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Close side-profile photo of a shaved-headed man in white clothing with a red and orange beaded necklace, eyes closed, holding a thin incense stick or stalk at his nose in a homa or tharpanam setting. Other people in white clothes sit blurred in the background.

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December 04 20102010-12-04Close-up photograph of a man with short dark hair, eyes closed, performing a breathing practice by pressing the side of his nose with his right index finger and thumb. He wears a gold ring on his middle finger, a white shirt, and a dark beaded mala around his neck. A faint vertical tilak mark is visible on his forehead. Another person in white clothing sits blurred in the background.2013-07-01September 16 20152015-09-16 +1 copiesA close side-profile photograph of a man with short dark hair and a trimmed beard, eyes closed, seated among other devotees at a satsang. He wears a white garment and a dark brown rudraksha mala around his neck. Blurred figures in white and yellow surround him, including a bald person in white with a gold bead necklace on the left. The man appears to be meditating or in devotional stillness.2010-10-19July 01 20092009-07-01Several men sit cross-legged in white kurtas and dhotis at a padapuja or satsang, each wearing red-and-white ID lanyards with rudraksha malas. The central man, with a white tilak on his forehead, presses his palms together in prayer and holds a small white item. Before them on the floor are brass oil lamps and yellow flower offerings with incense sticks. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2013-12-12A photograph of a seated group of devotees in white ritual clothes during a homa or tharpanam offering. In the foreground, a balding man in the middle-aged bracket wears a white garment, a yellow-and-gold cloth draped at his neck with a dark rudraksha mala, and holds a thin stick or incense-like item near his mouth. Beside him, a shaved-headed devotee tilts his head back, also in white with a yellow cloth. Behind them, another man with grey hair and white clothing sits, with a blurred figure in red and white to the right. Blurred blue and yellow items sit at the left edge.2009-07-01A close photograph of a shaven-headed man with eyes closed in meditation, seated among others in white clothing. He wears a white collared shirt, has white sacred ash horizontal lines across his forehead and a red dot (tilak) at the centre of his brow. Blurred figures in white shirts and a rudraksha-style bead mala are visible beside him, with a blue cloth in the background. The man is a devotee in meditation, not a distinctive a person candidate, so the identity is not established.2010-09-13June 20 20152015-06-20 +1 copiesClose photo of a man with short dark hair, bare-shouldered and wearing a white cloth, holding a small silver dish or vessel to his forehead with his right hand, applying white ash or paste to the brow. A ring is on his finger and a dark bead necklace is visible at his neck. Other men in white clothes with white forehead markings sit blurred in the background at a gathering, with a gray-haired head in the lower foreground.2017-07-02April 02 20172017-04-02Photo 11712473 +2 copies