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Photo of a group of young men and a girl seated on the floor in orange saffron robes, many holding small lit oil lamps or diyas raised near their faces during a ritual. The foreground man has earrings, a white sacred thread, a rudraksha mala and white marks on his forehead and arms. A girl with a ponytail sits among them wearing a necklace. Brass puja items, a wooden tray with a small bowl and a conch shell rest on the floor in front, and a hall with white pillars is behind. Several other participants sit in the background, some with rudraksha beads. Some people in the scene are sitting at varied distances, and their hands and lamps are visible.

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January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesJanuary 25 20172017-01-25A photograph of a row of men seated on the floor in saffron-orange robes, many bare-chested with white ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. Several raise small oil lamps or lit lamps aloft, and a brass lamp and small brass vessels sit in the foreground beside incense sticks. Behind them a pale interior wall with framed pictures and a brown door. A young man in the centre holds a lamp above his head, wearing rudraksha beads, a pendant necklace and a white sacred thread across his chest. On the right a man with rudraksha malas and orange cloth stands out in the foreground. The scene appears to be a lamp-waving ritual or aarti during a group worship session.2017-01-25January 03 20172017-01-03January 11 20172017-01-11January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesA row of devotees seated on the floor in a hall, most wearing saffron/orange dhotis and shawls, some with bare upper bodies and white body markings, performing a ritual with lit oil lamps (diyas) and small brass vessels set before them. The foreground man has long dark hair, a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a gold pendant, and holds a flame toward the lamps with his hands; the man beside him wears a brown bead mala and hoop earrings. Pale ash markings appear on the bodies and foreheads of several participants. Blurred figures in the background sit in the same ritual posture beneath hanging framed pictures. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance here, so no in-person candidate is asserted.2017-01-03 +1 copiesJanuary 26 20172017-01-26January 03 20172017-01-03January 11 20172017-01-11A row of seated devotees in saffron-orange dhotis performs a ritual with lit oil lamps and brass plates of offerings in a hall with pale walls and framed pictures. The foreground man in front, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and a gold-coloured necklace, holds a flame in his right hand while the man beside him, also bare-chested with a rudraksha mala, holds a lamp. Children in orange and a girl with a plaited hair style sit among them, and a man with long hair and white body markings sits behind. Brass oil lamps, plates and small containers rest on a white cloth in the foreground.2017-01-03A photograph of a seated row of young men and boys in saffron-orange dhotis and wraps, bare-chested with white vertical tilaka lines on their foreheads, many wearing rudraksha and gold-coloured necklaces. Several hold small brass oil lamps (diyas) with lit flames, raised or held near the floor. Blurred wall panels and a doorway fill the background, and a woman's dark hair is visible at the left edge. The scene resembles a devotional lamp ritual in an ashram hall.2017-01-25