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July 08 20172017-07-08Two young people sit cross-legged on a striped purple and pink mat in a hall with pink walls. On the left, a curly-haired youth in an orange-red cloth wrapped over one shoulder gestures with open hands while speaking. On the right, a man with long dark hair, a vertical vibhuti mark on his forehead, a red-and-black beaded mala and white clothing with yellow border gestures as he talks. Other seated people in white dhotis are blurred in the background.2017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08A photograph of young boys dressed as novice monastics in saffron-orange robes, seated or reclining on a white marble floor in an ashram hall. The boy in front, with a shaved head, white headband and wooden rudraksha mala, rests his chin on his hand while looking down. Another boy behind him lies prone with his bare feet visible. Ritual objects lie on a low silver-edged wooden stand, including a brass lamp, a small bowl and a folded cloth, with a brass vessel at the right edge.2013-04-24June 26 20172017-06-26July 08 20172017-07-08April 03 20172017-04-03A row of young boys and a few older youths in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged at a long table of ritual offerings. Several have white vibhuti tripundra marks on their foreheads and arms, and some wear rudraksha malas. Brass oil lamps, flower petals, small plates of fruit and smoking incense sticks lie on the table in front of them. The boy in the centre rests his cheek on his hand while holding a small ritual spoon, and others in the background are also attending the puja. Scattered blurred figures in orange fill the background.2017-07-21April 03 20172017-04-03Photograph of a seated group of young boys in saffron-orange dhoti-style robes with gold borders, many wearing rudraksha malas and white vertical tilak or forehead markings, sitting cross-legged on a floor in a hall. Behind them, rows of adult men in white ritual clothing and folded hands are seated on red chairs with lanyards. A boy at left holds a gold plate. a person is not visibly identifiable among the people shown.2015-06-18A seated man with a shaved head, bare-chested and wearing white dhoti-style cloth, sits cross-legged on a striped mat among children. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha beads and a white bead mala, a red and white forehead mark, and white sacred ash lines on his chest and arms. Several children in white and orange cloth sit around him, one girl with a red-beaded necklace and another with a red mark on her forehead. The man leans forward, pointing at a sheet of paper held by a child in the foreground. The setting looks like a group study or teaching session.2017-07-08