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A photograph of several shaven-headed men in saffron and maroon sannyasi cloth inside a plain whitewashed hall with a wooden door and benches. On the left, a man in orange wrap with rudraksha mala presses palms together and smiles. Next to him, a man with white tilak embraces a younger man in orange. On the right, a man in maroon cloth with glasses and a rudraksha mala pours or lifts a small vessel over another shaven head, while other figures in orange and maroon stand nearby. No clear a person candidate is distinguishable by appearance, so roles are used.

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September 13 20142014-09-13November 10 20132013-11-10A photograph of a group of saffron-robed sannyasis standing in a pillared hall with a crowd behind them. In the foreground a shaven-headed monk in orange wraps with a red-and-gold border faces away from the camera, and a young child in an orange robe with gold trim stands beside him holding a hand. To the right, bald monks in red-and-gold garments wear wooden rudraksha malas and one wears a silver pendant; they are clasping hands and turning toward one another. Behind them, seated and standing devotees in colourful saris and white clothing fill the background. The setting appears to be a large open ritual or convention venue.2015-12-20September 13 20142014-09-13December 20 20152015-12-20September 13 20142014-09-13A photograph of an indoor ritual gathering in a hall with red and white walls and a floral decorated stage. Many saffron-robed and rust-red-robed monastic disciples stand and kneel on a white floor. Several men with shaved heads wear rudraksha malas and gold-trimmed orange dhotis and shawls, some with bare upper bodies and sandal-paste markings. Some figures are pressing palms together in namaskar greetings, and others are bowing low to the ground. Young boys in orange robes with gold borders stand near them, and a woman in the background wears a white sari. A water bottle sits on the floor at the lower left. Visibly this looks like a ritual reception of monastics at a Maheshwara Puja-style event.2016-02-23A crowded indoor hall of KAILASA monastic devotees in saffron and orange robes, with reddish-orange shawls and gold-bordered dhotis. In the foreground a man with a shaved head and a dark rudraksha-style mala stands at left, while a younger man in orange with dark-rimmed glasses and a red-striped cloth is embraced by a shaved-headed devotee with white sandalwood or vibhuti marks on his arms. A person in a white dhoti and white head cover stands among them. Several other monastics in orange fill the background, and a speaker and white wall are visible at upper right. The scene is a gathering of sannyasis and devotees, with no clearly identifiable a person visible.2013-11-10Several young shaven-headed boys in saffron-orange monastic garments with pink-red borders stand together indoors against a whitewashed wall beside a wooden panelled window and a low red-cushioned bench. The boy at centre-right presses his palms together in greeting, smiling, with white tilak marks on his forehead and a rudraksha mala around his neck. The boy at left laughs and reaches toward a companion, while others turn away, some wearing beaded mala necklaces and armbands. The garments are wrapped in sannyasi-style drapes, and no adult figure is visible.2014-09-13A photograph of a line of saffron-robed sannyasis in a hall with pale pink walls and a polished floor. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange cloth with a red and gold border bends forward, reaching out his hands toward a smiling monk in a dark red shawl and rudraksha mala. Behind them, many orange-clad men stand shoulder to shoulder, some with hands extended in greeting, and a woman in white stands at the left edge. The scene suggests an ashram gathering or satsang, with a blue-and-white emblem at the upper left.2014-09-13September 13 20142014-09-13September 13 20142014-09-13