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A photograph of a seated group of devotees in a ritual setting, most bare-chested and marked with white sacred ash stripes across their chests and shoulders, wearing white dhotis and white sacred threads over the shoulder. In the centre, a grey-haired man with a white horizontal tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha-style bead pendant on a white cord sits with his palms pressed together in prayer, gazing to the side. Beside him and behind, other participants in similar white attire sit attentively, one with his hands folded. The people appear to be taking part in an initiation-style ceremony with ritual markings on the body.

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February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22Three bare-chested men seated closely together at a shrine-style ceremony, wearing white dhotis and white sacred threads over their shoulders. The central man has grey hair and beard, a black rudraksha mala, and a gold pendant, with white tripundra marks on his forehead and chest, and his hands are pressed together. The man on the left wears glasses and a gold pendant, and the man on the right has white marks on his forehead and a gold bracelet. Other seated participants with white sacred threads are blurred behind them, with warm lamplight in the background.2017-02-22A large seated gathering of mostly bare-chested men in white dhotis with coloured borders sits closely packed on a floor during a discourse. In the foreground, a bald man in the centre claps his hands, and a bearded man to his right with a rudraksha-style mala and an orange cloth on his waist also has his hands together. To the left, men wear gold chains and white sacred threads. Behind them, rows of devotees fill the space under a blurred green backdrop with a few people standing at the back.2017-05-26A large group of bare-chested men seated closely on the floor in a hall, many with white sacred ash smeared across their foreheads and shoulders and white sacred threads over their chests. In the foreground a man with greying hair and a red bindi holds his palms pressed together in anjali mudra while speaking, with a white thread across his bare chest. Beside him a bearded man in white dhoti-style cloth holds his palms together, and a bald man at the lower left wears a rudraksha mala and reddish sandal marks. Some devotees sit with eyes closed in prayer, and the background is softly blurred with more seated participants.2017-12-24February 22 20172017-02-22May 10 20172017-05-10June 08 20172017-06-08March 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copies