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A photograph of a ritual in progress with several bare-chested men in ochre and white. In the foreground, a man with a white-painted body and a white pattern on his face holds up a hand near the chin of a shaven-headed man in the right foreground who wears a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas and a gold armlet. Behind them, a young man with white tripundra markings on his forehead and a dark rudraksha mala across his bare chest stands watching. Other participants are blurred in the background against a pale wall and wooden doorways.

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November 11 20162016-11-11A close photograph of a shaved-headed man with a tilak and a rudraksha mala being fed food by a bare-chested attendant in the foreground, who holds a golden-yellow food offering to his mouth. A younger boy with a white forehead marking and rudraksha beads stands beside them, and blurred figures with white body markings and rudraksha malas fill the background of a pink-walled hall. The man wears a gold armlet and white-marked shoulders, and the scene suggests a ritual food offering or prasadam feeding.2016-11-11 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a ritual blessing indoors. On the left, a man with long dark hair, a rudraksha mala, rudraksha bracelets and a flower garland over a rust-red garment reaches out and places his palm on the forehead of a young man bending forward. The young man has a shaved head, white sacred marks on his forehead, a rudraksha mala, earrings, and wears a white dhoti with a gold border. Behind them stand two young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings; one holds a small brass bowl and a tray of yellow sweets or offerings. Red curtains and framed pictures hang on the walls behind them.2014-04-27 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesA group of shaved-headed and dreadlocked devotees in bare-chested ritual attire with white ash markings on their foreheads and arms gather closely. Rudraksha malas hang around their necks and wrists, and red-and-beaded armbands are visible. In the foreground a man with long black dreadlocks, a beaded necklace and a bead bracelet tilts his head back as another devotee in a rudraksha mala feeds him from a small offering, possibly prasad. A bespectacled man with white markings stands at left, and figures in orange cloth appear behind them.2016-09-30A photograph of shaven-headed priests seated indoors in a large hall, performing a ritual. The priest on the right, bare-chested with rudraksha mala necklaces and beaded bracelets, holds up a lit oil lamp in his raised hand while speaking. Another bare-chested priest beside him holds a lit lamp and wears a rudraksha mala; a third priest sits at the left edge. White sacred ash marks cover their foreheads and shoulders, and one wears a red tilak. Behind them, seated devotees in orange and yellow clothing fill the blurred hall, and framed banners line the walls.2017-01-03Two young men with long dreadlocked hair and bare chests stand close together during a ritual, one smiling broadly with a yellow paste on his cheek. The man on the left wears a saffron-orange beaded shawl, a heavy gold necklace with pendant, gold bangles and a rudraksha bead cord, and is holding up a yellow paste he is smearing. The young man on the right has curly hair, white ash lines on the forehead and chest, a red tilak, a white cord, and a long rudraksha mala. Other devotees with dreadlocks and a yellow-smeared plate of food are blurred behind them under pink and white draped fabric.2016-12-18A photograph of a group of bare-chested men in orange and rust-coloured dhotis with white and ochre forehead markings, wearing rudraksha malas. The central man, with a shaved head, smiles broadly while offering something small from his hand to a long-haired young person seen from behind in a white sacred thread. Around them, more men in orange robes and white body markings stand in a crowded hall with ceiling lights and a maroon curtain in the background. Their attire and grouping suggest a ritual gathering of ashram members.2016-09-30Close photo of a devotional gathering with a sannyasi-style monastic singing into a handheld microphone. The central man has a shaved head, white ash markings on his forehead and body, and wears a wooden rudraksha-style mala with a short orange-saffron cloth over his shoulder. Beside him on the right, a man with long dreadlocked hair, rudraksha malas and orange cloth sits with his eyes lowered. On the left, a shaved-headed man in beaded malas looks down. Behind them, blurred seated devotees in white and orange sit on colourful mats.2016-12-18