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March 18 2017

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A bare-chested older man with white hair and a white dhoti-style cloth sits in a crowded hall, pressing a grey granite stone to his lips with both hands. He wears a red and brown rudraksha mala. Beside him a seated man with a shaved head and white vertical tilak marks, wearing a white garment and a gold ring, raises one finger. Other seated participants in white clothes and a red-clad figure fill the blurred background.2016-12-17Devotees sit on a floor in a hall during a ritual. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bell in his right hand and a brass oil lamp in his left, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him, a man in a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits with a small brass lamp or incense vessel near his hands. Further left, a woman in orange sits beside him, and other lamp-holding devotees in white and orange appear in the background. A gold and red throne-like chair sits behind them, with warm lamplight on the scene. The ritual appears to be an aarti with oil lamps.2014-05-25A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with red-and-white borders sits before silver ritual trays, holding a red apple in one hand and reaching toward a small silver bowl with the other. White tripundra lines and a red bindi mark his forehead, and he wears gold beaded necklaces with rudraksha malas. Behind him stands a second figure in saffron-orange robes and a gold chain, beside a microphone stand, and a gilded panel with red drapery is at right. Pink flowers lie on a silver tray in the foreground, with blurred heads of seated people at the bottom edge.2010-10-19A photograph of a temple ritual inside a shrine. A bald, bare-chested older man sits cross-legged in an orange dhoti with gold borders, wearing a rudraksha mala across his chest and a rudraksha headband, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and body. He pours liquid from a golden vessel. A second person in white stands at left, reaching toward the same ritual vessel. Behind them are a shrine with pink flower garlands, a golden deity murti, lit oil lamps and brass vessels on a granite platform. The pictured figure is not claimed as a specific person from appearance alone; the page title refers to an event with a person, but the candidate's appearance has only moderate cues.2012-06-05A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border, wearing a gold necklace and white tripundra marks on forehead and arms, offers an apple and handles pink flowers over an arrangement of silver ritual vessels and a plate on a tray. Other figures in orange and white clothing are partially visible at the edges, with dark hair of people in the foreground. Ritual puja setting with silver vessels and pink flowers.2010-10-19 +1 copiesJanuary 18 20132013-01-18 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a bald man in profile with his head bowed, wearing a headband of large dark rudraksha beads interspersed with gold spacers. Horizontal white sacred ash stripes mark his forehead, and he wears a gold hoop earring. Multiple gold and rudraksha necklaces hang over bare shoulders, and a gold ornament rests on his upper arm. The blurred background shows gold and warm tones. Visible physical people: one. Attribution of this figure's identity is not established from appearance alone.2012-06-05Close photo of a man with short grey hair, a white paste mark on his forehead and a sandalwood-coloured vertical line between his brows, wearing a hoop earring, a rudraksha bead necklace, and a white cloth with yellow edging draped over bare shoulders. He holds a small rectangular wooden tablet at chest level and looks down at it intently. Blurred white-clad figures fill the background of what appears to be a group session hall.2017-03-01A seated man with closed eyes wears a white dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala necklace and white horizontal ash stripes across his forehead, chest and shoulders with a red dot between the brows. Behind him, several seated people in yellow, pink and striped shirts sit in a row, some with eyes closed. The setting appears to be a temple satsang or meditation gathering. The man's identity is not established from the image, and there is no legible caption naming him.2011-10-21August 03 20172017-08-03January 18 20132013-01-18June 05 20122012-06-05