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Outdoor photo on pale sand under a light sky. A smiling man with long dreadlocked black hair, red and white forehead markings and a full beard sits cross-legged, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl edged in gold, with multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and bracelets and a gold pendant. He holds a metal plate of flowers, fruit and offerings. Beside him a man with a forehead marking and dark hair sits with palms pressed together, and a bare-armed man in white dhoti sits at the edge.

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A photograph of a bearded man seated cross-legged on sand under a pale sky, wearing a rust-red cloth wrap with a gold-bordered hem, layers of rudraksha mala necklaces and bracelets, and a small gold pendant. He has long dreadlocked hair, a red and white forehead mark, and holds a metal tray of offerings with flowers and grains. Beside him, a shirtless attendant with a black turban-style hair bun sits with eyes lowered, and other hands reach toward the tray. A probable Swamiji is visible: long hair, rudraksha malas and ornate ceremonial adornments with saffron-orange clothing are present. Two other people are partly visible at the edges.2018-04-28A man with long dreadlocked black hair sits on sand in a rust-red robe with a gold-bordered hem, wearing long rudraksha mala garlands across his chest and rudraksha bracelets on his arms and wrists, a gold necklace, and a red and white tilak on his forehead. He smiles while receiving a steel bowl of food with flowers and fruit from a bare-chested man in white. A second man with dreadlocks stands behind in the background. a person appears to be the seated figure, identified by long dreadlocks, rudraksha malas, rust-red robe and gold necklace, receiving the offering as a devotee in white brings it.2018-04-28A photograph of a long-haired, bearded man seated outdoors on sand under a pale sky, wearing a maroon-brown dhoti and shawl with multiple rows of rudraksha malas across his chest and arms and a gold pendant necklace. He has a red tilak on his forehead and white ash on his skin, and holds a metal plate of flower petals while looking down with a smile. In front of him stands a large yellow-ochre conical mound decorated with pink and white flowers and green leaves. a person: the appearance cues of long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha malas, saffron-toned ascetic dress and gold ornament are present, and he is performing the offering rite.2018-04-28Outdoor photo on a sandy beach of a seated ritual gathering. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, a red-orange robe, a multi-strand rudraksha mala and rudraksha bracelets sits centre-left, holding a metal tray of red and white flowers and picking up petals. Behind and beside him, several men sit on the sand: one wears a black turban and white-marked forehead with a long rudraksha mala, another is bare-chested with white body markings, and a clean-shaven man in a white dhoti and shawl on the right extends his hand toward the tray. Sacred ash lines mark several foreheads. The offering appears to be a puja on the sand.2018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesA seated man in rust-red sannyasi robes sits cross-legged on sand with hands clasped in his lap, eyes lowered. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha malas across his chest and rudraksha bands on his upper arms and wrists, a gold pendant at his neck, and has long matted dreadlocks, a red and white forehead mark with a central bindu. Behind him, other shirtless sadhus with long hair and rudraksha malas sit or bend, and a brass vessel and small metal cup rest on the sand in front. The man has the appearance of a person, seated in meditation-like posture amid fellow renunciants in a ritual or devotional setting.2018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesA seated man with long dark hair and a beard sits on an ornate silver-and-red throne in front of open sea. He wears a rust-orange sleeveless garment, multiple strands of rudraksha beads across his chest, rudraksha bracelets on his wrists and upper arms, and a red-orange tilak on his forehead. He presses his palms together in anjali mudra in a greeting gesture. The silver throne has a carved sun-face motif above a red velvet seat. A bottle or object sits at the lower right corner. Swamiji (probable) seated in greeting, with rudraksha malas and distinctive long hair as cues.2018-04-29April 28 20182018-04-28