange plays small cymbals or a hand percussion. Behind them other boys play a drum and hand instruments, and a brass plate and kalasha-like items sit nearby. The white walls and pale pink panel suggest an indoor devotional music session.2014-09-16A photograph of young men in saffron-orange robes seated on a red mat during a ritual. The foreground figure with a shaved head and white tilak marks on his forehead and shoulder holds a lit brass oil lamp in his left hand and a brass bell in his right, wearing a rudraksha mala with a small round pendant and rudraksha armlets. Behind him another young man with white forehead marks and a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed, and a third figure in orange sits at the right edge. A small wallet and incense sticks lie at the lower left, with a pink flower at the bottom.2013-09-20A young shaven-headed devotee in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a cloth-covered floor playing an orange drum (mridangam-style) with his hands. He wears a white forehead band with a central red dot and a long rudraksha mala across his chest, plus rudraksha armlets. Behind him, other robed devotees in orange and maroon sit in a satsang setting, and a wall is visible behind them.2014-09-15October 22 20132013-10-22Several young male devotees in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on a floor during a devotional music session. The central young man, with a shaved head, white forehead markings and a dark rudraksha mala, plays an orange barrel drum. To his right, a seated youth in orange clothing plays a teal hand drum, and to the left another plays a small wooden stick instrument. Others sit behind them in orange and red garments, with a plain light wall behind.2014-09-12July 14 20132013-07-14A photograph of a ritual gathering with shaved-headed young boys and a man in orange robes, many wearing white vibhuti bands and red bindis. A seated man in the upper centre wears a saffron-orange robe, long rudraksha mala strands and a white forehead band with a red dot, looking forward. In the foreground a boy in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a small lit lamp or wick near brass plates and metal vessels. Behind them other boys in red and orange robes sit on red mats with brass items and flower-decorated plates.2013-07-30March 22 20132013-03-22March 21 20132013-03-21