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A man in white ceremonial dhoti with bare upper body and a rudraksha mala stands in profile, pressing his fingers to the bridge of his nose in a devotional gesture. White sacred ash marks stripe his forehead and arm. A gold bracelet is on his wrist. Behind him, a man in a light green shirt and another in white clothing are also touching their faces, while a blurred figure stands at right in a white dhoti. The setting is a plain white-walled hall.

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November 08 20112011-11-08November 07 20112011-11-07November 07 20112011-11-07Seated devotees in white cloths meditate with eyes closed on a floor, several with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. The central man wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and a white dhoti-style wrap, hands resting on his knee. Men to the left and right wear similar white clothes, some with beaded necklaces, and a brass vessel sits on the floor at left beside a metal table with a red cloth. Figures in the foreground are partly cropped.2011-09-30November 09 20112011-11-09Photograph of a group of men seated cross-legged on a wooden floor in a meditation or breathing-practice session. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, wearing a rudraksha mala, presses his fingers to his nose in a nasal breathing gesture with eyes closed. Beside him another shaved man with white forehead markings and glasses performs the same gesture. Behind them, men in orange and white garments with gold-bordered cloth, rudraksha malas and gold bangles sit with hands raised to their faces. A red curtain and white wall form the backdrop.2011-12-10Several men sit close together in white ritual dress with reddish-maroon borders, bodies and arms marked with white ash lines. In the foreground two men with shaved heads and rudraksha malas press their palms together in anjali, eyes closed, in prayer. Beside them a man with short dark hair and a gold bangle also holds his hands folded with eyes closed. Behind them another seated man in white is partly visible, and a blurred bald figure in orange appears at the lower right corner. Warm light glows at the left edge.2011-10-02September 10 20112011-09-10October 23 20102010-10-23November 09 20112011-11-09Photograph of two young men seated in a crowded hall with their palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a devotional gesture. Both wear white dhoti-style cloths draped over bare shoulders, white urdhva-pundra forehead marks and white bands on their arms, and rudraksha mala beads on the chest. The man on the left wears gold bangles and an earring and looks upward, while the man on the right wears glasses and gazes forward. Behind them, a blurred crowd of seated onlookers in colourful shirts, including children, watches the gathering.2011-09-28Three men sit in a row in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, hands pressed together in anjali mudra during prayer. The man on the left has long slicked-back hair and eyes closed, wearing a gold bracelet. The middle man has a shaved head with white tripundra vibhuti lines on his forehead and white paste bands on his arms, holding his palms together. The man on the right, partly blurred, has white markings on his arms and a gold bracelet, with hands raised in prayer. The setting is a plain pale wall. No a person candidate is distinctively identifiable by the visible cues.2011-11-03