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A photograph indoors against orange walls with hanging string decorations. Several men stand around a central figure whose eyes are covered by a black blindfold being fastened by a man in a white shirt with a green cloth draped at his neck. The central figure wears a white dhoti-style garment with a gold border, a long rudraksha mala and bangles. Men in light blue shirts stand at the edges, one wearing a face mask, and a man in a grey shirt is seen from behind.

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September 18 20152015-09-18September 15 20152015-09-15September 19 20152015-09-19September 15 20152015-09-15September 15 20152015-09-15September 11 20152015-09-11 +3 copiesFebruary 15 20172017-02-15A photograph of a seated group meditation or initiation session with many participants in white and orange. In the left foreground a young boy in an orange cloth and layered rudraksha malas, with white marks on his forehead, places his hands over the eyes of a seated young man wearing a black blindfold. The young man, bare-chested with rudraksha beads and white stripes of ash across his shoulders, presses his palms together. To the right, a man in glasses and a white shirt, with white forehead marks, sits with eyes lowered. Behind them, many people in white dhotis and orange garments sit in rows, some with white-painted foreheads. No visible a person candidate can be confidently identified by appearance.2017-07-08February 15 20172017-02-15A photograph of a ritual initiation scene indoors. A bare-chested young man with a red blindfold over his eyes bows forward while two men in white dhotis with gold borders support him. The man on the left has a rudraksha mala and sacred ash marks and grips the boy's arm. The bearded man in the centre wears a white dhoti with gold border, a rudraksha mala, gold bangles, and places his hand on the boy's head. A long-haired figure in saffron clothing and gold earrings is at the lower right, and other white-clad devotees stand in the background before a red curtain.2016-10-16April 29 20162016-04-29August 20 20152015-08-20