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December 03 2011

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Two shaved-headed priests sit cross-legged on a floor in white dhotis with gold-bordered yellow edges, palms pressed together in prayer. The nearer priest wears a rudraksha mala and a beaded bracelet, and has white tilak marks on his forehead and arms. The second priest, behind him, also has white forehead markings and sits with hands folded. Brass lamps, a plate of offerings and flowers lie on the floor in front, and a maroon cloth hangs behind them. No identifiable a person figure is visibly present; the priests are shown only in worship posture.

A row of men seated on the floor in white dhotis and white shawls with orange-gold borders, hands pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed in prayer. Several have white sacred ash horizontal lines on their foreheads and arms, and one wears a rudraksha mala and glasses. Brass puja items, small oil lamps, bananas and a plastic container sit on a cloth in front of them. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable, so the figures are described by role only.

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.

A row of shaved-headed young priests in plain white dhotis sits with palms pressed together in namaskar during a ritual. The nearest priest wears glasses, a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle and white horizontal stripes on his upper arm, and his eyes are closed as he chants. Behind him, several more priests in white with red-bordered cloth bow their heads in prayer, their foreheads marked with white vibhuti. The scene is blurred and softly lit.

A close photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dress sitting cross-legged with palms pressed together at chest level and eyes closed in prayer. He wears a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle, and a white cloth with red and gold borders. Behind him, several men in white robes sit in similar prayerful postures, one with a rudraksha mala and a bare upper torso. The setting appears to be an indoor satsang or meditation gathering. The man in front shows no distinctive a person cues beyond white ritual clothing, so his identity is unsure.

Two men sit in a close row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer. The nearer man in front has short dark hair, a red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck, and wears a white dhoti-style garment with a gold border over his shoulder; a white horizontal tilak marks his forehead. The man behind him, also in white with a gold-bordered cloth and white tilak, has a shaved head. Soft-focus lamps glow in the background and a blurred figure sits further back. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the visible people.

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Several men in plain white ritual clothes sit on a floor mat with their palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in a devotional gathering. The central figure is shaved-headed and wears thin-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle and a white upper cloth with gold-coloured edges. Others beside him have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads and arms. Behind them a red wall and a man in a pale green kurta sit in the background. No one visible is distinctively identifiable as a person by appearance cues, so the presence of a person candidate is unsure. The setting suggests a pada puja or satsang moment.

September 10 2011

Two shaved-headed men sit cross-legged in prayer with palms pressed together at their chests, eyes closed, in a pūjā-style setting. Both wear white dhoti and shawl-like cloth with gold borders, rudraksha malas, gold bangles and white sacred ash markings on the forehead and arms. The man on the left wears thin-rimmed glasses. A brass bell and ritual items sit at the lower right against a deep red wall. Two people are visible.

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.

November 23 2010