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October 08 2016

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October 08 20162016-10-08May 06 20162016-05-06April 22 20172017-04-22May 22 20172017-05-22January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesJanuary 14 20172017-01-14January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesIndoor group dance or kirtan scene in a hall with a white ceiling and fluorescent lights. In the foreground, a shirtless young man with curly black hair and a vibhuti mark on his forehead wears a rudraksha mala, a pendant necklace and a white dhoti with gold border, and carries a boy on his shoulders. The boy wears an orange kurta with gold-edged cuffs, a thin chain necklace and a vibhuti mark, and raises his arm. Around them, other participants in orange and white garments, some in gold-bordered orange saris, move with raised arms.2016-10-08A joyful crowd of young devotees in saffron-orange dhotis, many bare-chested with white sacred threads and rudraksha-style necklaces, crowd together with arms around each other and mouths open in exuberant chant or cheer. A child in the lower foreground with a red bindi and bracelets laughs with an arm raised, and a camera operator in orange stands behind on a tripod at the top left. Behind them, a hall with framed pictures on pale walls and more people in orange and white is visible. The atmosphere is celebratory, consistent with an ashram gathering.2017-08-04A crowded temple hall during a procession, with devotees filling the foreground and background and golden deity figures visible behind them. In the centre, a bald, bespectacled man wears a rust-orange garment with a gold-edged yellow cloth over one shoulder and a dense rudraksha mala. Beside him, a woman with her head bowed wears an orange and gold sari with a rudraksha mala. Around them, saffron-clad priests with white tripundra markings on their foreheads and rudraksha malas stand near men in white kurtas and orange shawls. A young boy in a red top stands among the crowd, and a man in a grey shirt looks on.2016-10-09September 30 20162016-09-30February 16 20172017-02-16