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A shaved-headed young boy sits in the foreground wearing a maroon shawl with a gold border over bare shoulders, with white horizontal tilak marks and a red dot on his forehead. He gestures with one hand while speaking, and oil lamps with flames are held by people behind him. Behind him, saffron-robed figures sit, and silver vessels and a bowl are visible at lower right.

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March 31 20132013-03-31A young person with short dark hair, a red bindi and small gold hoop earrings holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand. They wear an orange garment with a red velvet shawl draped over one shoulder. In front is a tray of ornately engraved silver bowls, one holding red flower petals, and a red cloth with rudraksha beads. The background is dark, and the lamp is part of a puja offering. No a person candidate is visibly present.2013-06-02Close photo of a young boy in saffron-orange monastic cloth with a deep red waist sash, sitting and holding a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in his left hand and a brass bell in his right. He has white sacred ash marks on his forehead with a red kumkum dot between the brows, and his eyes are lowered as he chants. Behind him, a figure with rudraksha beads on the chest and white horizontal arm markings is partly visible. The plain white wall forms the background. Shows gurukul children performing puja with oil lamp and bell.2013-09-20March 25 20132013-03-25March 22 20132013-03-22March 25 20132013-03-25March 25 20132013-03-25A young boy with a shaved head and a white horizontal tilak stripe on his forehead sits cross-legged in an orange robe with magenta trim, holding a small silver plate with a lit oil lamp flame close to his face while gazing upward. A rudraksha bead necklace hangs on his chest. Behind him, another orange-robed child is partly visible, with brass vessels and ritual items on a low table in the background. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering in a temple or ashram setting.2013-04-06April 12 20132013-04-12April 06 20132013-04-06May 31 20132013-05-31A photograph of young men in saffron-orange robes seated on a red mat during a ritual. The foreground figure with a shaved head and white tilak marks on his forehead and shoulder holds a lit brass oil lamp in his left hand and a brass bell in his right, wearing a rudraksha mala with a small round pendant and rudraksha armlets. Behind him another young man with white forehead marks and a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed, and a third figure in orange sits at the right edge. A small wallet and incense sticks lie at the lower left, with a pink flower at the bottom.2013-09-20