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Indoor temple-style ritual photo of young men seated on colourful cloth mats during a puja. In the foreground a bare-chested young man with dark tousled hair and a white vibhuti mark on his forehead presses his palms together in anjali, eyes closed, wearing rudraksha beads and an orange thread bracelet. Behind him, two more men sit with bare backs marked by white ash, one with a beard and rudraksha mala, another with a white mark on his head, also in anjali. Warm lamplight and pink walls fill the hall, with a golden shrine arch in the background. Several more seated devotees are blurred behind them.

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January 26 20172017-01-26January 26 20172017-01-26Photograph of a satsang-style gathering in a hall with many seated devotees. In the foreground a young man with shoulder-length wavy dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a rudraksha mala with a small pendant, holds his palms together in anjali with eyes closed. Nearby seated men are also bare-chested with white sacred markings on their shoulders and arms, some in white dhoti-style cloth, and one at right wears an orange turban. Blurred devotees fill the background before a pale wall with a framed picture. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2017-01-03Photograph of a group of men seated in prayer with palms pressed together at the chest and eyes closed. The foreground man on the right is shaved-headed with a white vertical tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas around his neck, hoop earring and a bracelet, and a bare upper body marked with white ash. The middle man, also shaved and bare-chested with white markings, wears a saffron-brown cloth over his shoulder and rudraksha beads. Blurred figures behind them, including a man with dark hair and white markings, continue the seated devotional gathering in a warm, softly lit hall.2017-01-03 +2 copiesJanuary 03 20172017-01-03Photo 11709657January 01 20172017-01-01 +1 copiesA photograph of a shaved-headed man in the foreground, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra, seated among a row of other devotees in white dhotis and bare-chested. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and bead bracelets on his wrist, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead, nose and arms. Several other men sit blurred behind him, some in white and yellow cloth. The setting appears to be a prayer or puja gathering with a soft, out-of-focus background.2017-01-01January 04 20172017-01-04A seated group of men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies sits in a row on blue mats during a ritual gathering in a warmly lit hall. The man in front, with hair tied in a topknot, wears a red-and-green rudraksha mala, a gold bangle and a hoop earring, and presses his palms together in anjali with eyes closed. Others behind him sit in similar prayer postures with white sacred markings on their bodies. Small oil lamps and red offerings sit on the floor, and a lit altar with a deity murti glows at the upper right.2017-01-03Close photograph of devotees in prayer with palms pressed together at the chest. A young man in the foreground, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a pendant, has eyes closed and white ash markings on his forehead and bare shoulders. Beside him, another man with white striped markings on his arms and shoulders also presses his palms together, eyes closed. Blurred figures and warm lights fill the background.2017-01-07A photograph of a seated devotional gathering in a hall with pale walls and framed posters behind. In the foreground, a bald, bare-chested man with white sandalwood marks on his forehead and arms, wearing a rudraksha mala and beaded bracelets, sits with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes closed. To his left, a second man with long dreadlocks, white forehead marks, a rudraksha mala and a white-and-gold dhoti sits with hands folded in namaskar. Behind them, several people in white clothes sit on mats and prayer rugs.2017-02-02