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A photograph of a devotional gathering in a hall with a colourful striped mat underneath. In the foreground a bare-chested young man with shoulder-length brown hair and a stubble beard sits with eyes lowered and one palm raised, making a gesture of offering during a puja. He wears a thin silver chain and a small ear stud. Behind him a shirtless man with reddish hair wears a beaded necklace, a seated man in a blue shirt sits at left, and other devotees in white and saffron-toned clothing fill the background.

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A bare-chested young man with swept-back hair and a stubble beard sits with eyes closed and palms cupped together in a reverent gesture, wearing a rudraksha mala-style pendant and a metal medallion on chains, with a vibhuti mark on his forehead. Beside him a man with shaved head and white vibhuti marks sits with eyes lowered, and blurred devotees in white clothes fill the background of a satsang or puja hall.2016-12-22January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesPhotograph 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.2017-01-03January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20172017-01-12January 03 20172017-01-03January 12 20172017-01-12A 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.2017-01-03January 12 20172017-01-12 +1 copiesJanuary 10 20172017-01-10January 15 20172017-01-15A photograph of a shaved-headed man seated in a bare-chested devotional posture, wearing a long rudraksha mala around his neck and a white-pale sacred ash marking across his forehead with a red dot at the centre. He touches the bridge of his nose with his right hand while his eyes look downward. Behind him, several other bare-chested men wearing white dhotis and rudraksha malas sit or stand, and a man at the right in an orange garment holds a silver tray. Background figures are partly blurred. The setting appears to be a group ritual gathering on a patterned mat.2017-07-28