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February 20 2016

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Several children in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on a red mat during a ritual. A boy in the foreground holds a silver plate with ash or powder, dipping his fingers into it while a red shawl printed with repeated a person script hangs beside a standing figure in white dhoti on the right. Other seated participants, some with wrist threads, sit behind them in a meditative group setting.2016-02-20A young boy in white dhoti and shirt with a red-bordered cloth sits cross-legged on a woven mat in front of a brass lamp stand and brass vessels, holding a small oil lamp in his right hand toward the seated group. Around him about twenty boys sit on colourful striped mats in a classroom with yellow walls and wooden desks, mostly in white clothes with rudraksha malas and vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. A man in white clothes with a gold chain stands at the back near a blue chair, and a boy in dark clothing sits at the far right. The scene resembles a gurukul lamp ritual or aarti in a school setting.2009-11-14October 28 20102010-10-28February 20 20162016-02-20 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated group of young boys and a few adults in a ritual setting with a red curtain behind them. The foreground boys wear maroon and red robes with yellow borders and have sacred ash marks on their foreheads. A woman in an orange and white sari with a red bindi sits among them, and a small child with a red tilak sits nearby. In the lower right, a silver tray holds brass lamps and incense sticks. a person's presence is not visibly established in this scene.2013-07-06February 17 20162016-02-17October 06 20062006-10-06A photograph of a ritual gathering on an orange cloth in a hall with white tiled floor. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti with a gold necklace and a red-bordered cloth sits at center, receiving something from a woman in a white sari with gold border who holds out a hand. Beside them a shaved-headed man in white clothes with a gold chain sits on the orange cloth, and a woman in white with a red-bordered sari holds a silver tray with a small bowl of red kumkum and betel leaves. A man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala kneels in the foreground, and a woman with a yellow shawl and a foreign woman with long hair stand watching. Several white-clad people stand and sit in the background. No readable text is visible on the scene itself.2010-10-12October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated ritual on a white tiled floor with several priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, some with rudraksha malas and white and red forehead markings. Two boys in the foreground wear white dhotis and white sacred threads, one holding a small brass lamp or spoon while the other holds a small offering packet. Brass plates hold fruit, flowers, a kalasha-style vessel, oil lamps and a small brass lamp stand on a red cloth, with pink and red flowers in a blue tray. A bright yellow cloth lies nearby and small oil lamps burn on the floor. The scene appears to be a puja or homa-style ceremony with offerings being prepared.2017-05-26January 02 20132013-01-02