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A large group of shirtless men in white dhoti-style cloth sit cross-legged on pink mats during a ritual sitting, many with white ash markings on their arms and chests and rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground a young man with long dreadlocks tied with a red cloth reaches toward a brass plate of offerings, while a bearded man with rudraksha beads on his arm works beside him. Brass trays, small oil lamps, a red thermos, a bowl of flowers and sandals sit on the floor, and a yellow-clad devotee appears at the lower right. The scene matches the morning puja and satsang context of an Arudra Darshan programme.

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January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11July 25 20172017-07-25 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesA large hall with a polished white floor where many seated devotees perform a group puja. Most men are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas, with sacred white ash marks on their chests and arms. Women in white saris with gold borders sit among them. Each participant has brass puja plates, oil lamps, flower petals, pink flowers, and bowls of red kumkum before them on small mats. A woman with blonde dreadlocks in the foreground wears a rudraksha mala and white markings. Plain-clothed men and women sit in the back rows, and a child sits near the centre. The scene conveys a ritual ceremony in progress.2017-07-25Photograph of a seated puja or ritual gathering with several men sitting in a row on pink and red mats. Foreground: a bald man with white horizontal sacred ash bands on his chest and arms wears a rudraksha mala and an orange dhoti, holding a brass lamp. Beside him a bearded man with dreadlocks and a white dhoti with gold border holds a small brass bell. Other bare-chested participants with ash markings hold brass lamps and offerings. Brass oil lamps and small brass dishes with flames sit on the floor in front. Visible people number roughly six to eight.2017-01-06January 06 20172017-01-06A seated ritual scene in a large hall where several men sit cross-legged on pink and maroon mats, bare-chested, wearing white dhotis and rudraksha malas, with white ash markings on their bodies. In the foreground, a bearded man with long dark hair and a red-brown rudraksha mala bends forward and offers something from his hand toward a brass tray. A man with dreadlocks tied back with a red cloth holds his hand over the tray, which holds brass bowls, a small kalasha-style vessel, lit oil lamps, rice and offerings, along with a red water bottle. Another man in a yellow garment sits at right with rudraksha beads, and people with white ash sit around the room behind them.2017-01-11A seated group of male priests performs a puja on a white marble floor. Several bare-chested men wear white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas, with white ash markings on their chests and arms. In the foreground, a man with a long rudraksha mala and gold pendant sits cross-legged, his hands joined over a brass plate of pink flowers, a brass lamp and small brass vessels arranged on a red cloth, and an open book beside him. Other devotees sit in rows behind, some in saffron robes, with brass lamps, flowers and offering trays set on the floor in front of them.2017-08-02A row of seated devotees in a temple hall performs a ritual with brass oil lamps and small brass vessels set on red and pink mats in front of them. Several men wear saffron-orange dhotis, bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas and white tripundra markings on their foreheads and arms. The foremost man in orange has his hands near the lamps, eyes lowered. Others sit with palms joined in prayer. Burning incense sticks rise among the lamps, and a blurred background of more seated participants and a framed image completes the scene.2017-01-06 +1 copiesA row of seated devotees performs a puja during a ritual in a hall, with brass oil lamps and small brass dishes with offerings arranged on red and pink mats in the foreground. Several men, mostly bare-chested and marked with white sacred ash on their arms, shoulders and foreheads, hold small brass spoons or lamps. The man in the front right wears an orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala, the man in the centre wears a white dhoti with a yellow border and a brown beaded mala, and others wear dreadlocks, headbands and ornamental necklaces. Background devotees and lit lamps are softly blurred.2017-01-06