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A photograph of a seated puja in a bright hall with tiled floor. Several men in white dhoti-style clothes with red-striped borders sit in a row with palms pressed together in prayer and eyes closed. One man at the front right is bald with white ash markings on his forehead and arms and wears a bead necklace. Behind them, a man in an orange robe also sits with hands folded. Along the floor in front are brass plates with fruit and flowers, small oil lamps, a covered plastic container and a blue cloth. Other devotees, some in yellow garments, sit further back.

2011-08-11 +1 copies

Photograph of several men seated in a row on the floor in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered edges, hands in anjali, eyes closed, in meditative or prayer posture. Foreground man has shaved head, white vertical tilak on forehead, glasses, and a rudraksha mala. Others have white tripundra and white arm markings. In front on an orange cloth are brass puja items: small oil lamps, a conch shell, a brass tumbler, a banana, rose petals and a plate. Sparse white wall and orange-cloth setting suggest a puja or satsang.

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A photograph of seated men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls, arranged in a long row on a hall floor during a puja. Foreground men have hands pressed together in prayer or holding ritual items; oil lamps and brass vessels, small bowls and plates with offerings sit on a white floor cloth in front of them. Background shows more people in white and yellow clothing and a few lit lamps, with a dim interior and windows. Stripes of vibhuti or tilak mark some foreheads.

2011-09-04 +1 copies

A photograph of a group of men seated on the floor in a pada puja style ritual, dressed in white dhotis and shawls, many with orange or yellow shawls and rudraksha malas. Several hold small brass cups or spoons and press their palms together in prayer. Brass lamps, small silver vessels and offering plates sit on orange cloths laid along a glossy floor. A few people in the background are partly visible behind the seated group.

A row of seated devotees in white dhotis with red-bordered shawls kneel on a white floor in prayer, palms pressed together at chest level. Several have shaved heads, and one wears glasses and a rudraksha mala. In front of them are brass plates with fruit, flowers, small oil lamps lit with flames, and metal vessels for puja, with a red-covered book on a woven mat. The scene suggests a group puja or morning yoga session. No one in the row is identified as a person.

August 18 2011

Photograph of a seated puja with several men in white dhotis and cloths with maroon borders, palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed in prayer. Foreground men wear rudraksha malas and sacred white forehead markings. Behind them, more seated devotees in white and yellow garments lean forward with hands folded, and small oil lamps glow on the floor. Brass plates, a brass bell, a small brass lamp and an incense stick rest on an orange cloth at lower left. No candidate a person is clearly visible in the frame.

A photograph of a seated puja in progress. Several shaved-headed men in plain white dhotis and shawls with reddish-maroon borders sit on the floor with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered. Some wear white tilak marks on their foreheads and arms. In the foreground, brass plates with flowers, a small brass lamp, a bowl and a kalasha-like vessel sit on an orange cloth, with oil lamps burning behind the row of worshippers. Other devotees in white and yellow clothing are visible in the background.

A row of men seated on the floor in a ritual hall, hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed, in a pada puja or similar devotional rite. The foreground man wears a white dhoti with gold border, rudraksha mala and gold bangle. Behind them, men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white ash markings on their arms sit before small brass oil lamps and offering plates on red and green cloths. Soft lamplight glows in the background.

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