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September 25 2011

Night-time photo of a row of young boys seated cross-legged on a paved floor, wearing white dhotis and white shoulder cloths with gold or coloured borders, with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. Behind them, adults in white and a man in a blue shirt sit or stand near an orange-brick shrine structure with a tall kalasha-like finial and a red ritual pillar. A seated figure in white with a shaved head is among the adults. Lamps and a small map board are visible at the left, and a hanging tassel decoration hangs from the top left.

October 04 2010

2010-10-04 +1 copies

Seated meditation in a hall with many participants on mats. In the foreground a young boy in white dhoti and shawl with a red-brown rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark sits with eyes closed, hands in lap. Beside him a boy in white kurta and dhoti sits with hands clasped. Behind them men and boys in white and one in orange sit in rows. A brass vessel and a small plastic container with offerings sit on the floor at lower left.

Night-time outdoor gathering of young male devotees seated cross-legged on a cloth-covered floor, dressed in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders. Many wear rudraksha malas and have white or sandal forehead markings. The front-right devotee, with a shaved head and stacked beaded necklaces, holds his palms together in anjali. Behind them, older men in white and a man in a patterned shirt sit in the dark. Oil lamps or lights glow faintly in the background, and a pillar stands at the left. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the seated devotees.

June 02 2015

A photograph of several young boys seated closely together in a hall, eyes closed or lowered in meditation. The boy in the foreground centre wears a white dhoti with a golden-yellow border, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and a white vibhuti line on his forehead. Others beside and behind him wear plain white cloth wraps over their shoulders and dhotis. A small pink tray with fruit or offerings sits on the floor near the group, and metal pillars and a reddish wall form the background. The scene suggests a group meditation or satsang session.

May 08 2012

May 10 2013

A night-time group of young men and older devotees sits cross-legged on a pink-and-orange mat in an outdoor setting, all with palms pressed together in anjali. The foreground students wear white dhotis with gold borders and white sacred ash lines across their foreheads, with rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets; one wears round glasses. Older men in plain white garments and red-beaded malas sit behind them, and a few standing figures appear in the dim background near an orange-red structure. The scene looks like satsang or prayer. No single figure is clearly identifiable as the a person.

Seated devotees meditate with eyes closed in a room with red curtains. Young men and boys wear white dhotis and shawls with gold, red and maroon borders, and dark rudraksha malas. The foreground man has gold bangles and a wristwatch and holds his hands in a mudra on his lap. A boy in the centre has a white forehead mark. Brass oil lamps, a small brass vessel and an orange cloth sit on the floor in front. Standing older men in white are behind them.

A photograph of young students seated cross-legged on green mats in a plain room with pale yellow and white walls, eyes closed in meditation. They wear white clothing and rudraksha malas, with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Garlands of green leaves and orange flowers hang on the wall behind them, and a red cloth hangs at the side. Roughly a dozen students are visible, mostly girls with a few boys, all seated in a row.