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A seated group of devotees performs a ritual at an outdoor puja. In the foreground a shirtless young man with light hair and a red tilak on his forehead holds a small brass bell in one hand and a lit oil lamp or dhoop-style flame in the other, eyes lowered. To his left a bearded man in glasses holds a bell and wears a rudraksha mala, and a woman in a yellow top with a red mala holds a bell. To the right an older woman in a purple and green striped sari with bangles sits with hands folded in her lap. Smoke rises through the frame. Blurred rows of seated participants fill the background.

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December 12 20162016-12-12December 09 20162016-12-09A young man with long pulled-back blond hair sits cross-legged in meditation, eyes closed, wearing a bare chest with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, a red and cream rudraksha mala with a small pendant, and white loose pants. Behind him, other devotees sit on a stone platform: a bare-chested man with red rudraksha malas and a turquoise-clad woman in teal and gold cloth. A dark black stone form.2016-12-14December 18 20162016-12-18Photo of a large seated ritual gathering of shirtless men and boys in orange-saffron cloths with long rudraksha malas, many with white and tilak markings on their foreheads and bodies. In the centre a young man with short dark hair and a red bindi holds a small oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell or ritual object in the other, his gaze focused forward. Nearby participants hold small oil lamps, and a boy in the foreground has similar white markings. Behind them the crowd of ritual participants fills the hall, with pink and white drapery in the background.2017-08-03A young man with short hair and black-framed glasses sits in the foreground wearing an orange saffron shawl over bare shoulders, multiple rudraksha malas on his neck and arms, and a red bindi with white ash markings on his forehead. He holds incense sticks in one hand and a small brass bell in the other, apparently performing a puja. Several other bare-chested participants in white and orange ritual cloths sit behind him, some with white ash stripes on their arms, in what appears to be a ritual gathering.2017-08-02Night outdoor festival scene with devotees holding small brass oil lamps with flames, lit by string lights of green, purple and blue bokeh overhead. In the foreground a young man with short brown hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti and a thin necklace, extends a lit lamp toward the camera while sitting in a row. Beside him a young woman in a dark sleeveless top with a bindi holds a lamp, and other devotees, some in saffron-toned or white garments, hold lamps and sit along the rows. Black cushions or mats are visible in front of them. The mood is a Karthigai Deepam style lamp offering. Watermarked credit omitted.2016-12-12May 16 20172017-05-16A photograph of a shaved-headed sannyasi in an orange saffron robe with a red border, wearing a long rudraksha mala and red-brown rudraksha bracelets, holding a lit brass oil lamp in his right hand while a small vessel rests in his left. He sits on a red mat among seated devotees in white ritual clothes with tilak markings, several with hands folded in anjali and rudraksha malas. Behind him, a man with palms pressed together and a bare-chested man in white are visible. The setting suggests a satsang or puja gathering with the lamp offering as the focus.2014-08-24December 09 20162016-12-09December 12 20162016-12-12Photograph of a seated group of sannyasi-style devotees in orange-saffron cloth performing a ritual with lit oil lamps and incense on a low brass tray in the foreground. The central young man, bare-chested with rudraksha malas and beaded bracelets, holds a small lamp and a bell-like object while looking down. Others beside him wear white horizontal forehead marks and orange shawls, some holding lamps and incense sticks. Blurred figures and warm walls fill the background of an indoor hall.2017-01-04