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A seated man in rust-red sannyasi robes sits cross-legged on sand with hands clasped in his lap, eyes lowered. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha malas across his chest and rudraksha bands on his upper arms and wrists, a gold pendant at his neck, and has long matted dreadlocks, a red and white forehead mark with a central bindu. Behind him, other shirtless sadhus with long hair and rudraksha malas sit or bend, and a brass vessel and small metal cup rest on the sand in front. The man has the appearance of a person, seated in meditation-like posture amid fellow renunciants in a ritual or devotional setting.

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Outdoor photo on pale sand under a light sky. A smiling man with long dreadlocked black hair, red and white forehead markings and a full beard sits cross-legged, wearing a rust-red dhoti and shawl edged in gold, with multiple rudraksha mala necklaces and bracelets and a gold pendant. He holds a metal plate of flowers, fruit and offerings. Beside him a man with a forehead marking and dark hair sits with palms pressed together, and a bare-armed man in white dhoti sits at the edge.2018-04-28April 29 20182018-04-29April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28October 08 20082008-10-08A photograph of a bearded man seated cross-legged on sand under a pale sky, wearing a rust-red cloth wrap with a gold-bordered hem, layers of rudraksha mala necklaces and bracelets, and a small gold pendant. He has long dreadlocked hair, a red and white forehead mark, and holds a metal tray of offerings with flowers and grains. Beside him, a shirtless attendant with a black turban-style hair bun sits with eyes lowered, and other hands reach toward the tray. A probable Swamiji is visible: long hair, rudraksha malas and ornate ceremonial adornments with saffron-orange clothing are present. Two other people are partly visible at the edges.2018-04-28April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copiesApril 28 20182018-04-28April 29 20182018-04-29September 28 20172017-09-28Outdoor photo on a sandy beach of a seated ritual gathering. A bearded man with long swept-back dark hair, a red-orange robe, a multi-strand rudraksha mala and rudraksha bracelets sits centre-left, holding a metal tray of red and white flowers and picking up petals. Behind and beside him, several men sit on the sand: one wears a black turban and white-marked forehead with a long rudraksha mala, another is bare-chested with white body markings, and a clean-shaven man in a white dhoti and shawl on the right extends his hand toward the tray. Sacred ash lines mark several foreheads. The offering appears to be a puja on the sand.2018-04-28A close photograph of a bearded man with long dark hair swept back, wearing a white horizontal forehead marking with a red central bindi, eyes lowered and head bowed. He wears a saffron-orange robe and multiple rudraksha mala necklaces, with a gold pendant on a chain. Another person with long hair and orange clothing and rudraksha beads is partly visible at the left edge, and a third figure is at the far right edge. The background is soft and blurred in white and pale tones.2018-03-17