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A dim outdoor gathering at night under a tent canopy with a white draped backdrop and wooden pillars. Many shirtless men with shaved heads and white or sandalwood markings on their foreheads sit closely packed, several wearing white sacred threads and rudraksha-style beads. In the foreground at left, a bald man in dark-rimmed glasses and a rudraksha mala looks toward the camera, while a man near the centre-right raises his voice as if chanting. Colourful string lights glow at the upper left. The seated crowd appears large, extending back into the darkness.

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May 24 20172017-05-24A large dense crowd of seated men fills the frame at night, many bare-chested with white and horizontal ash marks on their foreheads and bodies, and wearing sacred thread and necklaces. Some have closed eyes as if in meditation or chanting. Strings of coloured lights hang above, with a smoky haze and a small flame visible in the background. The foreground includes a blurred figure in glasses and a child with white forehead marks. No individual can be clearly identified as a person.2017-05-24May 24 20172017-05-24A large, densely packed crowd of mostly bare-chested devotees sits closely together, many wearing rudraksha malas around their necks and some with white or off-white cloth. Bright colourful lights glow in the background. A bald man in dark-rimmed glasses sits near the centre, wearing a rudraksha mala. Several people in the foreground and midground have their eyes closed or gaze downward.2016-12-07May 24 20172017-05-24May 26 20172017-05-26May 24 20172017-05-24May 25 20172017-05-25December 07 20162016-12-07May 26 20172017-05-26May 24 20172017-05-24May 10 20172017-05-10