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A seated devotee in a bare-chested state with a long rudraksha mala and a pendant on a cord takes an offering from a steel tray held by a robed attendant in a rust-orange garment. Behind him, bare-chested men wearing rudraksha malas and white and yellow dhotis sit on the floor, one with white paste markings on his forehead and body. The setting appears to be a hall with a red wall and a blurred background. A copyright and source credit appears in the lower right corner.

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July 28 20172017-07-28July 21 20172017-07-21A shaved-headed man sits cross-legged in the foreground, bare-chested, wearing multiple rudraksha malas around his neck and a sacred-thread-style cord, with white tripundra marks on his forehead. He extends his right hand toward a stainless steel plate held by another person's hand at right, which appears to hold ash or vibhuti. Behind him, several shirtless men in white dhotis with yellow borders sit and stand on a colourful striped mat, some wearing rudraksha malas. A boy in glasses smiles in the background. This looks like a ritual or satsang setting with sacred ash being distributed.2017-07-28December 18 20162016-12-18January 06 20172017-01-06December 22 20162016-12-22January 11 20172017-01-11A 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 copiesA bare-chested young man with swept-back hair and a stubble beard sits with eyes closed and palms cupped together in a reverent gesture, wearing a rudraksha mala-style pendant and a metal medallion on chains, with a vibhuti mark on his forehead. Beside him a man with shaved head and white vibhuti marks sits with eyes lowered, and blurred devotees in white clothes fill the background of a satsang or puja hall.2016-12-22A photograph of a seated group of men in a ritual setting, bare-chested with white sacred markings on their arms and faces and red-brown rudraksha malas. Several hold small golden bells and incense or ritual implements, and a brass lamp and offering items sit in front of them. In the foreground a man with long dreadlocks in a red lower garment holds a golden bell, beside an older man with grey hair, glasses and layered rudraksha beads who holds a bell as well, and a younger man in glasses at the right edge. Behind them more participants sit in orange and white garments. A pink wall and a blue-lettered sign appear in the background. The scene appears to be a group puja or chanting session.2017-01-03January 04 20172017-01-04 +1 copiesA photograph of a shaved-headed man seated in a bare-chested devotional posture, wearing a long rudraksha mala around his neck and a white-pale sacred ash marking across his forehead with a red dot at the centre. He touches the bridge of his nose with his right hand while his eyes look downward. Behind him, several other bare-chested men wearing white dhotis and rudraksha malas sit or stand, and a man at the right in an orange garment holds a silver tray. Background figures are partly blurred. The setting appears to be a group ritual gathering on a patterned mat.2017-07-28