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A photograph in a hall with red curtains and a bright doorway, showing a bare-backed man in an orange-red cloth seen from behind, embraced by two younger men. The central man wears a rudraksha mala and bracelets and has a small paper note tucked at his shoulder. The man on the right, with white forehead markings, rudraksha necklaces and an orange shawl, smiles beside them. Blurred orange-clad people sit in rows in the background.

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August 14 20172017-08-14March 30 20162016-03-30January 01 20192019-01-01 +1 copiesThree smiling men in orange-red cloth stand in a hall, performing what appears to be a playful game. The man in the centre wears a dark rudraksha mala, a white bead necklace with a gold pendant, and a red tilak on his forehead; he holds a small green leaf-like piece in his hands. The man on the right wears a long rudraksha mala and bracelets, a white tilak on his forehead, and holds a green object. A partly visible person on the left touches his face. Orange-clad devotees sit blurred in the background under warm-toned walls and framed pictures.2017-08-14Photograph of shirtless men in orange and saffron cloths at a Maheshwara Puja darshan in a hall. The foreground man wears dark rudraksha mala beads, a pendant, and a brown-red shawl, with white sacred ash on his forehead and arms, and is handling yellow-orange flower garlands with a seated devotee. Beside him, another man with white ash marks wears a red-brown beaded necklace and bracelets. Further right, a smiling man with rudraksha beads and an orange cloth also holds garlands. Other devotees in orange and red fill the background near a wall of framed pictures. Four men are prominent and several others are partly visible, so the scene shows a larger group.2017-05-08Photograph of an embrace between two sadhus with long dreadlocked hair bound up in topknots, one with a gold-tinted tie in his hair. The foreground figure, bare-shouldered with an orange cloth and rudraksha beads on his arm, hugs a second man from behind. Behind them, a smiling sadhu with white tilak marks and rudraksha necklaces, and another bare-chested man with rudraksha malas, sit in an orange-clad group. Background shows framed red-and-orange pictures on a pale wall and a yellow draped table edge.2019-01-01August 14 20172017-08-14Photograph of a group of devotees in orange-saffron cloth in a plain white hall with a wooden doorway at right. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dark hair and rudraksha malas is turned away, and a man with a bare back embraces another in an orange cloth. A woman at left wears a decorated headpiece and a rudraksha mala, with her hands folded in front of her chest. Several people in orange garments and beaded necklaces stand behind them. a person's presence is not clearly established from appearance, so no candidate is named.2019-01-01A photograph of a group of young people in saffron-orange cloth and rudraksha malas gathered in a white-walled hall. At center, a man with short brown hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti, embraces a shirtless figure with long dark hair in a warm hug. Around them, smiling children and teens in orange wraps stand close together; one girl on the left has long braided hair and orange cloth draped over her shoulder, and a boy on the right wears a tilak on his forehead and rudraksha bracelets. A red fire extinguisher hangs on the wall and a framed picture is visible at upper right.2017-08-14Photo of several bare-chested men in saffron/orange cloths embracing at an indoor event. A central man with a dreadlock-style hairstyle wrapped in rudraksha beads and a red tilak on his forehead smiles broadly while hugging another man whose hair is tied in a bun and who wears a saffron shawl and rudraksha mala. A man at left in a saffron wrap laughs, and a man at right wears rudraksha malas and glasses. Behind them hang orange draped fabric and a wall of black-and-white framed portraits. No visible identification of a person is made from appearance alone.2019-01-01A photograph of a ceremony with a seated bare-chested man with curly hair, eyes closed, receiving a blessing as a robed attendant with a wrapped orange-red cloth, a bead necklace and rudraksha malas stands behind him and places a hand on his shoulder. A shaved-headed figure in orange-red cloth with rudraksha beads in the foreground holds up a small printed card showing a portrait.2018-04-15January 01 20192019-01-01