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Photograph inside a hall with pink walls, maroon curtains and hanging decorative tassels. In the foreground, a young man in an orange turban and orange cloth wears a rudraksha mala and holds a small offering of green and yellow petals and grains in cupped hands. Other men in orange robes and rudraksha malas stand and sit around, some with bare shoulders and white sacred markings, some seated on the floor in white clothing with ritual items spread in front of them. A blurred orange-robed figure stands in the left foreground, and a crystal chandelier hangs from the ceiling. The scene suggests a group puja or ritual preparation among sannyasis.

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A photograph of a large hall with a pale ceiling and hanging decorative ornaments, where several young men in saffron-orange wraps and sacred white markings are gathered. In the foreground a bare-shouldered young man with a tall, swept-up dark hair bun and a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate of yellow offerings, while another in an orange wrap offers a similar plate. Behind them further saffron-clad attendees and seated devotees fill the room, and framed banners hang on the walls.2018-01-08A photograph of a long row of devotees in orange and saffron cloth, standing shoulder to shoulder and facing a floor spread with banana leaves and food offerings. Several men and boys hold small handfuls of food, some raising it to their mouths, while others stand bare-chested with white ash markings on their skin and wooden or rudraksha beaded necklaces. On the far right, a woman in an orange wrap stands with her back to the camera. Behind them a large screen shows a smiling figure in a red and orange setting. The scene suggests a prasad or annadan style ritual of shared food within an ashram hall. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2017-07-03 +1 copiesAugust 14 20172017-08-14January 08 20182018-01-08August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14A crowded indoor ritual scene with many devotees in saffron-orange robes and orange turbans. In the foreground, several bare-chested men wear rudraksha malas and white vertical and horizontal forehead and body markings, some holding small bundles of green leaves or flower offerings. Behind them, women in orange and maroon saris stand in a hall with a gold-toned shrine structure and a large backdrop photograph at the top. Some devotees hold offerings while others stand in lines.2017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14Indoor hall with pink walls and red curtains where young men in orange saffron wraps and rudraksha malas are gathered. In the foreground two men with long dreadlocked hair and white ash markings on their faces and chests hold handfuls of yellow food offering, one smiling broadly. Other saffron-clad devotees and white-clad figures stand in the background, and small piles of scattered offerings lie on the floor.2018-01-08August 14 20172017-08-14August 14 20172017-08-14