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October 17 2012

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Close-up photograph of a shaved-headed man with eyes closed in meditative stillness, against a blurred green foliage background with pale flowers. He wears white ritual cloth with a red border draped over his shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck, white sacred ash lines on his forehead and shoulder, and a red kumkum dot on his brow. The clothing and shaved head do not show distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.

January 17 2013

Close photograph of a man with swept-back white-grey hair and white sandalwood-paste tripundra lines on his forehead and bare shoulders, sitting with hands pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed. He wears layered brown rudraksha malas, a gold chain with a pendant, and a gold bangle. A white sacred thread crosses his bare chest. Behind him a blurred seated figure in white and a yellow-clad figure suggest a satsang hall. A pendant on his mala shows an orange-robed figure in a round frame. The single person is a devotee in prayer; no identity is asserted from appearance.

September 21 2011

A seated man with a shaved head, wearing a white horizontal forehead marking with a red dot, closes his eyes while holding white flower petals in cupped hands. He wears a maroon sleeveless robe with gold trim and multiple strands of orange and dark rudraksha malas around his neck, plus a rudraksha band on his upper arm and a ring on one finger. A second person in orange clothing is partly visible behind him. The setting appears to be a ritual, with the man reciting or chanting while offering petals. a person is identified by the distinctive rudraksha malas and saffron-maroon sannyasi robes shown in the photo, yet the shaved head and forehead marking do not clearly match long swept-back hair, so the appearance is uncertain.

2013-04-04 +1 copies

A seated man with closed eyes wears a white dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala necklace and white horizontal ash stripes across his forehead, chest and shoulders with a red dot between the brows. Behind him, several seated people in yellow, pink and striped shirts sit in a row, some with eyes closed. The setting appears to be a temple satsang or meditation gathering. The man's identity is not established from the image, and there is no legible caption naming him.

Close photo of a man with swept-back white hair and white sacred ash stripes on his forehead, shoulders and arms, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra. He wears layered rudraksha malas, a gold-rimmed pendant portrait of a smiling saffron-clad figure, a small pendant, a gold bangle and a white sacred thread. Blurred seated devotees and warm lights fill the background of the hall.

January 04 2017

A seated man in a close-up photograph wears a maroon-red sleeveless robe with gold border and multiple strands of rudraksha malas across his chest and shoulders, plus rudraksha armbands. He has a white horizontal tilak across his forehead with a red dot at the centre, and white markings on his upper arms. His eyes are closed and he holds a small white flower in his cupped hands in a meditative or devotional posture. Behind him, another figure in orange and red cloth is partially visible. A pendant with a small framed picture hangs on the chest.

A shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and white upper cloth with a maroon border sits with eyes closed, holding white flower petals in his cupped hands. He wears a heavy gold bead necklace with a small framed portrait pendant and a rudraksha bracelet, and has white vertical and horizontal tilaka marks on his forehead and arms with a red bindi. A brass vessel is visible at the lower left on an orange cloth. A concrete courtyard with red and white painted pillars forms the background. The portrait pendant depicts a figure, but this is a printed image on jewellery, not a physical person; the man's identity is not established from appearance.

November 29 2011