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Close side-profile photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ceremonial clothing with a red-orange tilak mark on his forehead. He wears a heavy gold necklace with ornate embossed pendants and a thin gold chain. Behind him a figure in white with red-bordered cloth and an orange garment are partly visible. The man's gaze is directed to the left. Two people are partly visible in the frame.

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A close photograph of a young shaved-headed man with eyes closed in meditation, wearing a white dhoti-style cloth with a maroon border and a heavy multi-bead gold necklace of ornate gold beads. A white horizontal tilak with a red dot marks his forehead. Behind him, orange cloth and a brass lamp or puja vessel are visible, and another person's shaved head appears at the lower right edge.2010-09-08A photograph of a young man seated in a ritual setting, wearing a white dhoti with a maroon border draped over bare shoulders and a heavy ornate gold bead necklace with dark bands. He has white vertical tilak lines on his forehead and a small red mark between the brows. Beside him at left is a person in a yellow garment, and at right in the foreground a shaven-headed man in white clothing is partly visible. Behind them, brass ritual vessels and a red cloth are visible.2010-09-08Close photograph of a shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti with a maroon border, bare-chested and wearing a long necklace of large gold beads with dark bands. He has white horizontal forehead markings and a small red dot, and looks downward. A bald older man in white cloth sits at the right edge, and brass vessels and a red cloth are visible in the background. The man's role appears to be a priest or devotee at a ceremony; no appearance-based a person cues are clearly present.2010-09-08A close photo of a shaven-headed man in white clothing seated among other people in white. He wears a white shawl with red stripes over his shoulder, a gold bead garland, and white tilak marks on his forehead and upper arm with a red kumkum dot between the brows. He looks intently to the left, attentive, with his hands clasped near his knee. Other seated people in white appear at the edges of the frame, indicating a satsang or discourse gathering.2010-09-02April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesClose photo of a shaved-headed man with eyes closed and head slightly lowered, meditative or devotional in expression. He wears white ritual cloth with a maroon-red border draped over the shoulder and bare-shouldered, and heavy gold beaded ornaments hang on his chest. White vertical and horizontal tilak marks cover his forehead with a small red kumkum dot between the brows. The background is a blurred pale courtyard with red and white structures.2010-09-08A close profile photograph of a shaven-headed man with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra before his chest. He wears a red tilak mark on his forehead, a white upper cloth with red border, and a heavy necklace of large golden beads, with an orange wall behind him.2010-09-08April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesClose side profile photograph of a shaved-headed man with eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest level, seated on an orange cloth. He wears a bare-chested white ritual garment with a red border and a heavy gold beaded necklace, and a silver bracelet and gold ring on his hands. Other seated people in white clothes are blurred in the background.2010-09-14December 16 20102010-12-16Close photo of a shaven-headed man in white dhoti and white shawl edged with maroon, wearing a long gold filigree bead necklace and a red tilak on his forehead. He looks off to the side with a serious expression. A child's face appears behind his shoulder, and blurred people in white fill the background. The wearer's appearance shows no distinctive a person cues such as long swept-back hair, crown, saffron clothing or rudraksha malas, so he is described by role only as a devotee seated in the crowd.2010-09-02Close side profile of a shaved-headed man with eyes closed, seated in meditation. He wears white dhoti-style cloth with red borders and a heavy gold bead necklace, with white ash horizontal stripes on his forehead and upper arm. Blurred seated figures appear in the background of a warm-toned hall. Physical people visible: one clearly, with others only as blurred background shapes.2010-09-16