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Two men sit in a close row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer. The nearer man in front has short dark hair, a red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck, and wears a white dhoti-style garment with a gold border over his shoulder; a white horizontal tilak marks his forehead. The man behind him, also in white with a gold-bordered cloth and white tilak, has a shaved head. Soft-focus lamps glow in the background and a blurred figure sits further back. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the visible people.

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Two shaved-headed priests sit cross-legged on a floor in white dhotis with gold-bordered yellow edges, palms pressed together in prayer. The nearer priest wears a rudraksha mala and a beaded bracelet, and has white tilak marks on his forehead and arms. The second priest, behind him, also has white forehead markings and sits with hands folded. Brass lamps, a plate of offerings and flowers lie on the floor in front, and a maroon cloth hangs behind them. No identifiable a person figure is visibly present; the priests are shown only in worship posture.2011-11-09December 06 20112011-12-06A seated man in white dhoti and white shawl with gold borders sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered, in a pale room with a red curtain. He wears a black rudraksha mala, a silver bracelet, red-orange beaded wrist threads, and white vibhuti stripes on his forehead and arms. Behind him, two other seated devotees in white with gold-bordered cloth also have their hands folded in prayer, one of them shaven-headed. The scene suggests a satsang or meditation session. Physical people visible: three.2011-11-07December 23 20102010-12-23October 04 20112011-10-04Three men sit in a row in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, hands pressed together in anjali mudra during prayer. The man on the left has long slicked-back hair and eyes closed, wearing a gold bracelet. The middle man has a shaved head with white tripundra vibhuti lines on his forehead and white paste bands on his arms, holding his palms together. The man on the right, partly blurred, has white markings on his arms and a gold bracelet, with hands raised in prayer. The setting is a plain pale wall. No a person candidate is distinctively identifiable by the visible cues.2011-11-03Several men in plain white ritual clothes sit on a floor mat with their palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in a devotional gathering. The central figure is shaved-headed and wears thin-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle and a white upper cloth with gold-coloured edges. Others beside him have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads and arms. Behind them a red wall and a man in a pale green kurta sit in the background. No one visible is distinctively identifiable as a person by appearance cues, so the presence of a person candidate is unsure. The setting suggests a pada puja or satsang moment.2011-11-04A photograph of two shaven-headed men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-and-white borders, seated with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed. The man in front wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and a bracelet on his wrist, with white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a small red tilak. Behind him, a second man also has his palms joined and wears a white cloth over his shoulder with a mala. Their faces are in profile and sincere in prayer, with a wooden cabinet and orange-brown wall behind them.2010-10-16Photograph of two young men seated in a crowded hall with their palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a devotional gesture. Both wear white dhoti-style cloths draped over bare shoulders, white urdhva-pundra forehead marks and white bands on their arms, and rudraksha mala beads on the chest. The man on the left wears gold bangles and an earring and looks upward, while the man on the right wears glasses and gazes forward. Behind them, a blurred crowd of seated onlookers in colourful shirts, including children, watches the gathering.2011-09-28October 07 20112011-10-07Two men seated side by side in white dhotis with gold borders, bare-chested with white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and arms. The man in front wears a rudraksha mala and a red bindi, looking to the side. Behind him an older man with glasses sits with hands folded in his lap. A deep red curtain hangs in the background.2011-11-19Several men sit close together in white ritual dress with reddish-maroon borders, bodies and arms marked with white ash lines. In the foreground two men with shaved heads and rudraksha malas press their palms together in anjali, eyes closed, in prayer. Beside them a man with short dark hair and a gold bangle also holds his hands folded with eyes closed. Behind them another seated man in white is partly visible, and a blurred bald figure in orange appears at the lower right corner. Warm light glows at the left edge.2011-10-02