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A seated young male devotee in the foreground wears an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with bare chest, white horizontal tripundra stripes across his forehead and body, a red bindi, and a long dark rudraksha mala. He holds a small orange offering in both hands while sitting in a meditative posture. Around him, many people in saffron and white sit on the floor of a hall with yellow pillars, and a boy in the right foreground watches. Flower offerings and small brass vessels lie on a cloth in the lower left.

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January 25 20172017-01-25A seated group of devotees in an indoor hall chants together. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man on the right wears a white forehead and body markings, a red bindi, a rudraksha mala, and an orange shawl tied over his bare shoulder, with hands together in front of him. Beside him, another bare-chested man in an orange shawl sits with eyes closed. Other participants behind them, some with white forehead markings, sit in meditative posture, and oil lamps glow near the front. Appearance does not clearly establish a person candidate, so this is described by role only.2017-01-08Photograph of a seated group of devotees at a large ceremony, many with bare upper bodies and white ash markings on the forehead and arms. In the foreground a bald man with a red bindi and white forehead band sits with eyes closed, wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange cloth draped over his left shoulder, hands joined. Beside him a younger man with short hair, an orange shawl and a pendant necklace also sits with eyes closed. Behind them more people sit in meditation or chanting posture, some in red or white cloths. Small oil lamps and offering plates with flames glow on the floor in the middle ground.2017-01-08January 07 20172017-01-07February 10 20172017-02-10January 08 20172017-01-08A seated group of sannyasi-style devotees in bare-chested orange garments and rudraksha malas, many with white vibhuti markings across their foreheads and arms, sits with eyes closed in meditation or chanting. In the foreground, a bald man with a red bindi, a long rudraksha mala and an orange shawl sits with hands folded near a small lamp, with a blurred crowd of seated devotees, some in white clothing, behind them.2017-01-08A photo of a row of seated male priests performing a ritual in an ashram hall. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha malas, white vibhuti stripes and a red tilak, works over brass oil lamps and ritual vessels on a cloth-covered floor. Other priests in orange and white ritual clothing sit alongside, their hands reaching toward brass puja items. The background is blurred with more participants. Nearby, ash-marked devotees in saffron-orange garments and a row of brass lamps complete the scene of puja.2017-01-01Photo of a seated group puja in a large hall. Several men sit cross-legged on mats in orange and saffron garments, many with white sacred ash stripes on their foreheads, arms and chests, and wooden rudraksha malas. A man in the centre, wearing an orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala, chants with hands in mudra gestures. A man on the left in white clothes sits with hands together. Brass and copper puja vessels, oil lamps and small bowls sit on a tray in front, with a copper water bottle and pink bags nearby. Other devotees are visible in the background.2017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07