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December 31 2010

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Outdoors under a large banyan tree, a young man with a shaved head sits cross-legged in meditation on a dark polished stone platform. He wears a white dhoti and shawl with an orange-and-green border, a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and has a vertical vibhuti or kumkum mark on his forehead with hands resting open on his knees. Beside him a woman in a grey-green patterned salwar and white scarf sits with hands folded in her lap, eyes closed. Behind them, a man in white bends forward in a bowing posture, and another person in white kneels in prostration at the right edge.2010-12-31A close photograph of a shaven-headed young man in white ritual clothing seated with eyes closed, chanting or in devotional recitation. He wears a red tilak mark on his forehead, a dark beaded mala around his neck, and a white upper cloth with red border. Another person in white sits partly visible behind him, and a pale floor and white backdrop fill the background.2011-01-17November 08 20102010-11-08September 21 20112011-09-21Photo of a seated group of devotees in meditation during a satsang in an interior hall. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border wears a rudraksha mala and a red bindi, eyes closed. Beside him a man in a white dhoti with gold border and a black rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, eyes closed. Behind them, rows of people in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas sit in meditation, some with white vibhuti stripes on their arms. A wooden door and white walls form the backdrop.2015-11-08November 04 20152015-11-04A close photo of a shaved-headed man in a plain white dhoti with red-striped border, bare-chested and wearing a long gold bead necklace, with white sacred ash bands across his forehead and a red dot at the centre. He looks downward with eyes lowered during a ritual setting. Behind him at right, a woman with wavy light-brown hair and a white sari with green border and orange scarf holds pink flowers. A golden carved chair or throne is blurred at left against an orange wall.2010-10-30October 11 20112011-10-11Photograph of several men seated cross-legged on a white floor during a ritual, eyes closed in meditation or prayer. The front man, shaved-headed, wears a white dhoti with a maroon border and a rudraksha mala. Beside him sit others in white dhotis and shawls, one with a gold-edged cloth and tilak markings on the forehead. In front lie brass vessels, oil lamps, incense sticks, flowers and a tray of ritual items. A red curtain hangs in the background. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable from appearance.2011-11-11A shaved-headed man sits cross-legged on a woven mat on bare reddish earth, eyes closed, hands clasped in his lap in a meditative pose. He wears a white dhoti and upper cloth with red borders, a rudraksha mala around his neck, a thin gold bangle and white ash markings on his forehead and arms, with a red dot at the brow. Behind him is green grass.2010-09-14October 17 20112011-10-17April 09 20122012-04-09