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A photo of devotees seated on the floor of a temple hall during a lemon-piercing ritual. Several bare-backed men in white dhotis sit in rows, their backs dusted with white powder and fixed with yellow lemons. A bearded elderly man with a white beard and forehead tilak sits at right, while a standing man in white shirt and dhoti with a gold necklace holds something at the upper left. Orange cloth hangs on the left wall, and a glass display box and a framed deity picture stand at upper right.

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July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15July 15 20112011-07-15January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesA seated congregation of devotees in an indoor hall with white walls and a gold-patterned backdrop. In the foreground, many young men and women wear saffron/orange robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings; several are shirtless with tilak and body ash. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a white forehead band sits upright facing forward. Behind them, more devotees in white and orange sit in rows, some with hands folded. Gold-coloured decorative elements and a small table with a vessel appear at the right. The scene suggests a satsang or ritual gathering, with attendees attentive to the front.2018-11-22January 02 20162016-01-02 +1 copiesMay 20 20182018-05-20A large group of shirtless male participants sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats in a covered hall during an evening ritual. Many have white sacred ash or paste smeared across their chests, arms and faces, and several wear white cloths tied at the waist, white cords around the neck, and orange or saffron headbands with eye-shaped designs on their foreheads. Some participants hold small items in their hands and appear to be applying paste to each other. In the background a woman in a red sari stands near a red-draped platform, and ritual items are visible at the far side of the hall. Dim overhead lights and red and gold fabric decorations surround the scene.2016-12-02November 26 20172017-11-26Photo of a large seated group of men in white ritual clothing in an open-sided pavilion during a temple event. Most sit cross-legged on mats and cloths; front rows include a man with grey hair and rudraksha malas in a white shirt, a man in a yellow kurta with a gold-bordered dhoti, and men in white dhotis with sacred threads. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis stand at the back near a stage with striped cushions, and tropical plants surround the hall.2017-10-10 +1 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copiesOctober 24 20112011-10-24