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Three smiling men in orange-red cloth stand in a hall, performing what appears to be a playful game. The man in the centre wears a dark rudraksha mala, a white bead necklace with a gold pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead; he holds a small green leaf-like piece in his hands. The man on the right wears a long rudraksha mala and bracelets, a white tilak on his forehead, and holds a green object. A partly visible person on the left touches his face. Orange-clad devotees sit blurred in the background under warm-toned walls and framed pictures.

A smiling bare-chested man with curly dark hair stands in a hall lined with red-orange cloth panels and framed posters, with a blurred crowd of saffron-robed devotees behind him. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a small pendant, several rudraksha bracelets, and an orange-saffron dhoti draped over one shoulder. White and red tilak marks are on his forehead and arms, and he holds a folded bundle of currency notes in one hand. A seated crowd in orange and white clothing fills the background, and a black speaker is mounted on the wall at right.

Photograph of shirtless men in orange and saffron cloths at a Maheshwara Puja darshan in a hall. The foreground man wears dark rudraksha mala beads, a pendant, and a brown-red shawl, with white sacred ash on his forehead and arms, and is handling yellow-orange flower garlands with a seated devotee. Beside him, another man with white ash marks wears a red-brown beaded necklace and bracelets. Further right, a smiling man with rudraksha beads and an orange cloth also holds garlands. Other devotees in orange and red fill the background near a wall of framed pictures. Four men are prominent and several others are partly visible, so the scene shows a larger group.

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January 14 2017

Photograph of a group of shirtless male devotees in orange and maroon dhotis and shawls, many wearing rudraksha malas and white vibhuti tripundra marks on their foreheads, at an indoor puja hall. Two men in front hold food offerings in their hands, with a small metal vessel in one hand, and one smiles broadly while the other laughs. Others in the background wear orange cloth and are seen from behind. The setting appears to be a ritual gathering in a hall with framed pictures on the wall. No clearly identifiable figure is established as a person in this image.

A photograph of a group of bare-chested men in orange and rust-coloured dhotis with white and ochre forehead markings, wearing rudraksha malas. The central man, with a shaved head, smiles broadly while offering something small from his hand to a long-haired young person seen from behind in a white sacred thread. Around them, more men in orange robes and white body markings stand in a crowded hall with ceiling lights and a maroon curtain in the background. Their attire and grouping suggest a ritual gathering of ashram members.

A photograph in a hall with red curtains and a bright doorway, showing a bare-backed man in an orange-red cloth seen from behind, embraced by two younger men. The central man wears a rudraksha mala and bracelets and has a small paper note tucked at his shoulder. The man on the right, with white forehead markings, rudraksha necklaces and an orange shawl, smiles beside them. Blurred orange-clad people sit in rows in the background.

Two young men with long dreadlocked hair and bare chests stand close together during a ritual, one smiling broadly with a yellow paste on his cheek. The man on the left wears a saffron-orange beaded shawl, a heavy gold necklace with pendant, gold bangles and a rudraksha bead cord, and is holding up a yellow paste he is smearing. The young man on the right has curly hair, white ash lines on the forehead and chest, a red tilak, a white cord, and a long rudraksha mala. Other devotees with dreadlocks and a yellow-smeared plate of food are blurred behind them under pink and white draped fabric.

September 17 2017

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Photograph of a group of bare-chested male monastics in orange and saffron dhotis and shawls, with white vibhuti lines on their foreheads, sharing food. A man with a rudraksha mala and red kumkum dot on his forehead holds up a handful of food to feed a younger monastic, who opens his mouth; another monastic holds food in his hands at left. Several other orange-clad monastics and devotees stand in a hall with red curtains and framed pictures behind them, consistent with a maheshwara puja offering of pinda food. Five to six people are clearly visible.

Photograph of two sannyasis facing each other closely in a ceremonial hall. On the left, a young man with long dark hair tied back wears an orange shawl with printed text and a rudraksha mala, his hand extended toward the other. On the right, a bearded man with long dreadlocks, a white forehead marking, a brown-red garment and a dense rudraksha mala with gold ornaments smiles toward him. Behind them, a man in white ritual dress with a white forehead mark and gold necklaces sits smiling, and several people in white dhotis and orange-striped cloth stand in the background near gold-patterned walls.