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A close portrait photo of a smiling, shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with a red border, wearing a rudraksha mala across his chest and white sacred ash marks with a small orange dot on his forehead. Behind him to the right, a second man in a white dhoti with a red border and a rudraksha mala looks down, slightly out of focus. The setting is an interior with orange and wooden surfaces.

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A photograph of two shaved-headed young men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-and-white borders, wearing rudraksha malas. The man in the foreground, facing the camera, has white and red forehead markings and a small vertical tilak mark, and holds his shoulders bare under a white cloth. Behind him, a second man with a similar white cloth and mala stands slightly out of focus against wooden cabinetry and shelves.2010-10-16A photograph of two shaved-headed young men in white dhoti-style garments with red-and-white borders, standing in a wooden-panelled room with shelves behind them. The man in front has a rudraksha mala around his neck, white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a red-and-yellow tilak at the centre. The man behind, slightly blurred, wears a similar white cloth and a rudraksha mala, with white and red markings on his forehead, and smiles at the camera. Neither wears saffron or ornate a person-style cues, so no candidate is identified.2010-10-16Close portrait photo of a smiling, shaved-headed man with white sacred ash bands across his forehead and a small orange-red mark between his eyebrows. He wears a white cloth with a red border draped over his bare shoulder and a brown rudraksha mala around his neck. His gaze is lowered and he looks slightly to the side, with a blurred background of warm brown tones and another person's white-clad shoulder visible at the right edge.2010-10-16Close portrait photo of a smiling shaved-headed man with white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a small orange-red tilak at the centre. He wears a rudraksha mala of brown beads around his neck and a white cloth with a red border draped over his shoulder, which resembles ordinary white ritual clothing rather than saffron or ornate attire, so no a person candidate cues are clearly present. A blurred figure in white is visible at the right edge against a warm brown background.2010-10-16Close portrait photo of a smiling, shaved-headed man with white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a small orange-red tilak at the centre. He wears a white cloth draped over his shoulder with a maroon-red border and a brown rudraksha mala around his neck. He looks upward and to the side, and a blurred figure in white stands behind him against a warm wooden background.2010-10-16A photograph of two shaven-headed men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-and-white borders, seated with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed. The man in front wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a bracelet on his wrist, with white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a small red tilak. Behind him, a second man also has his palms joined and wears a white cloth over his shoulder with a mala. Their faces are in profile and sincere in prayer, with a wooden cabinet and orange-brown wall behind them.2010-10-16A smiling man in the foreground wears a white dhoti-style cloth with gold border, a rudraksha mala around his neck and a red tilak on his forehead, with his head shaved. Behind him, blurred figures sit in a row; one wears white with gold border and another wears orange robes. The background is a dark red curtain and a pale panel.2011-11-07Close portrait of a shaved-headed man against a black background, with a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a white cloth draped over his shoulder with a gold border and two strands of brown rudraksha mala around his neck. He has a slight smile and looks toward the camera.2011-09-29Photograph of a smiling shaven-headed man in the foreground, bare-chested with a red-brown shawl draped over one shoulder, wearing multiple rudraksha malas and a dark bead necklace, a pendant on a white cord, and a beaded bracelet on his upper arm. He has white horizontal tilak lines and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him, several other shaven-headed men with white forehead markings and bare upper bodies stand in a bright indoor hall, and orange-robed figures are blurred in the background. The man's appearance with rudraksha malas, bare chest and shawl is a person candidate, though the image is a close-up of a devotee-like figure in a ritual gathering.2016-09-30Two young men sit side by side in white dhotis with gold borders and white shawls, both with rudraksha malas around their necks. The man on the left has a red bindi on his forehead and looks forward; the man on the right, wearing glasses, has white vertical tilaka lines on his forehead. Blurred figures and a seated group are in the background.2011-11-19November 05 20102010-11-05December 06 20112011-12-06