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A photograph of young boys at an ashram gathering, most dressed in white kurta-style shirts with rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground a boy with a small red tilak on his forehead bites into a piece of food held in his hand. Behind him another boy eats with his hand raised to his mouth, and a child in a patterned shirt stands near a red brick wall with a lattice window. No swami is visible in the frame.

July 26 2014

2014-07-26 +1 copies

October 06 2006

Two young boys in white ritual dhotis with orange and red borders stand close together in a crowded hall. The boy on the left has a rudraksha mala and red bindi, with his head tilted upward and mouth open as if chanting. The boy on the right wears a multicoloured bead necklace, a white vibhuti line on his forehead with a red dot, and smiles broadly. Several adults in white and red shirts stand behind them, with an orange wall in the background.

April 14 2013

2013-04-14 +2 copies

A crowded indoor gathering of young boys and men in traditional dress. In the foreground a boy in white dhoti and white shirt with a bright red-and-gold headcloth and a gold-bordered yellow cloth draped over his shoulder. Behind him a young boy wears a white turban with gold patterning and a beaded necklace. At center right a boy in a red-gold headband and red dhoti with a purple-and-gold border holds a small white item in his hand and a rudraksha-style mala hangs at his neck. A boy in purple garment stands behind him. Adult men in white shirts stand at the right. The scene appears to be a devotional or ritual gathering, with people moving in a hall.

Photograph of a ritual feast inside a hall. A young man with long dark hair and a white forehead band, wearing an orange cloth and rudraksha mala, leans forward to take food from a small boy's fingers while holding a handful of yellow rice. A boy in orange cloth with a white forehead mark feeds him. Other orange-clad young men with white body markings and beads sit behind them, some holding yellow food, with a white cloth-covered floor and devotees visible in the background.

2017-07-03 +1 copies

October 06 2006

October 06 2006

A photograph of two young boys seated closely together indoors in a blurred hall with people in white behind them. The boy on the right wears thin rectangular glasses, a vertical tilak on his forehead, multiple rudraksha mala strands across his bare chest, a pendant necklace, and an orange-saffron cloth around his waist, plus rudraksha bracelets on both wrists. He opens his mouth while the boy on the left, who is bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and bracelets, feeds him a small yellowish food item with his fingers, while holding more of it in his other hand. Another bare-chested figure in white dhoti with gold borders stands at the left edge.

Several young boys in saffron-orange shawls and white body markings stand outdoors, sharing handfuls of yellow food. A boy on the right with long dark hair, a white forehead band with red dot, a rudraksha mala and a pendant feeds a younger boy at left, who laughs with his mouth open. Older saffron-clad participants with rudraksha malas stand in the background, and a red-clad figure is visible at far right. The scene reads as a ritual food offering procession.

May 08 2017