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October 23 2010

Shaved-headed priests in white dhotis and white shawls sit on the floor during a ritual. The central priest, with white vibhuti stripes and a red kumkum dot on his forehead, holds a lit oil lamp in his left hand and a small brass bell in his right, arms extended. Behind him, another man with a rudraksha mala and white clothing sits with eyes closed. Brass lamps and plates with offerings lie on the mat, and a pink tray is visible at right. A blurred priest in the foreground with striped forehead marks and glasses sits facing forward. The scene appears to be aarti being performed in a temple hall.

A seated assembly of men dressed in white dhoti-style cloth with thin red borders, many with white vibhuti lines painted across their foreheads and arms. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white wears a rudraksha mala and a red-tilak forehead mark, looking toward the front. Others, some wearing headphones, sit attentively around him.

Photograph of a group of shaven-headed men in white dhotis and white shoulder cloths with pink-and-maroon borders, seated closely together in a ritual setting. Several have white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. A central man in spectacle frames holds a brass oil lamp aloft in his right hand while chanting, and another seated man on the right holds a small brass bell. Brass vessels and oil lamps sit on the floor in front. No one in the scene is identified as a person by visible cues; all appear to be priests or devotees performing a chanted ritual.

A photograph of several men seated in a hall performing a ritual with incense sticks. Four men in white dhotis with red-bordered cloth and white forehead marks hold lit incense sticks and small brass bells, raising their arms. A man at the front left wears wire-rimmed glasses, rudraksha malas and a gold bracelet. At the right foreground a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron shawl with rudraksha beads sits with his head bowed. A tall whiteboard and pale walls form the background, and a few partially visible children appear at the left edge.

Photograph of two young men seated in a crowded hall with their palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a devotional gesture. Both wear white dhoti-style cloths draped over bare shoulders, white urdhva-pundra forehead marks and white bands on their arms, and rudraksha mala beads on the chest. The man on the left wears gold bangles and an earring and looks upward, while the man on the right wears glasses and gazes forward. Behind them, a blurred crowd of seated onlookers in colourful shirts, including children, watches the gathering.

A photograph of shaved-headed priests in white dhotis seated on the floor during a ritual, several holding small brass bells and ringing them while others hold incense sticks. Their foreheads and arms bear white sacred ash markings, and one wears a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle. Brass puja items, flower offerings, a small brass lamp and a plate of red petals sit on a mat in front. A person in orange robes is partly visible at the right edge.

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A shaved-headed man in white ritual dress sits with eyes lowered and palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest height. He wears a white dhoti-style wrap with red-edged borders over one shoulder, a rudraksha mala hanging on his chest, white tilak lines across the forehead with a red bindi, and gold rings on his fingers. Behind him, a woman in an orange shawl and white sari with gold border also presses her hands in prayer, with other devotees partly visible at the edges and orange drapery in the background. The scene reads as a devotional gathering or satsang. The man is a devotee in prayer rather than a visibly distinctive figure, so no appearance-based identification applies.

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