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A large group of men seated on a white tiled floor in a hall, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with gold-yellow borders, many wearing rudraksha malas and gold bangles. Most have their hands raised to their faces in a gesture of prayer or meditation, some touching their foreheads and eyes. A long-haired man in the front left wears a rudraksha mala and bracelets. The setting appears to be a satsang or puja gathering. Several people are visible behind, and a mobile phone rests on the floor.

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A large group of men seated on a pale floor in a white-walled hall performs a ritual, with many bare-chested devotees wearing white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas. Most have both hands raised to their faces, some with fingers pressed to the forehead, and several have white ash or paste smeared across their foreheads. In the foreground, a long-haired man with a bracelet and beads and a shaved-headed man in white stand close together, while a phone rests on the floor at lower left. A figure in orange robes sits in the far background near the doorway. The scene suggests a group prayer or puja gesture. Copyright text and a source credit appear at lower right.2017-06-10A seated group of around thirty men in a bright hall performs a ritual with hands raised to their foreheads, palms cupped over the eyes. Most are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold-yellow borders and tulsi or rudraksha malas around their necks, with gold bangles on their wrists. Several have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. A few heads are shaved and some men have longer hair. Some hold small items, and a mobile phone rests on the floor at lower centre. The room has white tiled floors and plain walls. The page indicates a Jnanasambandar puja at Tiruvannamalai Aadheenam, but no shown figure is clearly identified as a person.2017-06-10July 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copiesA large group of men seated in rows on a pale wooden floor performs a ritual in a plain hall. Most are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis and dark rudraksha malas, with sacred ash marks on their foreheads. Several hold small brass vessels or bells, and small offering plates, flowers and a stainless steel container sit on the floor in front. In the background, a few women in white saris sit with palms pressed together. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame; the seated men appear to be priests or devotees.2017-06-10March 09 20182018-03-09A large seated assembly of men in white dhotis, many bare-chested with rudraksha malas and white sacred marks on their foreheads and arms, sits with eyes closed and hands folded in prayer or holding small objects. A few wear dark lanyard badges, and a brass lamp and small framed picture sit on the floor in front. Dense rows of devotees fill the hall behind them. The image shows only devotees; no figure is distinctively identifiable as a person by the visible cues.2017-05-30A large seated congregation fills a hall, with many men sitting cross-legged in rows on white cloth. Most are bare-chested or in white dhotis, wearing rudraksha malas, and several have white or ash forehead markings, including one man with a vertical yellow-ochre tilak. In the foreground a man in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed, and a man in a brown-red wrap sits beside him. Brass lamps with lit flames stand along the upper left, and a bright stage screen glows at the back. Many participants appear to be in meditation or chanting.2017-05-26A large seated congregation of men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, many wearing rudraksha malas and sacred ash or white paint markings on their foreheads, arms and chests, sit closely together during a ritual satsang. In the foreground, a bald man in a red-brown bindi and a young man in red-framed glasses sit in meditative posture with hands folded. A central older man with long pale hair and no shirt, wearing a rudraksha mala, sits with eyes lowered among the devotees. Brass lamps and yellow-and-white offerings are placed in front of the seated rows, and small lamps glow on the floor. Several men hold palms together in namaskar. The setting is an indoor hall with pale walls and red and white cloth.2017-05-27A large group of men seated on the floor in a hall performing a ritual with hands in añjali mudra. Most wear bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas, white dhotis bordered in gold, and white tripundra marks on their foreheads. Brass puja plates with flowers, kumkum and small oil lamps sit before them on mats. In the foreground a bald man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare chest, with white forehead markings, presses his palms together with eyes closed. Several men wear ornate necklaces and bracelets.2017-07-20A large group of men and boys seated on a white marble floor in a hall, pressing palms together in anjali mudra with eyes closed in prayer. Most wear white dhotis and bare upper bodies marked with white vibhuti stripes on the forehead and arms, and many wear rudraksha malas. Boys in saffron-orange cloths sit among them. In the foreground a man in an orange cloth with a mala joins his palms, and a boy sits beside him. Behind the group, a white-draped table holds offerings, lamps and flower garlands. Around thirty to forty people are visible.2017-06-27A photograph of a seated group of men in a ritual hall performing a puja. Most wear white dhotis with gold-bordered edges, bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas, and white vibhuti marks on forehead and arms. Several hold their hands together in anjali or sit with eyes closed. Oil lamps and small brass plates with offerings and flowers are set on the floor before them. A man in the foreground wears a white shawl with gold border and rudraksha mala and sits with eyes closed.2017-06-07May 24 20172017-05-24