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May 06 2018

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A photograph on a stage before a deep red curtain. A bare-chested young man with long dreadlocked hair and a short beard holds a small brown calf by a rope around its neck. The calf has a red tilak mark on its forehead and a gold and green ornamental decoration. The man wears a white dhoti with a gold border, a rudraksha-style mala across his chest, and white markings on his shoulders and arms. He looks off to the side.2018-05-06A bare-chested man with long dreadlocks tied up and a short beard stands at right, holding a small brown calf by its head and neck with one hand. The calf wears a white rope and a gold-embroidered decorative collar, with red markings on its forehead. He wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a green cloth over his shoulder, with white ash markings on his chest and arms. A deep red curtain hangs behind him on a stage, with a pale hazy backdrop at left.2018-05-06April 15 20182018-04-15August 03 20142014-08-03May 09 20142014-05-09December 16 20132013-12-16July 19 20132013-07-19A bare-chested young boy with long dark hair, white sacred ash and a red vertical mark on his forehead raises a bundle of green palm fronds above a woman in a white saree with a gold border, who has her back to the camera and is holding a brass bowl. Behind them, several people in saffron and orange robes and rudraksha malas stand with white ash on their foreheads and chests, one holding a small bowl, with a drummer and orange-cloth decorations in the background. The scene looks like a welcoming or blessing ritual at an outdoor ashram event.2015-05-13A photograph in a temple-style hall with maroon draped curtains and a gold ornamental stand. In the foreground a man with long dreadlocked hair and bare upper body wears an orange-saffron dhoti and a saffron shawl, a rudraksha-style bead arm band on his upper arm, and holds a white cloth-wrapped object in both hands. Behind him another man in white clothing stands near a gold lamp stand. On the right, a seated person in gold-and-red attire with gold bangles extends hands toward a red cushion on a gold throne.2016-09-28A smiling man with a long dark braid, white tilak on his forehead, and rudraksha beads on his neck and wrap, wearing a saffron-orange draped garment with gold border, rests his right hand on the head of a young boy in a light blue striped shirt with his hands pressed together in greeting. Behind them, a woman in pink and a gold-bordered sari stands in a colourful stage setting with pink and purple lighting, and a silver-coloured lion head is visible in the foreground. The scene appears to be a blessing moment on stage.2018-04-15Close photograph of a man with long dark wavy hair, smiling and looking down, wearing an orange-saffron garment and a white jasmine garland with yellow and red flowers over his shoulders, with a red bindi on his forehead and a gold chain and gold-bead ornaments at his neck. Behind him is a pale stone wall.2009-12-26May 01 20142014-05-01