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April 04 2018

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Photo of a row of devotees seen from behind, seated in a temple hall during a puja. They are bare-chested and wear white dhotis with yellow borders, several with long dreadlocks or hair tied up. Their hands are raised to their hair in a ritual gesture, and some have white sacred ash marks on their backs and shoulders. A woman in the foreground with dark hair in a bun wears a red bindi, earrings and a thin sacred thread across her back. Blurred framed pictures hang on the pale pink wall behind them, with a small wall plaque at the top left corner, and offering plates sit in the foreground.2017-02-02April 16 20182018-04-16 +1 copiesJuly 20 20172017-07-20January 22 20172017-01-22November 11 20112011-11-11A row of shaved-headed men in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth sit cross-legged on a floor, facing right, at what appears to be a seated ritual or satsang. The foremost man on the left, wearing a rudraksha mala and a small earring, gazes sideways; behind him men wear white robes with sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Brass lamp and pink-brown containers are visible at lower right, and red chairs sit in the background. A partially visible hand appears at the far left edge. a person's appearance is not shown in this image; the seated men are devotees or priests.2011-02-23April 03 20172017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of several men seated cross-legged in meditation at an ashram hall, eyes closed and hands resting in mudra. They wear saffron-orange cloths over bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas, and white horizontal tilak lines on their foreheads and chests. The man in the foreground on the right has his hair in a topknot and wears hoop earrings and an orange shawl. Other seated devotees in orange and white are blurred in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible, so the figures are described by role only.2017-01-08January 01 20172017-01-01December 31 20182018-12-31A seated group of men in a ritual hall perform a puja, bare-chested and wearing white dhoti-style cloths with gold borders. The man on the right, eyes closed and with a tattooed torso and arm, holds a small lit oil lamp near his shoulder. Beside him, a bearded man in an orange-red turban and multiple rudraksha-style beaded malas holds a ritual implement over a brass tray. Other participants hold lamps and brass vessels on floor mats, with a small brass lamp and ritual items in the foreground. No identifiable a person appearance is visible among the seated participants, so no candidate is named.2017-01-07