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Two men kneel close together in an outdoor ritual setting before a red wall and black stone lingams with golden vessels behind them. The man in front has his palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered, bare-chested with fine chest hair. The man beside him, wearing rectangular glasses and a thin red-brown rudraksha-style cord, bows his head with eyes closed. Brass kalashas and dark shivalingam bases fill the background. No a person candidate is identifiable by appearance.

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Two men sit bare-chested in a devotional rite at a temple, one with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes lowered. Both wear simple reddish-brown cords around their necks. Black linga-shaped stone forms and brass vessels with spouts stand on red steps in the foreground. A third person in a tan garment sits partly visible at the upper right with hands folded in prayer. No candidate's appearance meets the criteria for a person; the figures are devotees.2016-12-02January 18 20132013-01-18Outdoor photo of devotees seated on red-painted steps among rows of black stone Shivalingas with gold-toned bases. In the foreground a bearded man in a white shirt-less bare chest with rudraksha mala and gold chain sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed. Behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti-style trousers and a bare-chested devotee press palms together in prayer. A man in dark trousers, wristwatch and red rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed and palms together, with a red tilak on his forehead and grey hair. Green foliage and bright daylight fill the background.2016-12-19April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesTwo bare-chested young men with white horizontal stripes on their chests and arms sit in palms-together anjali mudra with closed eyes during a satsang or puja. Both wear rudraksha malas and the one on the right has a pendant on a cord. White stripes mark their foreheads. Blurred devotees in saffron and white sit behind them in a hall with warm lights.2017-01-07December 18 20162016-12-18Devotees sit cross-legged on a floor in prayer with palms pressed together at their chests and eyes closed. In the foreground a shaved-headed young man wears an orange-brown shawl over bare shoulders with white vertical markings on his skin. Beside him a bearded man with a ponytail, bare-chested and wearing olive-green trousers, also prays with hands joined. Blurred figures in orange and white clothing sit around them in a hall with pink walls. The setting suggests a satsang gathering.2017-01-04 +1 copiesTwo bare-chested men sit on red-painted stone steps in prayer posture with palms pressed together. The man on the right wears a red rudraksha mala, a white thread necklace, a silver wristwatch, a white tilak on his forehead and a blue lower cloth; a small ID badge hangs from his waist. The man on the left, wearing a rudraksha mala and navy track pants, has his hands clasped at his chest. Behind them stand polished brass kalasha pots and black stone shivalinga-style pillars, with a person in white dhoti visible above.2016-12-19Two bare-chested men with white ash stripes on their shoulders and foreheads sit with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed during devotional worship. Both wear rudraksha malas and a thin sacred thread; the man on the right also wears a small pendant. A blurred crowd of seated devotees in orange and white clothing fills the background, with warm lights at the left edge.2017-01-07April 11 20182018-04-11 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20172017-01-07Close photo of devotees seated in prayer with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed. The foreground man wears a rudraksha mala of dark beads over bare shoulders and a white vertical tilak on his forehead. Behind him, several men sit in similar prayer postures, some with bare upper bodies and white forehead markings, and one man on the right is partly visible. The background is softly blurred.2017-01-04