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Two young men with long dreadlocked hair and bare chests stand close together during a ritual, one smiling broadly with a yellow paste on his cheek. The man on the left wears a saffron-orange beaded shawl, a heavy gold necklace with pendant, gold bangles and a rudraksha bead cord, and is holding up a yellow paste he is smearing. The young man on the right has curly hair, white ash lines on the forehead and chest, a red tilak, a white cord, and a long rudraksha mala. Other devotees with dreadlocks and a yellow-smeared plate of food are blurred behind them under pink and white draped fabric.

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December 18 20162016-12-18A photograph of a ritual in progress with several bare-chested men in ochre and white. In the foreground, a man with a white-painted body and a white pattern on his face holds up a hand near the chin of a shaven-headed man in the right foreground who wears a red tilak on his forehead, rudraksha malas and a gold armlet. Behind them, a young man with white tripundra markings on his forehead and a dark rudraksha mala across his bare chest stands watching. Other participants are blurred in the background against a pale wall and wooden doorways.2016-11-11 +1 copiesA group of shaved-headed and dreadlocked devotees in bare-chested ritual attire with white ash markings on their foreheads and arms gather closely. Rudraksha malas hang around their necks and wrists, and red-and-beaded armbands are visible. In the foreground a man with long black dreadlocks, a beaded necklace and a bead bracelet tilts his head back as another devotee in a rudraksha mala feeds him from a small offering, possibly prasad. A bespectacled man with white markings stands at left, and figures in orange cloth appear behind them.2016-09-30Photograph of a ritual feast inside a hall. A young man with long dark hair and a white forehead band, wearing an orange cloth and rudraksha mala, leans forward to take food from a small boy's fingers while holding a handful of yellow rice. A boy in orange cloth with a white forehead mark feeds him. Other orange-clad young men with white body markings and beads sit behind them, some holding yellow food, with a white cloth-covered floor and devotees visible in the background.2017-07-03 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18January 08 20182018-01-08A close photograph of a shaved-headed man with a tilak and a rudraksha mala being fed food by a bare-chested attendant in the foreground, who holds a golden-yellow food offering to his mouth. A younger boy with a white forehead marking and rudraksha beads stands beside them, and blurred figures with white body markings and rudraksha malas fill the background of a pink-walled hall. The man wears a gold armlet and white-marked shoulders, and the scene suggests a ritual food offering or prasadam feeding.2016-11-11 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18August 14 20172017-08-14January 08 20182018-01-08Indoor ashram ritual scene with several devotees in saffron-orange dhoti-style wraps and rudraksha malas. Two young men in the foreground, one with long dreadlocked hair, a red tilak on his forehead and a gold-bead necklace, hold handfuls of yellow powder or turmeric, while the young man on the right, with dreadlocks and white marks on his face, smiles as he works. A third person's head is in the lower foreground. Behind them more people in orange and rust-coloured robes move through a hall with pink walls and framed pictures. No speaker or seated figure is clearly visible.2017-03-14A photograph of devotees sharing food at a festival. In the foreground, a bearded man with white forehead markings, a red tilak, rudraksha malas and a red-brown cloth over his shoulders feeds a yellow sweet to a young man with curly hair, white markings and an orange shawl, who opens his mouth to receive it. Both hold more of the yellow food in their hands. Behind them, several young men in orange and saffron wraps and rudraksha beads stand close together, with white paste on their foreheads and arms. The setting appears to be a crowded indoor hall. Four people are clearly visible, with others partly visible behind them.2017-08-14