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A shaved-headed young man in the foreground sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra near his face, eyes lowered to the right. He wears a rust-brown and mustard-yellow shawl draped over one shoulder, with white horizontal tilak marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him, several seated figures in orange and saffron robes sit on a mat in a hall, slightly out of focus, some with hands folded in prayer. Small flower offerings and petals lie on the floor at lower left. A shirtless man with a ponytail sits at right edge. Blurred interior with pale walls.

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A seated group of men in a hall with hands pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in prayer or meditation. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in front wears an orange-brown shawl, a rudraksha mala and a white ash line on his forehead and arm, with a bare upper body. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with a yellow border wears dark beads, and others sit behind in blurred poses with similar orange and white garments.2017-01-04August 04 20162016-08-04January 04 20172017-01-04 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20172017-01-12A photograph of a large group of young devotees seated on the floor in a hall, many in saffron and maroon cloth, bare-chested with white sacred markings on their arms and foreheads. In the foreground a young man with a shaved head and white urdhva-pundra tilak on his forehead sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, a rudraksha mala at his neck and a maroon shawl draped over his shoulder. Beside him another devotee in orange-red cloth prays with hands joined. Brass oil lamps and flower offerings with colourful cloth are arranged on the floor in front. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2017-01-13January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20172017-01-12Devotees seated in a row during a puja, with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. The foreground figure wears an orange saffron wrap draped over his shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck and beaded bracelets, with white sacred ash lines on his forehead and white stripes painted across his bare upper arm and chest. Beside him, a second man in an orange wrap sits with eyes closed, and a row of others in orange clothing sits behind on a white cloth before ritual offerings and small lamps. A blurred crowd fills the background of this hall. No clear identity cue for a person is established by appearance, so the foreground devotees are described by role only.2017-01-12January 16 20132013-01-16A group of devotees sits cross-legged in a hall with pale walls, many with bare upper bodies and hands pressed in anjali mudra with eyes closed in prayer. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange cloth wears a broad white vibhuti stripe on his forehead, a red kumkum dot, a long rudraksha mala and a green wrist cord, and holds his palms together. Beside him a man with a bare chest and rudraksha mala holds his hands in prayer, and another in an orange wrap and green lower cloth sits at right. Others in white and orange cloth sit behind them in devotion.2017-01-04 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20172017-01-12January 04 20172017-01-04