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A photograph of a crowd of young people standing close together in an indoor hall, many wearing headbands and turbans in red, orange, white and gold, with white and cream kurtas and a few rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. Several hold thin blue sticks or rods, and some are singing or speaking with open mouths. Framed pictures hang on the pale wall behind them. Several people are partly visible at the edges, including an older person on the left and another at the top right corner.

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.

Children and teens in costume stand in a line in a bright indoor hall, dressed as figures from Krishna stories. A boy in the centre wears a white and silver turban and a red robe with rudraksha malas. Beside him a boy in white dhoti and shawl with gold trim shows a red and gold armband. On the left, a child in orange and yellow garments holds a sheer cloth, and a girl in orange and white with a yellow headcloth presses palms together. Others wear yellow, red and orange headbands with tilaka, and a small child on the right wears a blue and gold costume. Adults in orange and white robes stand behind, and a few people move in the background.

2013-04-06 +1 copies

A seated group of young boys and a few adults in a hall with red curtains, sitting attentively during a satsang. Foreground boys wear saffron/orange cloth with rudraksha malas, and one younger boy on the right wears white jasmine garlands, a gold necklace and a red-and-green cloth with a bare chest and white tilak marks on his forehead. Behind them, others wear white shawls over white and orange garments and white forehead marks. Many participants are visible in the background.

August 22 2011

October 20 2013

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A close photo of a young shaven-headed boy in an orange saffron robe with magenta trim, wearing rudraksha beads and a pendant on a dark cord, with a white horizontal line and red dot on his forehead. Behind him, another young boy in similar saffron robes with a white forehead mark sits among seated devotees, some in orange and white clothing, in an indoor hall.

Young boys with shaved heads and white vertical tilaka marks on their foreheads, some with red bindi dots, chant with eyes closed in a hall with red chairs. They wear red dhoti-style garments with gold borders and rudraksha malas around their necks and shoulders. Behind them stand other seated devotees in white and an older man in an orange-red shawl.

July 10 2014

Photograph of young boys seated in a row at a satsang, with a few adults and older students behind them. In the foreground, a boy in a white t-shirt wears an orange lanyard and a small red tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a boy in a black shirt wears a red-and-black patterned shawl. Behind them, a boy in an orange robe and orange shawl sits in the background, with other seated people in white and red-orange wraps. The setting is a dim hall with warm lighting and a blurred flower arrangement at right. Visible people: several seated boys and men.

Close-up photo of young male devotees in saffron and orange robes with white vertical forehead markings and red bindi, standing in a group. The foreground boy has a white ash line across his brow, a red dot on his forehead, a rudraksha mala around his neck, and a small red pendant on a cord. Behind him a second boy with a shaved head and white forehead band wears an orange garment with a maroon-pink border and a beaded mala. Older men in orange robes stand to the sides, one with a white band on his upper arm. Their attention is directed forward.