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A young boy sits cross-legged at the front of an outdoor ceremony, wearing a white jasmine garland over a maroon shawl edged with gold border. He has white vibhuti lines and a red bindi on his forehead, rudraksha bracelets on his arms, and a rudraksha mala with a small pendant at his neck. Behind him, a second boy in a yellow flower garland and other seated devotees in orange and white stand blurred against orange structures and white stone shrines.

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A young boy in the foreground stands with a solemn expression, bare-chested with a maroon shawl edged in gold and a white jasmine garland. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and bands on his upper arms, and has a tilak on his forehead. Flanked by other children with white jasmine garlands, one in purple, one in red and one in brown, the group stands before an outdoor setting with orange-saffron structures and blurred figures behind them.2012-04-30December 30 20132013-12-30Photograph of two boys seated close together outdoors. In the foreground, a boy in a brown t-shirt with a cream-white jasmine garland around his neck sits behind a dark stone ledge, a vertical tilak mark on his forehead. Behind him stands a boy in a white shirt with glasses and a yellow marigold garland, also with a forehead mark. Blurred orange-robed figures and an open flame are visible in the background near a red-orange structure.2012-04-30Close photo of two boys seated at a satsang gathering. In front, a young boy in a brown t-shirt with a graphic print and an orange cloth wrapped at his waist wears a thick white jasmine garland and has a small white tilak on his forehead. Behind him stands a older boy in a white shirt with glasses, a yellow marigold garland and a white tilak across his brow. Blurred devotees in orange, teal and red sit in the background.2012-04-30October 15 20132013-10-15Close photo of a young boy with eyes closed in meditation, seated in a crowd of white-clad devotees. He wears a white vibhuti band across his forehead, a maroon shawl with gold border over a rudraksha mala, and a small orange pendant on a dark cord. Blurred figures in white clothing sit behind him.2013-01-19A young boy with short black hair and a white horizontal line of vibhuti across his forehead, with a red kumkum dot between his brows, sits with palms pressed together in namaste near his chest. He wears a rudraksha mala with gold spacers around his neck and a red cloth with gold border draped over his bare upper body. Behind him other boys in matching red and gold robes sit in a row, some with hands folded and heads bowed.2013-07-15A young boy with shoulder-length dark hair sits bare-chested, wearing an orange cloth wrap at his waist and a white sacred thread draped over one shoulder. He has white sandalwood paste and a red dot on his forehead and wears a long necklace of brown rudraksha beads with two small oval pendants showing a portrait. Background shows blurred figures and a chair.2017-07-08February 27 20172017-02-27Outdoor photo of young boys seated on green banana leaves in a sunlit open courtyard with palm trees and a metal-roofed pavilion behind them. They wear red dhoti-style wraps with gold borders and have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. The boy in front holds a white flower in one hand while sitting cross-legged. Another boy to the left wears a rudraksha mala and gold hoop earrings, and his eyes are lowered. Scattered yellow and orange flower petals and garlands lie on the leaves. No a person candidate is visible.2013-12-22Close photo of a smiling young boy with short dark hair, seated with eyes lowered. He wears a white dhoti with gold-bordered yellow edges, a dark bead mala with a rudraksha-style pendant at his neck, and white vertical tilak marks with a red dot on his forehead. He appears to be seated during a ritual setting. Blurred figures in orange clothing stand in the background, and a red and white cloth lies at the right edge.2011-02-20July 21 20172017-07-21