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A photograph of a group of men performing a standing yoga and prayer practice in a bright hall with a wooden door and a pink wall behind them. Foreground men are bare-chested with sacred threads over their shoulders, hands pressed in anjali mudra, eyes closed, with white marks on their skin and a gold bangle on one wrist. Behind them, other practitioners in black and cream trousers hold similar postures, and a wooden platform is visible. No clearly identifiable a person is shown in this scene.

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April 16 20182018-04-16A photograph of a yoga or aushada practice session in an indoor hall. Three men in the foreground stand in a low lunge with arms raised overhead, palms together. Each wears a white cord across the bare back and dark athletic shorts; the one on the left has black shorts with a grey stripe, the middle one has a blue stripe. On the right, a bare-chested man with long hair, a tilak forehead mark, a rudraksha mala and a white and gold dhoti stands with hands clasped behind his back, observing. A wooden door and red mat are visible in the background.2018-04-16 +1 copiesA row of bare-chested male devotees sits cross-legged on mats in a plain hall, meditating with hands resting on knees and eyes lowered. Several men wear white sacred ash or tilak marks on their chests and foreheads, and some wear grey or black dhotis. Wooden doors stand in the background and white walls surround the room, with a thin blurred figure visible at the far left edge.2018-04-15April 16 20182018-04-16 +1 copiesA group of bare-chested men sit cross-legged on a white floor in a prayer posture, palms pressed together at the chest or forehead, eyes closed. Several wear rudraksha mala necklaces and white sacred cloths tied at the waist, with white and yellow markings on their arms and bodies. A small brass pot and offerings sit at the lower edge. A man in the foreground wears a gold chain and bracelets. The setting appears to be an indoor ritual hall with wooden doors behind. No individual is identified as a person.2019-01-01April 16 20182018-04-16 +1 copiesApril 15 20182018-04-15A large group of bare-chested men seated closely on the floor in a hall, many with white sacred ash smeared across their foreheads and shoulders and white sacred threads over their chests. In the foreground a man with greying hair and a red bindi holds his palms pressed together in anjali mudra while speaking, with a white thread across his bare chest. Beside him a bearded man in white dhoti-style cloth holds his palms together, and a bald man at the lower left wears a rudraksha mala and reddish sandal marks. Some devotees sit with eyes closed in prayer, and the background is softly blurred with more seated participants.2017-12-24April 16 20182018-04-16 +1 copiesApril 16 20182018-04-16 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesA photograph of several bare-chested men in white dhoti-style cloths seated and pressing their palms together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. The foreground man wears a rudraksha mala, a rudraksha bracelet, a small pendant, gold bangles, and a ring, with an orange tilak mark on his forehead; white ash marks streak his arms and shoulders. Others in the background, some with beards, perform the same devotional gesture. The setting appears to be a ritual gathering or satsang.2019-01-01 +1 copies