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Close photo of a young bare-chested boy with short dark hair and metal-framed glasses, eyes lowered, with a white cord around his neck holding a rudraksha bead and a small gold-rimmed pendant. A hand wearing a gold ring and a red-and-gold bracelet rests on his forehead, and a person in orange-brown robes stands at right. Yellow marigold flowers appear at lower left, and other bare-chested people are blurred in the background.

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January 02 20162016-01-02January 02 20162016-01-02May 02 20172017-05-02A young boy with closed eyes stands bare-chested with arms slightly outstretched, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white thread across his chest, with a yellow flower tucked at his chest. An adult's hand with gold bangles and a ring rests on his forehead, while white-clad attendees stand around him in a temple setting. Close framing, warm light.2016-01-02February 27 20172017-02-27A photograph of a young boy, shirtless with a white cord necklace and a rudraksha bead pendant with a small gold medallion, eyes closed in meditative stillness as an adult's hand, wearing rudraksha bracelets and a gold bangle, rests on his forehead. A woman in an orange-brown sari is partly visible at right. Coloured bokeh lights and smoke fill the blurred background.2017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02A photograph of a young boy kneeling with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed, bare-chested, wearing a white beaded necklace with a small pendant. An adult man's hand rests on the boy's head as he applies a white paste mark to the boy's forehead. The adult, bare-chested with a long dark beard and a white floral garland, wears a red thread bracelet. Another boy stands behind with a white forehead mark and a white sacred thread. Behind them, people in pale clothing stand near a gold-railed platform, and a striped cloth lies on the floor.2017-02-18A bare-chested boy with short dark hair sits with eyes closed and a faint smile, palms pressed together in namaste. A hand with a red thread on the wrist rests on his forehead, blessing him. He wears rudraksha malas and a white sacred thread across his chest. Behind him stands another child with a white thread. A blurred golden lamp and warm lights glow at left, and a garland of yellow and red flowers appears at right. The setting suggests a darshan blessing ritual.2017-02-19February 19 20172017-02-19