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October 16 2013

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August 11 20162016-08-11A seated group of young boys and some adult men perform a ritual puja in an indoor hall. Front-row boys wear saffron-orange dhotis and garlands of rudraksha beads, with white tilak marks across their foreheads, and they hold small brass vessels and offerings on brass plates. Behind them, older monastic men in saffron robes and beads sit on red mats, and white-clad devotees sit at the back with hands joined. Several brass plates hold sweets, flowers and oil lamps.2013-04-22A photograph of a ritual gathering with shaved-headed young boys and a man in orange robes, many wearing white vibhuti bands and red bindis. A seated man in the upper centre wears a saffron-orange robe, long rudraksha mala strands and a white forehead band with a red dot, looking forward. In the foreground a boy in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a small lit lamp or wick near brass plates and metal vessels. Behind them other boys in red and orange robes sit on red mats with brass items and flower-decorated plates.2013-07-30August 22 20142014-08-22 +1 copiesA young shaven-headed devotee in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on a white marble floor, lighting an incense stick over a brass puja setup. He wears a long rudraksha mala and white tilak lines on his forehead, and a small framed portrait pendant hangs from his neck. Brass kalasha-style vessels, a brass bell, a plate of fruit and flowers, and a small oil lamp sit before him. Other saffron-robed young devotees sit in the background at a puja ritual.2014-09-06July 01 20132013-07-01May 10 20122012-05-10Photo of a ritual abhishekam at a temple shrine. Two men in saffron-orange robes kneel at a low platform. The man on the left, with glasses and an orange head wrap, holds a brass pot. The man in the centre, with a white forehead band, a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white tilak, pours from a brass pot over a tiered golden-copper shivalingam on a wooden base. Brass lamps, a bell, a plate of flowers and betel leaves sit on the cloth in front, and pink and white garlands hang at right.2009-10-17October 03 20142014-10-03A photograph of a group of young boys seated cross-legged on the floor during a ritual at an ashram hall. Most wear saffron-orange cloths over their shoulders and rudraksha malas, with white tripundra forehead markings, and several have shaved or short-cropped heads. A boy in white dhoti and shawl with a mala sits in the centre, flanked by others in orange and maroon robes. Brass oil lamps, small kalasha-style vessels, bowls, and a tray with offerings sit on low wooden stands before them, and a few are handling items. Behind them, an adult in red-and-gold dhoti and another in white stand or sit in the background, with a dark wooden box at the left edge.2014-08-26April 14 20132013-04-14 +2 copiesJuly 14 20132013-07-14 +1 copies