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A young boy with curly dark hair sits cross-legged on a floor in orange saffron cloth, wearing a gold pendant necklace, and white sandalwood-like markings on his forehead and arms. He holds a small red flower or offering and looks down with eyes closed amid fragrant smoke. Around him other saffron-clad devotees sit with bare shoulders, some with white forehead markings. Brass oil lamps, a small white deity murti on a stand, incense sticks, a plate of flowers and offerings lie on the floor in front. A blurred background of white walls. The photograph is from a person ashram ritual setting.

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April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesPhoto 11709989April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesA young boy with dark hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged at the front of a hall, wrapped in orange saffron cloth with white ash markings on his shoulders and chest. He tends small brass lamps and a brass vessel with a lit flame on a white-draped table, beside a small white deity murti and offerings of pink flowers. Behind him, several people in orange robes sit on the floor in rows, and there are golden-ornamented stands at the edges.2017-07-20April 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesApril 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesApril 10 20132013-04-10 +1 copiesA young shaved-headed child in saffron-orange robes with a red border sits at a silver ritual tray during a puja. He has white vibhuti lines on his forehead and arms and a red kumkum dot between his brows, and wears a rudraksha mala with a small pendant. He leans over the tray with his eyes lowered, reaching toward a small brass oil lamp and a conch shell. Nearby stand silver cups and bowls with red flower petals. An adult in orange sits beside him. The scene is a ritual setting with a blurred background of other devotees in maroon clothing.2013-04-10 +1 copiesA young boy with a shaved head and white tripundra markings on his forehead sits cross-legged on the floor in an orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a long rudraksha mala and a small pendant. He holds an incense stick in one hand while reaching toward brass oil lamps and a small white figure on a plate in front of him. Blurred orange-robed sannyasis sit behind him in a hall, with a second child at the right edge. Lit lamps, flower petals and a small bowl of offering suggest puja.2017-07-23A young boy sits cross-legged in a saffron-orange sannyasi cloth draped over his bare upper body, speaking mid-chant with open mouth while holding a green leaf in his left hand. A red kumkum mark sits on his forehead, a pendant hangs on a cord at his neck, and white sandalwood-style markings are on his arms and chest. In front of him is a ritual table with a brass oil lamp, a small brass figure, pink flowers and white paper cutouts. Behind him, blurred figures in orange robes sit in rows in a hall with bamboo poles and a green banner. The photograph is watermarked by the archive, which is not described.2017-07-20A shaved-headed young boy in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged at a ritual tray, wearing a rudraksha mala with a small gold pendant. White sacred ash marks his forehead and upper arms, with a red bindi between his brows. Behind him, an older person in maroon robes and gold ornaments sits near brass vessels and a small silver kalasha-style cup, with a lit oil lamp and offerings on the silver tray in front of him. The setting appears to be a puja or ritual gathering in a dimly lit hall.2013-04-10 +1 copiesA shaven-headed young boy in saffron-orange robes with a red border sits at a metal-topped ritual table, reaching toward a small brown box with a white ash-marked symbol. He wears a white vertical tilak and red bindi on his forehead, white ash on his arms, and a rudraksha mala with a small pendant. Before him are silver bowls, a small brass cup, a conch shell, a lit oil lamp, and scattered petals. An adult in orange sits partly visible at the right edge. The setting is a temple-style ritual puja with a lamp and offerings.2013-04-10 +1 copies