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A night-time ritual gathering under a tent with red drapes and hanging cables. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a white dhoti sits on a striped mat with palms pressed together in namaste, a faint white marking on his chest. Beside him a boy in an orange dhoti and rudraksha mala plays a small hand drum, and other boys in orange and saffron cloth sit with drums and malas. Behind them shirtless and white-clad men sit or stand, and a figure in a white garment stands near a sound system. A red cloth-covered seat occupies the lower right corner. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.

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December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of a night-time ritual in a open-sided pavilion with a dark maroon backdrop and a lamp-lit corner. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged on a striped rug with palms pressed together in namaste. Beside and behind him, a row of seated young boys and men, mostly bare-chested, wear orange dhotis, rudraksha malas and ochre-marked shoulders, several playing small hand drums and a pair of sticks. Standing figures in white dhotis and a loudspeaker and laptop setup are visible in the background. A red cloth-covered object sits in the lower right corner.2016-12-02A night-time ritual gathering under a tent with red curtains and a stage speaker setup. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with white sacred markings on his chest and arms sits on a striped rug with palms pressed together in prayer, wearing a white dhoti and a white beaded necklace. Beside him, several boys and young men sit cross-legged in orange dhotis and rudraksha malas, playing hand drums and holding wooden sticks. Other shirtless men in white dhotis and beaded malas sit and stand in the background near sound equipment. A red cloth covers a seat in the lower right corner.2016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02June 23 20172017-06-23 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02May 24 20172017-05-24April 25 20152015-04-25 +1 copiesJune 23 20172017-06-23May 26 20172017-05-26A photograph of a seated congregation on a colourful striped mat in a large hall, with many men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, some wearing rudraksha malas and sacred ash markings. In the foreground a man with a vertical tilak and a red shawl sits with palms joined, beside a man in white with a rudraksha mala and a bald-headed man in a saffron robe with a rudraksha mala, hands joined in prayer. Behind them, further delegates sit on the floor and on chairs with palms joined in namaskar, while a few people sit at tables toward the back. The mood is one of devotion during a gathering.2017-06-22 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02