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A row of young male students in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas sits cross-legged on a pale tiled floor in a hall, facing right with eyes lowered and hands folded in their laps. Several boys in the foreground show shaved or short-cropped heads and bead bracelets. Wall-mounted framed photo collages, red curtains and wall air conditioners fill the background, and a few other seated figures are visible further back. No clear candidate for a person is visible in the frame.

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September 23 20132013-09-23January 02 20162016-01-02A row of shaved-headed young sannyasi-style monks sits cross-legged on a hall floor, wearing saffron-orange robes with red borders and rudraksha malas, with white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. Brass lamps, small kalasha-style vessels and plates of offerings are arranged on low tables before them. Behind them, seated devotees in orange and maroon clothes fill the room, with red curtains at the windows. Several monks sit upright and attentive, facing forward.2013-04-10 +1 copiesA photograph of young boys in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on woven mats in a bright hall, during a satsang gathering. The foreground boy on the right has a white forehead line and a red bindi, holds a brass bell and rests his hand on a brass plate; a boy beside him wears a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch. Other seated boys in orange and maroon robes sit in rows, and brass plates, a small silver tray, a kalasha-like brass vessel and ritual items lie on mats in front. Adults in white sit farther back. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2013-05-08August 15 20132013-08-15April 25 20142014-04-25April 25 20142014-04-25April 10 20132013-04-10April 17 20142014-04-17April 24 20132013-04-24A seated ritual gathering of shaved-headed men and boys in saffron-orange and maroon robes, with white and grey sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. In the foreground, a row of boys in orange sits cross-legged on a white cloth before a small table holding a glass, a brass vessel and blue plastic containers. Several men wear rudraksha malas and long necklaces of beads. Behind them, more participants in maroon and white sit on red mats with white metal barriers between rows. The setting appears to be a formal ashram ceremony or satsang hall.2013-06-14April 10 20132013-04-10