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A photograph of a crowded ritual gathering where many young participants sit closely together on the floor. In the foreground, two young men in orange dhotis and orange shawls wear rudraksha malas and white sacred ash lines on their foreheads and arms; the one on the right is bare-chested with a pendant necklace. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti with gold borders stands and holds a small green bowl. Other seated youths in orange and white garments, some with sandalwood marks, fill the background, and a flower garland is visible at the lower right.

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A seated group of ashram students and priests performs a ritual chanting session in a hall. In the foreground a bald man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and bright white forehead and arm markings holds a small brass bell and leads the recitation with an open mouth. Beside him a man in white dhoti and shawl with a red rudraksha mala and white horizontal tilak holds a bell. Behind them rows of boys in maroon-and-gold shawls with white tilak lines sit cross-legged, several holding small brass bells and a brass lamp and offering plates lie on a cloth. Adults in white and orange are seated among the crowd in the background, which is lit by oil lamps and pillars.2013-01-03A photograph of a group of young boys and teenagers in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl garments, many wearing rudraksha malas, with white ash markings on their bare chests and shoulders. Several are eating or holding yellow food, possibly prasadam, from their hands, and one boy in a leopard-print headband bites into a yellow sweet while others around him reach toward food. Orange draped fabrics and yellow flowers fill the background. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.2019-01-01A photograph of a crowd of young devotees in saffron-orange cloth wrapped over bare shoulders, many with bare chests and white or ash markings on their skin. In the foreground a boy with short dark hair wears a rudraksha mala and holds yellow flower petals cupped in his hands, looking down. Other boys and youths stand around him, some with long matted hair, some holding yellow petals, in what appears to be an indoor ritual gathering with a bright background.2019-01-01August 04 20162016-08-04March 29 20132013-03-29Devotees seated closely together in a temple hall, most in saffron-orange garments. The central young man has long dark hair, white forehead and body markings, several layers of rudraksha beads around his neck and an orange shawl over his shoulders, with a small gold earring and a silver chain. Beside him a young girl with long dark hair wears an orange wrap, and to the right a bearded man in an orange shawl with beads sits attentively. A man in white clothing and a child in pink appear in the background, with another seated devotee on the left in orange garments. The scene looks like a satsang or meditation gathering.2018-03-28 +1 copiesAugust 13 20162016-08-13April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesJanuary 03 20132013-01-03A group of young boys in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on the floor performing a ritual. Several have white and red sacred ash markings on their foreheads and shaved heads. Some hold small yellow items and brass plates with oil lamps and flower offerings before them. Behind them, adult men in white and red clothing sit on red chairs, one wearing a rudraksha mala and another in a saffron wrap. The setting appears to be a hall with a tiled floor.2013-10-29May 24 20172017-05-24Dense seated crowd of devotees in a hall during a satsang. Foreground: a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and white forehead and arm markings sits cross-legged. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with a yellow border and rudraksha mala has hands clasped. To the right, a man in red-maroon cloth with a rudraksha mala gestures with one hand. Behind them, many seated people in orange and white robes with white head bands, some with palms pressed together. Red curtains and draped fabric form the backdrop. No clear, distinctive a person appearance cues are visible among the foreground people, so no identification is made.2015-02-07