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A photograph inside a small temple-like room with blue-painted walls and a framed deity picture on the wall. A bald older man in a plain white shirt and white-bodied ritual attire, with white forehead markings and layered rudraksha malas, stands in the centre. Around him, several men wear saffron and orange robes and ochre/red garments, some bare-chested with white and ochre forehead markings and rudraksha malas. A bearded man on the right in a red-brown robe wears a long white and yellow flower garland and red-orange flowers in his hair, and extends his hand toward others. Standing at the left edge, an older man in a white shirt and ochre dhoti holds a small object, and a woman in a dark patterned sari with gold bangles and hands folded stands beside him. Devotees in white shirts and a checked red shirt stand on the right.

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March 01 20182018-03-01A photograph inside a narrow whitewashed corridor with a framed Ganesha portrait on the wall above. A bald man in a white shirt, brown-and-gold dhoti and multiple rudraksha malas stands at centre, a white tilak on his forehead, holding hands with a man in an orange cloth and beaded necklace. Around them, several men in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas, one with long dreadlocks wearing a white and orange flower garland, and a woman in a dark patterned sari with gold bangles stand with palms pressed together. An older man in a white shirt and dhoti stands at left. The atmosphere is one of devotional greeting in a temple-like passage.2018-03-01A photograph of an indoor hallway with a blue-painted wall and a framed picture above. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead stands at centre, wearing a brown-maroon robe, a dense rudraksha mala, and a long white and yellow garland with red flowers. 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Around him stand saffron-robed attendants with rudraksha malas and white tilak marks, and an elderly bald man in a white shirt with a gold-trimmed vesti stands at left, holding out a small silver tray. To the right, a man in a white shirt and striped top stands among others. Several figures are in the frame, and the framed picture on the wall shows a deity murti.2018-03-01A photograph of a temple or ashram doorway with a blue-painted frame and a framed portrait on the wall above. A man in a rust-red saffron-toned robe with a long rudraksha mala and a long garland of white, yellow and red flowers stands smiling, a small silver vessel in one hand, while a shaved-head man in white-and-orange dhoti stands behind him holding a bell-like object. Other men in white dhotis and orange cloth stand nearby, and an older man in white shirt and orange dhoti stands at left. 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