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December 19 2016

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May 13 20182018-05-13A photograph of a shaved-headed man in the foreground, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra, seated among a row of other devotees in white dhotis and bare-chested. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and bead bracelets on his wrist, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead, nose and arms. Several other men sit blurred behind him, some in white and yellow cloth. The setting appears to be a prayer or puja gathering with a soft, out-of-focus background.2017-01-01December 18 20162016-12-18A seated devotee in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and marked with white vibhuti stripes on forehead and arms, presses his palms together in anjali while chanting, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck and gold bangles on his wrist. Behind him, rows of similarly dressed men sit cross-legged in a hall with pink walls, several with hands folded, and small oil lamps and brass puja vessels are visible in the foreground.2017-01-01A bare-chested man with a white tilak on his forehead and arms holds a lit oil lamp or ritual flame in his right hand, with smoke rising from it. He wears rudraksha and multicoloured beaded malas around his neck, gold bangles and earrings. Behind him are blurred dark stone shrines and small lamps, and to the left a person in white cloth is partly visible. The setting suggests a ritual puja or aarti.2016-12-18A photograph of a bare-chested man seated on red stone temple steps with eyes closed and hands joined at his chest. He wears a white dhoti, long multi-strand rudraksha malas, a red pendant, and a white horizontal tilak with a vertical mark on his forehead; white paste marks appear on his upper arms. Behind him are black stone pillars, brass pots and an oil lamp, with other white-clad people seated higher up. A red and gold flag stands in the right foreground.2017-07-17A close photograph of a bare-chested man with closed eyes and palms pressed together in anjali, seated in devotion. White vertical tripundra-style marks are on his forehead, shoulders and chest, and a thin cord necklace with a small pendant hangs at his throat. Behind him, blurred figures in orange and red cloth sit among black stone shivalinga-shaped forms with gold-topped bases. A gold bracelet is on his wrist. A figure in the lower right has a rudraksha-style bead necklace. This is a devotee in prayer, not an identifiable a person.2017-08-07January 12 20172017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12A bare-chested man sits cross-legged in a Maheshwara Puja setting, holding a lit wick or ritual flame to a black stone lingam-shaped object while smoke rises. He wears layered red and green rudraksha-style malas, a silver chain, small earrings, white ash/sandal markings on forehead and arms, and a white dhoti. A gold bangle and a small brass vessel are in his hands. Behind him, rows of lit brass oil lamps glow on dark stone steps.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18January 12 20172017-01-12 +1 copies