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A photograph of children seated on the floor of a whitewashed room during a ritual. In the foreground, boys and girls wear white clothes, some with red waist sashes and rudraksha beads; a girl with long braids sits near a row of white bricks marked with red powder. A boy at left has hands pressed together in namaste. Behind them, an older man in glasses and a white shirt stands, and a man in a dark shirt stands at right beside a green chalkboard with papers pinned to it. Several more children and adults are partially visible at the edges. A purple logo appears in the upper left corner.

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A photograph of children seated on the floor in a ritual gathering, several boys in white shirts and dhotis or trousers with eyes closed in meditation or prayer. A boy at right wears a striped shirt and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace. A woman in an orange top sits at upper left, and a girl in green with a braid appears at lower right. Flower garlands and a white stone block are visible at lower left. Adults and others sit behind the children. No clearly identifiable a person appears in the frame.2006-10-02A group of young girls sits cross-legged on a striped green and multicolored mat in a plain room with grey cabinets and a white wall. They wear white clothes and rudraksha malas, and several have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Their hands rest in their laps or folded, and they look ahead attentively. One girl in front wears glasses and another has a red thread on her wrist.2009-11-14A photograph of a group of students seated cross-legged on green and striped mats on a bare concrete floor in a school hall. Many boys wear white kurta-style clothes and some have their hands folded in namaste. Girls in white with orange shawls and rudraksha malas sit at the right, and a few adults stand or sit at the back near classroom benches. Behind them a framed picture of a seated saffron-robed figure hangs on a pale wall. The scene looks like a group cultural or spiritual gathering with students in prayerful posture.2006-01-26A photograph of a hall with a grey floor where many children sit cross-legged in white traditional clothes with gold borders, several with rudraksha malas and hands pressed in namaste. Standing adults in white clothes and saffron/orange shawls stand at the back near wooden benches and a fan. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind them. The children appear to be in a devotional gathering or satsang. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2006-01-26A photograph of a homa ritual in an indoor hall with plain grey walls and small windows. In the foreground, a bald man in orange robes with a red-and-gold shawl and a gold garland kneels with palms pressed together, facing a white stepped fire altar. On the altar sit a brass bowl, a silver cup, a golden ladle and scattered orange marigold petals. Behind him, rows of seated women and girls in white clothes, some with red-and-white bindi and vibhuti markings, hold their hands in anjali. A standing figure in orange robes stands near the back wall, and white-clad devotees fill the room.2007-08-26A photograph of boys in white dhotis and shirts seated on the floor of a plain hall, performing devotional chanting. A boy at the front left, wearing a white outfit with a red cloth over one shoulder and a vertical tilak on his forehead, sits before a small brass plate, bell and oil lamps on a striped mat. Rows of seated boys, many with hands folded in anjali, sit on colourful striped mats; one boy in a navy shirt sits at right beside an orange cloth. An older man in white with rudraksha mala sits on a blue chair at the upper right. Wooden desks and a metal bucket are visible in the room.2009-11-14A group of young boys in white dhotis and shirts sit cross-legged on mats in a classroom-like hall, most with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. In the foreground a boy in white with a red-bordered cloth sits facing them, holding a small brass bell in one hand and gesturing with the other, with brass lamps and a small brass vessel on a mat before him. Behind the boys an older man in white with a rudraksha mala and white hair sits on a blue chair near a wooden desk. Walls are pale yellow and cream.2009-11-14A photograph of a group of young students seated cross-legged on mats in a bare room with cream walls, many with palms pressed together in prayer or hands held in front of them. They wear all-white clothing, some with white shawls draped over shoulders, and several have white forehead markings. Small flower and leaf decorations hang on the wall, and brass plates with offerings sit in the foreground.2007-10-21October 12 20072007-10-12Seated participants in white clothing fill a hall with striped blue-and-white floor mats. In the foreground two young boys sit cross-legged in white kurta-style garments; the one on the left wears a black bead mala and a red tilak on his forehead, and the one on the right wears a rudraksha-style bead mala. Behind them, adults in white kurtas and white dhotis sit attentively, some with lanyards, and a man with glasses and a beard sits in the middle. A plastic water bottle lies on the mat at left, and a brass lamp rests on the floor near the right edge. Soft orange and red drapes hang in the background.2011-11-30A classroom-style hall with a row of girls and boys seated cross-legged on the floor in white traditional clothes, many wearing rudraksha malas and bangles, several with hands pressed together in prayer. A woman in a white sari with an orange shawl stands at the front near a standing fan, with a man in white and another woman seated on benches behind. Wooden benches and a tripod are visible at the back of the room, and a plate with offerings sits at the right edge.2006-01-26A photograph of a seated congregation in white clothing sitting on white mats during a satsang or meditation session in a hall with patterned pale walls and red carpet. In the foreground a man with a sandalwood tilak and rudraksha malas wears white dhoti with yellow borders and sits cross-legged with hands folded. Beside him a young man in white with rudraksha mala listens, and another young man in glasses rests his chin on his hand while wearing a white kurta and mala. At right a young man in white shirt and trousers sits with hands on knees. Many more devotees in white, some with name badges, fill the rows behind, including women and older people with grey hair.2015-07-01