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April 03 2017

Indoor group scene of young boys in saffron and maroon robes seated on mats in a hall. Two boys in front face each other, the boy on the right holding the chin of the boy on the left and applying white ash to his forehead. Both have white horizontal tilaka stripes on their foreheads, and the right boy wears a beaded rudraksha-style necklace and a yellow bangle. Behind them, more seated boys and adult devotees in saffron and maroon garments sit in rows, with a red curtain and a wicker basket visible. The scene suggests a ritual or sacred ceremony with vibhuti application among young disciples.

Several young boys sit closely together on a floor, most with shaved heads and white vertical urdhva pundra markings on their foreheads. The foreground boy smiles and wears a purple silk garment with gold border and a long white flower garland with a red flower. Beside him another boy in a green garment with a similar white garland sits, and behind them older-looking people in orange robes sit in a gathering.

Close photo of a smiling young girl in the foreground wearing an orange turban, rudraksha beads on her wrist and neck, and white horizontal ash lines with a red bindi on her forehead. Behind her, several people in matching saffron-orange turbans and bare shoulders marked with white paint sit together, some smiling, others turning their heads. A boy with a white forehead mark sits beside her. The scene suggests an ashram gathering in saffron attire. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present.

April 23 2013

2013-04-23 +2 copies

Three shaven-headed young boys sit cross-legged on a peach-coloured cloth on a paved floor during a seated gathering. Each has a white urdhva-pundra style forehead mark, one with a red dot at the centre. The boy at left wears a purple silk dhoti with gold border and closes his eyes; the centre boy wears an orange and blue garment with gold border and looks ahead; the boy at right wears a purple and maroon silk cloth with gold checks and rests his arm on his knee. Behind them, other seated people wear orange robes and white cloth, and an open book lies on the floor.

Seated devotees on a striped multicolour mat during a temple ritual. In the foreground a bald man in a white shirt holds a brown coconut. A man on the left wears an orange-saffron cloth, a rudraksha mala and a vertical tilak on his forehead, with an ID badge on his chest. Beside him a young man in white dhoti with gold border sits with a red-gold waist cloth visible on another seated man whose bare back shows a rudraksha mala. An older man in white with gold borders and a flower in his hair sits at the right, and more white-clad participants are seen at the top edge. Gold-coloured stands are visible at the back of the hall.

January 01 2019

August 18 2016

Close photo of young male devotees in a ritual setting, several wearing saffron orange shawls over bare shoulders. The foreground devotee has short dark hair, white vertical forehead markings, a red bindi and a silver pendant necklace with a rudraksha mala, eyes closed and lips slightly parted. A second young devotee at right, with white forehead marking, wears a rudraksha mala and saffron shawl, eyes lowered. Blurred figures with white body markings and saffron cloth stand behind them, and a white wall and red curtain are visible in the background.

Close photo of a young boy in orange saffron robes with a white tilak band across his forehead and a red dot at the centre, wearing black-rimmed glasses and a dark rudraksha-style mala. He smiles and looks upward with palms pressed together in a namaste gesture. Another boy in orange stands behind him, partly visible at left, and a warm blurred background suggests an indoor satsang gathering. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this frame.

A ritual scene during a puja with several young boys in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas. In the foreground a boy with short hair and a wrapped orange cloth sits at a brass-and-flower ritual setup, a small oil lamp burning nearby. Beside him a smiling young boy with a shaved head, white-and-red forehead markings and earrings holds his hands near the offerings. On the right a boy in glasses and orange robes holds a small offering. Behind them an adult man with a shaved head, tripundra markings and rudraksha beads sits in the background, with rows of red chairs and seated audience members beyond. Marigold flowers and brass vessels lie on the cloth.