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Close overhead photo of a shaved-headed man with a white vibhuti line and red kumkum bindi on his forehead, smiling toward the camera. He is bare-chested with white ash on his skin and wears a rudraksha mala, a white dhoti with maroon border, and is pierced with several yellow lemons tied with orange threads on his chest, shoulders and arms, a lemon-piercing ritual. He stands on a stone-paved floor at night, with a wooden structure and a blurred figure at the upper left.

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Close portrait photo of a smiling, shaved-headed man with white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a small orange-red tilak at the centre. He wears a white cloth draped over his shoulder with a maroon-red border and a brown rudraksha mala around his neck. He looks upward and to the side, and a blurred figure in white stands behind him against a warm wooden background.2010-10-16Close portrait of a shaved-headed man against a black background, with a red bindi on his forehead. He wears a white cloth draped over his shoulder with a gold border and two strands of brown rudraksha mala around his neck. He has a slight smile and looks toward the camera.2011-09-29Close portrait photo of a smiling, shaved-headed man with white sacred ash bands across his forehead and a small orange-red mark between his eyebrows. He wears a white cloth with a red border draped over his bare shoulder and a brown rudraksha mala around his neck. His gaze is lowered and he looks slightly to the side, with a blurred background of warm brown tones and another person's white-clad shoulder visible at the right edge.2010-10-16Close portrait photo of a smiling shaved-headed man with white sacred ash marks across his forehead and a small orange-red tilak at the centre. He wears a rudraksha mala of brown beads around his neck and a white cloth with a red border draped over his shoulder, which resembles ordinary white ritual clothing rather than saffron or ornate attire, so no a person candidate cues are clearly present. A blurred figure in white is visible at the right edge against a warm brown background.2010-10-16A close portrait photo of a smiling, shaved-headed man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with a red border, wearing a rudraksha mala across his chest and white sacred ash marks with a small orange dot on his forehead. Behind him to the right, a second man in a white dhoti with a red border and a rudraksha mala looks down, slightly out of focus. The setting is an interior with orange and wooden surfaces.2010-10-16October 01 20162016-10-01April 09 20132013-04-09 +1 copiesPhotograph of a smiling shaven-headed man in the foreground, bare-chested with a red-brown shawl draped over one shoulder, wearing multiple rudraksha malas and a dark bead necklace, a pendant on a white cord, and a beaded bracelet on his upper arm. He has white horizontal tilak lines and a red bindi on his forehead. Behind him, several other shaven-headed men with white forehead markings and bare upper bodies stand in a bright indoor hall, and orange-robed figures are blurred in the background. The man's appearance with rudraksha malas, bare chest and shawl is a person candidate, though the image is a close-up of a devotee-like figure in a ritual gathering.2016-09-30Close photo of a shaved-headed man in white ritual cloth with a red border, a rudraksha mala at his neck, and white sandalwood paste with a small red mark across his forehead, looking upward with a smile. A second person in white is partly visible behind him. The setting is an orange-toned interior. Appearance does not clearly match the page's a person claim, so the person is described by role only.2010-10-16Night photograph of shaved-headed men in ritual dress at a water edge, with a bright light at upper right. The foreground man, bare-chested and smiling, wears an orange dhoti and a garland of lemons with orange flowers across his chest and shoulder, with a white ash or sacred powder mark on his forehead and shoulder. Behind him, a second bare-chested man in an orange dhoti and white cloth smiles, and another person in white is partly visible at left. Dark water and metal railings lie to the right. The men appear to be taking part in a lemon-piercing or purification-related ritual, though this is not clearly visible.2011-07-15Close-up photograph of a shaved-headed man with eyes closed in meditative stillness, against a blurred green foliage background with pale flowers. He wears white ritual cloth with a red border draped over his shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck, white sacred ash lines on his forehead and shoulder, and a red kumkum dot on his brow. The clothing and shaved head do not show distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.2010-09-14A photograph of two shaved-headed young men in white dhoti-style clothing with red-and-white borders, wearing rudraksha malas. The man in the foreground, facing the camera, has white and red forehead markings and a small vertical tilak mark, and holds his shoulders bare under a white cloth. Behind him, a second man with a similar white cloth and mala stands slightly out of focus against wooden cabinetry and shelves.2010-10-16