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A photograph of a bare-chested young man seated cross-legged on a red cloth, wearing a green silk dhoti with gold border, a white flower garland, a rudraksha mala, a green beaded necklace and gold bangles. He has a horizontal white tilak on his forehead and looks down while handling offerings. Behind him, two men stand: one in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and arms folded, another in an orange kurta with a white forehead mark. A metal bowl sits in the foreground beside yellow offerings.

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A ritual scene in which a shaved-headed priest with bare upper body, white sacred thread and sandalwood stripes on his arms and forehead, wearing a rudraksha mala, guides a young boy in a navy shirt with a red tilak on his forehead. The priest's hands hover over a silver plate of offerings, with a glass bowl holding white and yellow items and pink flowers at the front. Behind them, a woman in a white and green sari with a black mala sits with folded hands, and a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and gold garlands sits behind a microphone stand. A gold-edged red backdrop frames the setting.2010-11-08January 11 20172017-01-11A photograph of an energy darshan during an Inner Awakening session. A seated boy in a white dhoti-style cloth and a pendant necklace, eyes closed, receives a blessing as a bearded man with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a white garland of pink and white flowers and a bracelet of red thread, presses his hand to the boy's forehead. Around them, participants in white kurtas and white clothing stand and sit, with a crowd further back. The boy holds a small card or booklet in his hand.2017-05-04A photograph of a shaved-headed young priest in white dhoti and a pink-bordered cloth draped over his shoulders, wearing a long gold bead necklace and white urdhva tilaka lines on his forehead and arms. He stands with hands pressed together around a small metal cup during a ritual. Beside him a woman in a white sari with green and yellow stripes and a black beaded necklace looks down, and other participants are partly visible at the edges. In front are silver trays holding pink flowers and other offerings.2010-10-16January 11 20172017-01-11A young boy with short dark hair sits with eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaste, bare-chested except for a white dhoti with a gold border and a white-and-gold shawl draped over his shoulder. He wears a rudraksha mala and a small pendant on a cord, and a white vertical mark (vibhuti) is applied on his forehead. An adult's hand, wearing a red thread bracelet, is placed on the boy's head in blessing. Behind him stands a person in an orange-brown robe, and at the right edge a figure wears a pink-and-white floral garland. The setting suggests an initiation or blessing ritual, possibly Bautika Brahmacharya initiation.2017-05-09A photograph of a ritual scene indoors. In the centre, a bare-chested young male priest sits cross-legged on the floor wearing a green silk dhoti with gold border and a white flower garland with orange and red blossoms over his shoulders, with a rudraksha mala and a turquoise bead strand; he leans over steel plates of yellow offerings and fruit. Behind him, a man in a white dhoti stands beside a standing figure in an orange kurta, and a youth in a dark grey kurta sits near a steel pot. Several attendants have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Steel vessels and a lidded pot sit on a red cloth.2012-10-24A photograph of a ritual blessing indoors. On the left, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala, rudraksha bracelets and a flower garland over a rust-red garment reaches out and places his palm on the forehead of a young man bending forward. The young man has a shaved head, white sacred marks on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, earrings, and wears a white dhoti with a gold border. Behind them stand two young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings; one holds a small brass bowl and a tray of yellow sweets or offerings. Red curtains and framed pictures hang on the walls behind them.2014-04-27 +1 copiesJune 27 20142014-06-27December 06 20162016-12-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a young bare-chested boy with closed eyes receiving a ritual blessing. White sacred ash is applied across his forehead and chest, and he wears a rudraksha-style mala and a white cord with an orange-and-white band reading Inner Engineering. A hand with gold and red bangles presses on his forehead while another person, seen from behind with long dark hair and a red-orange cloth, stands beside him in a warmly lit temple hall. Garlands of red flowers hang at his chest. The setting is a satsang-style ritual with blurred red and orange figures and sculptures in the background.2016-07-03A seated puja in a hall with a crowd in white dhotis and red-orange shawls behind. In the foreground, a man in white silk dhoti with gold border, red-orange shawl and long gold-beaded necklace reads from a sheet of paper held on a clipboard, hands joined, with a small microphone headset. Beside him, another man in red shawl and gold beaded mala presses palms together. A silver tray with flowers and brass vessels sits at left, and a carved orange-red altar stand is at right. Several seated devotees in white and red shawls are visible in the background. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible; the central priest is shown in ritual role only.2012-12-26