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A photograph of a seated group of young men and boys in a ritual gathering. Many bare-chested participants wear white sacred ash lines across the chest, arms and forehead, and gold-toned pendant necklaces on white cords. A boy in the centre, eyes lowered in meditation, holds an open book or palm-leaf-style text on a folded cloth, wearing a yellow-and-green patterned lower garment. Beside him, a bearded man in an all-white shirt and white dhoti sits upright. A few other participants in the foreground look down. The scene suggests a devotional practice or Samaya-style initiation with chanting and reading, and no Swamiji candidate is visible. Approximately ten to twenty people are visible.

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A seated group of young men and boys in a hall, many bare-chested with white vertical and horizontal ash-style markings on their chests, arms and foreheads, and wearing beaded necklaces and small pendants. In the centre, a boy in a white dhoti with a colourful striped border sits cross-legged holding an open book or palm-leaf style text on his lap, reading attentively. Beside him on the right, an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti with a white forehead marking sits close by. Other participants in white cloths sit around them, and a coloured textile is visible on the floor at left. The scene suggests a sacred ritual gathering in white ceremonial dress.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A photograph of a large group of young male devotees seated on the floor in a hall with a red backdrop, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with white sacred ash markings on their chests, arms and foreheads. A central boy in the foreground, with white ash on his body and a white thread across his shoulder, sits cross-legged on a colourful striped mat, holding a small book or leaf and reading or reciting. Others around him, some wearing wire-rimmed glasses and white necklaces, sit in similar postures, with yellow-bordered cloth visible at the edges. No person is identified as a person in this image.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03A dense group of young men and boys sit cross-legged on the floor, bare-chested, wearing white dhoti-style cloths and rudraksha or bead necklaces with pendants. Many have white sacred ash or painted markings on their chests and foreheads. The central boy in front, with a red tilak on his forehead, holds small wooden objects in his hands and appears to chant with eyes half-open, while others sit with eyes closed in meditation. Pink and red cloths lie beneath them on the ground. Several people fill the frame.2017-04-08 +1 copiesApril 08 20172017-04-08A photograph of a seated group of young boys and teens in a hall during a ritual gathering. In the foreground a boy wearing glasses and a red-and-gold pendant on a white cord sits cross-legged in a lilac dhoti, bare-chested, with white marks painted on his chest and arms, holding a thin stick and a red thread. To the right a bare-chested teen in a white cloth holds white folds of fabric in his lap, with white ash lines on his shoulders and arms. Behind them many people in white dhotis and shirts sit in rows, some bare-chested with sacred white markings, against a red wall with yellow hangings.2017-04-03A large seated group of young men and boys sits closely together in a hall with a red fabric backdrop, bare-chested and wearing white dhoti-style cloths with gold-coloured and orange pendant necklaces. Their bodies have white horizontal ash stripes across the chest and arms, and white marks on the forehead. In the centre, a young boy with a white forehead mark and small earrings reads from a small printed card held in both hands. Other participants in white ritual clothes sit behind and beside them, all attentive and absorbed.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03Photograph of a large seated gathering of shirtless young men in white dhotis during a Shivoham-style ritual session. The central young man wears a gold pendant on a chain, a long white sacred thread over his shoulder, and white ash markings on his forehead, chest and arms. To the left, a man in white leans forward working with his hands, while behind them many men sit close together, several with white horizontal markings on their bodies. At the lower right, a man in orange clothing sits beside them. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2017-04-03April 03 20172017-04-03April 08 20172017-04-08 +1 copies