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A close photograph of a shaved-headed man with a tilak and a rudraksha mala being fed food by a bare-chested attendant in the foreground, who holds a golden-yellow food offering to his mouth. A younger boy with a white forehead marking and rudraksha beads stands beside them, and blurred figures with white body markings and rudraksha malas fill the background of a pink-walled hall. The man wears a gold armlet and white-marked shoulders, and the scene suggests a ritual food offering or prasadam feeding.2016-11-11 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual in progress with several bare-chested men in ochre and white. In the foreground, a man with a white-painted body and a white pattern on his face holds up a hand near the chin of a shaven-headed man in the right foreground who wears a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas and a gold armlet. Behind them, a young man with white tripundra markings on his forehead and a dark rudraksha mala across his bare chest stands watching. Other participants are blurred in the background against a pale wall and wooden doorways.2016-11-11 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18Several shirtless men in saffron-orange dhotis and matching orange-red turbans stand in a hall, many with white sacred ash marks on their arms and chests and rudraksha malas worn across the body. The central man, wearing a dark red turban with white flower and jewel ornaments and a red bindi, holds cupped hands full of pale yellow prasad, with more yellow food visible at the lower right. Other devotees stand behind him, and a bearded man with glasses at right wears a white tilak and orange cloth. Pink and white walls with framed pictures form the background, and a faint purple logo sits at the top left.2017-08-14May 08 20172017-05-08August 14 20172017-08-14July 05 20172017-07-05A photograph of a ritual blessing indoors. On the left, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala, rudraksha bracelets and a flower garland over a rust-red garment reaches out and places his palm on the forehead of a young man bending forward. The young man has a shaved head, white sacred marks on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, earrings, and wears a white dhoti with a gold border. Behind them stand two young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings; one holds a small brass bowl and a tray of yellow sweets or offerings. Red curtains and framed pictures hang on the walls behind them.2014-04-27 +1 copiesA young man with short hair and black-framed glasses sits in the foreground wearing an orange saffron shawl over bare shoulders, multiple rudraksha malas on his neck and arms, and a red bindi with white ash markings on his forehead. He holds incense sticks in one hand and a small brass bell in the other, apparently performing a puja. Several other bare-chested participants in white and orange ritual cloths sit behind him, some with white ash stripes on their arms, in what appears to be a ritual gathering.2017-08-02May 18 20192019-05-18A shaved-headed man in orange and maroon robes stands in the foreground holding a lit brass oil lamp in his right hand, his eyes lowered in concentration. He wears a red dot on his forehead, white sacred markings on his forehead and upper arm, multiple strands of rudraksha beads around his neck and a beaded wrist band. Behind him, several people in orange and white clothing, some with white headbands, stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. The setting is an indoor hall with red curtains.2015-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07th 20152015-01-07