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July 03 20172017-07-03Photo of a ritual meal in a hall. A young boy with curly hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange cloth wrap with a white vertical forehead mark, leans forward and offers a handful of yellow-green food to an older youth on the right, who has a white forehead mark, rudraksha beads and an orange shawl and opens his mouth to receive it. Behind them, another person with long dark hair in an orange garment stands, and several orange-clad people sit on a floor with coloured mats and food. Maroon curtains hang in the background.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03February 24 20112011-02-24October 29 20162016-10-29Photo 11697870 +1 copiesPhotograph of a group of young devotees in saffron-orange cloths wrapped over their shoulders and waists, several with white stripes painted on their arms and foreheads. In the foreground a girl with long dark hair and a red pendant holds yellow prasad or offering mixture in both hands, while others around her hold up similar yellow offerings. Behind them a bare-chested young man with long hair and white forehead markings stands among the group, and a blurred yellow-walled building appears in the background.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03Two young boys perform on a polished white floor in a temple-style hall with painted guardian figures flanking a maroon curtain. The boy in the centre wears a sleeveless saffron-orange kurta and loose orange trousers, with a white vertical tilak on his forehead and a shaved head, and walks forward with one hand raised. Beside him, a second boy in a black short-sleeved shirt and black shorts with a white tilak stands watching. Behind them, large painted guardian statues with golden crowns and yellow garments hold staffs, and a red patterned rug lies on the floor before the curtain.A man walks barefoot across a green-carpeted stage in a bright open hall. He wears a red-orange sannyasi-style wrap with gold-bordered edges and a long dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with white and red sectarian marks on his forehead. His hands are held together at his waist and his head is lowered. To the right, a golden deity murti with multiple arms and a crown stands beside a figure in a yellow and green dhoti. Trees and a pale sky are visible through the open pillars behind.2011-09-12 +2 copiesJuly 05 20172017-07-05May 20 20132013-05-20