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A photograph of a young shirtless man with curly dark hair and white tripundra ash on his forehead, wearing an orange saffron dhoti and orange shawl with a rudraksha mala across his chest, holding a heap of yellow flower petals or turmeric-coloured offering in both cupped hands. Around him, other men in orange cloth stand shirtless with white ash streaks on their shoulders and arms, some holding similar yellow offerings. The background is blurred with yellow and red decorations. No readable text is visible.

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A photograph of a shaved-headed...2017-07-03Photograph of a group of young men and women in saffron-orange ritual wraps, many bare-chested with white ash markings on their arms and foreheads, standing in a hall. Several hold cupped handfuls of yellow prasad and bring them to their mouths. The central man wears wooden rudraksha beads and a bracelet of beads, and his hair is tied up in a loose knot; the people around him have long, flowing dreadlocked hair. Behind them a gold-toned decorated wall and a blurred pale background suggest a temple or ashram setting.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03Photograph of a group of young devotees in saffron-orange cloths wrapped over their shoulders and waists, several with white stripes painted on their arms and foreheads. In the foreground a girl with long dark hair and a red pendant holds yellow prasad or offering mixture in both hands, while others around her hold up similar yellow offerings. Behind them a bare-chested young man with long hair and white forehead markings stands among the group, and a blurred yellow-walled building appears in the background.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03Crowded ritual hall with devotees in saffron-orange dhotis and sashes, most bare-chested. In the foreground, a young shaved-headed devotee with white tripundra marks bends forward at the waist, eating from cupped hands a yellow food offering, while a bare-chested man at right holds a handful of the same yellow food and wears rudraksha malas. Others in orange and white clothing stand and sit in the background, with banners and posters on the wall behind. The scene suggests a ritual food-offering or prasadam distribution.2017-07-03July 03 20172017-07-03Photo of a ritual meal in a hall. A young boy with curly hair, bare-chested and wearing an orange cloth wrap with a white vertical forehead mark, leans forward and offers a handful of yellow-green food to an older youth on the right, who has a white forehead mark, rudraksha beads and an orange shawl and opens his mouth to receive it. Behind them, another person with long dark hair in an orange garment stands, and several orange-clad people sit on a floor with coloured mats and food. Maroon curtains hang in the background.2017-07-03January 01 20192019-01-01Photograph of a seated group of shaven-headed men in orange-red robes and white forehead markings performing a ritual indoors. The foreground man, bare-chested with an orange-and-gold shawl across his shoulder, holds a small brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other. Rudraksha malas hang on several men behind him, and white ash stripes mark their arms and chests. Small brass oil lamps and offerings sit on a cloth at lower left, with a water bottle nearby. Warm pinkish walls and gold pillars frame the hall. No clearly identifiable throne or a person cues are visible in the foreground, so the central figure is a priest-like participant rather than a confirmed a person.2017-02-10April 28 20182018-04-28 +1 copies