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Devotees sit in prayer with palms pressed together at a ritual gathering in a hall with red curtains. In the foreground a bald man in white ritual dress with a red-orange shawl and rudraksha mala holds his hands in anjali mudra with white body markings on his arms. Beside him a man with long light hair wears a white dhoti with gold border, a red shawl and mala, and a man at right wears white dhoti and red shawl with prayer hands. Behind them many people in orange and saffron robes sit on mats, some with malas, and small brass puja vessels and lamps lie on a low table. A white-robed woman in a red shawl also sits among them. Several people visible, about 20.

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January 12 2017

Seated group of young men in a courtyard during a ritual, many wearing saffron-orange dhotis or shawls and rudraksha malas, with white dhotis on others. In the foreground a bearded man in white dhoti with a white sash, red-brown rudraksha bracelets and mala, and white ash horizontal stripes on his upper arms sits upright with hands resting on his knee. Behind him others sit with hands folded or in prayer posture, and brass vessels and small brass bowls sit on a cloth near the floor.

August 08 2016

A seated group of devotees in a large hall performs a ritual with hands joined in anjali. In the foreground, two young men with shaved heads wear saffron-orange shawls over bare shoulders, rudraksha malas around their necks and wrists, and white ash lines marked on their faces and arms. Beside them a bare-chested man in a rudraksha mala and a bead bracelet presses his palms together. Behind them many other participants sit in white dhotis and white and red garments, some with white paste on their foreheads, with oil lamps and brass vessels on the floor. No individual in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person, and the scene shows a group puja or satsang setting.

Photograph of a seated group of sannyasi-style devotees in orange-saffron cloth performing a ritual with lit oil lamps and incense on a low brass tray in the foreground. The central young man, bare-chested with rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, holds a small lamp and a bell-like object while looking down. Others beside him wear white horizontal forehead marks and orange shawls, some holding lamps and incense sticks. Blurred figures and warm walls fill the background of an indoor hall.

February 02 2013

A seated congregation at an indoor satsang or discourse, with many devotees filling the hall. In the foreground a young man in white dhoti with an orange-red shawl and rudraksha mala claps his hands, beside a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark. Another man in white clothes with a grey-streaked head and white tilak sits with hands folded. Behind them, devotees wear orange and saffron robes, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and a young boy in a patterned golden robe sits at left. a person is not clearly identifiable here, so no ceremonial figure is named. Watermarked archive photograph of devotees in prayerful attention.