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A 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.

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A 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 copiesJanuary 01 20172017-01-01A photograph of a seated group of men in a ritual hall performing a puja. Most wear white dhotis with gold-bordered edges, bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas, and white vibhuti marks on forehead and arms. Several hold their hands together in anjali or sit with eyes closed. Oil lamps and small brass plates with offerings and flowers are set on the floor before them. A man in the foreground wears a white shawl with gold border and rudraksha mala and sits with eyes closed.2017-06-07January 12 20172017-01-12A photograph of a group of men seated on the floor in white dhotis and white shoulder cloths, performing a devotional prayer with palms pressed together at the chest. The man in the centre has short dark hair, closed eyes and a red-brown rudraksha mala around his neck, and he is chanting. Others beside and behind him, some shaven-headed with white markings on their foreheads, also hold their hands in anjali mudra with eyes closed. Some wear yellow-edged cloths and wrist bracelets.2011-01-28A seated group of men in an ashram hall performs a ritual sitting on green and blue mats with eyes closed and hands in mudra. Front center, a bald man with a rudraksha mala and rust-orange dhoti holds his hands together in his lap. Beside him, a younger man wears a rust-orange shawl draped over one shoulder and sits with eyes closed. Behind them, bearded and long-haired men wear white dhotis and sacred ash markings on their foreheads and arms. Small brass oil lamps and a brass vessel sit on the floor in front. Other participants and a blurred background fill the room.2017-01-12A 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.2017-12-24January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesA large group of men seated on the floor in a hall performing a ritual with hands in añjali mudra. Most wear bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas, white dhotis bordered in gold, and white tripundra marks on their foreheads. Brass puja plates with flowers, kumkum and small oil lamps sit before them on mats. In the foreground a bald man in a white dhoti with gold border and bare chest, with white forehead markings, presses his palms together with eyes closed. Several men wear ornate necklaces and bracelets.2017-07-20Three men seated in a hall with palms pressed together in anjali, eyes closed in prayer. The nearest, on the right, is an older bald man with white vibhuti markings on his forehead and arms, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti. The middle young man has long dark hair tied back, a tilak, rudraksha malas and a white upper cloth. The left young man also wears rudraksha malas and white markings on his shoulders. Behind them, others in orange and white clothing sit in the blurred background of a satsang or darshan gathering. No candidate for the a person figure is clearly distinguishable by the cues required.2017-08-03November 06 20162016-11-06A group of shirtless men seated on the floor in a hall during a puja. Many wear rudraksha malas and white-ash markings on their bodies and foreheads. In the center, a man with folded palms and closed eyes wears a white dhoti and a red-and-gold tagged mala, with a sprinkling of kumkum on his brow. Beside him, another man in black trousers holds a small object in his hands. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, plates of flowers and fruit, and small brass bowls are arranged on cloth mats in front of them. No person in this image is shown as the a person with appearance-based cues, so the a person field is none.2019-01-01