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A photograph of a ceremonial moment in a temple-style setting. A smiling man with long dark hair, white forehead markings and a maroon-red shawl over bare shoulders wears heavy gold beaded necklaces, gold bangles and rudraksha bracelets; he holds a white thread or cord in his hands. Before him, a man in white ritual cloth kneels with palms pressed together at his forehead. Behind, attendants in orange-saffron cloths, one with rudraksha beads, assist and hold similar white cords. A silver-toned throne or seat is visible at upper right.

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September 17 20172017-09-17September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual scene at an ashram. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead band and a red-brown shawl over his shoulders, wearing heavy gold necklaces and bangles, holds a white thread between his hands and smiles. Beside him, a bare-chested man in an orange cloth with a white thread across his shoulder and rudraksha beads gestures in front. To the left, a man in white with folded palms watches, and behind them a young man with a white forehead mark and rudraksha malas stands near a silver object. Probable Swamiji (the figure with long swept-back hair, gold necklaces and a red-brown shawl), performing a thread-tying blessing with devotees.2017-09-17 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20172017-09-17September 17 20172017-09-17 +1 copiesSeptember 17 20172017-09-17September 24 20172017-09-24 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20172017-09-24 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20172017-09-24A photograph of a ritual exchange. On the right, a man with long dark hair, a beard and gold earrings wears an orange-red saffron cloth and multiple rudraksha malas on his wrists and arms, with a heavy gold-and-bead necklace; he smiles as he reaches to place or adjust a white sacred thread over the shoulder of a bare-chested, shaved-headed devotee on the left. The devotee wears white ritual cloth, white sacred ash marks on his chest and forehead, and a red thread at his neck, leaning forward with his head bowed. Another hand from the left steadies his shoulder. The background is a yellow and red wall.2017-09-24A photograph of a seated man with long swept-back hair, a crown-less sannyasi-style figure in a deep maroon/rust wrap, wearing a heavy gold necklace with large ornate pendant and rudraksha malas, smiling and raising his right hand in blessing toward the bowed, bare-chested head of a kneeling devotee in white dhoti with white sacred ash markings. To the left a standing priest in white dhoti with rudraksha malas holds a folded paper, and behind them are several people in saffron/orange garments with rudraksha necklaces, one wearing an orange turban. The scene shows a blessing or initiation gesture in a ritual setting.2017-09-17October 01 20172017-10-01