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A photograph of a group meditation or puja session in a bare hall with pale walls and red-brown wooden doors. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti sits cross-legged on a maroon mat, hands resting on his knee, with rudraksha malas and wrist beads, and white horizontal tilak marks on his chest and arms. Beside him, a man in orange cloth with folded palms, white markings on his face and arms, and a rudraksha mala sits in prayer. Other seated participants in orange and white cloth with white body markings fill the background. Props on the floor include a small plastic container, a water bottle and a mobile phone. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

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August 23 20162016-08-23November 06 20162016-11-06A photograph of a seated group of male devotees in a plain hall with pink walls and a wooden door, performing a ritual in a row. The foreground man has long light dreadlocks tied up, wears a rudraksha mala, a white dhoti and an orange-and-gold cloth across the shoulder, with white tilak marks on his forehead and body; his hands are raised in a mudra. Beside him sit other men with shaved heads, white horizontal forehead markings, rudraksha malas and bare upper bodies, some in orange cloths. Brass lamps and offering items sit on the floor in front of them. Other participants are visible further back.2017-01-01August 24 20162016-08-24January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20172017-01-11October 29 20112011-10-29January 12 20172017-01-12February 01 20172017-02-01A group of devotees sits cross-legged in a hall with pale walls, many with bare upper bodies and hands pressed in anjali mudra with eyes closed in prayer. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange cloth wears a broad white vibhuti stripe on his forehead, a red kumkum dot, a long rudraksha mala and a green wrist cord, and holds his palms together. Beside him a man with a bare chest and rudraksha mala holds his hands in prayer, and another in an orange wrap and green lower cloth sits at right. Others in white and orange cloth sit behind them in devotion.2017-01-04 +1 copiesA seated devotee in a white dhoti with a bare upper body and a rudraksha mala around his neck presses his palms together at his chest with eyes closed in prayer. A white vertical mark is visible on his forehead and white paste on his arms. Behind him, many seated participants, some bare-chested and some in orange or saffron robes, sit on mats in a hall with a bright flame or lamp glowing in the background.2017-01-12January 11 20172017-01-11