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January 01 2019

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Two sannyasis in saffron-orange robes embrace in a hall with large blurred photographic prints of fiery imagery behind them. The man in front has short dark hair, a light beard and a gold bangle, with rudraksha beads on his wrist, and his arms are wrapped around the other man. Beside them, a sannyasi with long dreadlocked hair wound up on his head wears white vertical tilak marks, a rudraksha mala and a silver chain, and looks down. Additional people are blurred in the background.2019-01-01Photo of several bare-chested men in saffron/orange cloths embracing at an indoor event. A central man with a dreadlock-style hairstyle wrapped in rudraksha beads and a red tilak on his forehead smiles broadly while hugging another man whose hair is tied in a bun and who wears a saffron shawl and rudraksha mala. A man at left in a saffron wrap laughs, and a man at right wears rudraksha malas and glasses. Behind them hang orange draped fabric and a wall of black-and-white framed portraits. No visible identification of a person is made from appearance alone.2019-01-01January 01 20192019-01-01Two men embrace closely at an outdoor gathering. The man on the left wears a leopard-print turban, gold-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala, and an orange cloth draped over bare shoulders, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead. The man on the right, in an orange garment with long dreadlocked hair wound up, hugs him from the side, and a green leaf-like item is held near them. Other robed people stand softly blurred behind. The scene is a warm, intimate greeting among devotees.2019-01-01A young man with dreadlocked hair wrapped in a leopard-print headband, wearing glasses and an orange shawl over bare shoulders, embraces a child whose head rests on his chest. Rudraksha malas hang across his neck and chest. Beside him a dreadlocked young person with a red bindi and rudraksha beads, and a bearded bare-chested sadhu on the right, all wear rudraksha malas and stand in a hall with framed event photographs on the wall behind them. Visible people: five, with several partially cropped at the edges.2019-01-01November 10 20132013-11-10January 01 20192019-01-01April 04 20182018-04-04January 01 20192019-01-01 +1 copiesClose photo of a ceremony with several saffron-robed participants in orange and red cloth. In the centre, a young person with a tall topknot, white vibhuti stripes and a red bindi wears rudraksha beads, a pendant and an orange shawl, looking to the side. To the left, a person in orange with an upswept bun and a rudraksha mala. At right, a figure in orange cloth holds yellow offering material in their hands. Behind them, more orange-robed people and figures in white clothing sit in a hall. No deity or throne is clearly visible.2019-01-01December 20 20152015-12-20A photograph of several men in orange and saffron monastic clothing embracing indoors in a hall with a pink-red ceiling light and wooden partition screens. The central bald man wears glasses, a saffron robe and a long rudraksha mala with a pendant, and he smiles while being hugged by a man with a shaved head and a bare upper body wrapped in a gold and maroon shawl. Other monastics in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand behind them, and a man in yellow and red garments stands at the left edge. The scene suggests a warm group greeting among ritual participants. Whether the central man is the a person named on the page cannot be determined from appearance alone.2016-02-23