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A photograph of a group of young boys and girls dressed in orange and red saffron robes with rudraksha malas, many with white vertical forehead markings, gathered outdoors under palm fronds. In the centre, a teacher in a red-brown dhoti and shawl with a long rudraksha mala holds up a small hand cymbal or bell overhead while facing a shaved-headed youth in orange robes who holds a brass horn and presses his palms together. Onlookers in white shirts stand in the background, and a red-orange building wall is visible at the top right.

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June 19 20142014-06-19June 19 20142014-06-19June 19 20142014-06-19September 26 20142014-09-26June 19 20142014-06-19Outdoor ritual gathering at an ashram courtyard with palm trees and a red wall behind. Saffron-robed sannyasis stand with hands folded in anjali mudra, and many young saffron-clad boys with shaved heads and white tilak on their foreheads stand among them. Foreground figures include a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holding a silver vessel, a man in rust-coloured robe with orange shawl and rudraksha malas, a bespectacled man in saffron robe holding a long wooden staff, and a man in saffron robe wearing a marigold and red-flower garland. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; roles are priest, sannyasis and devotees during a padapuja-style ceremony. Several dozen people are visible.2014-10-04October 04 20142014-10-04July 24 20132013-07-24A large group of young boys and some adults in saffron-orange robes stands outdoors in front of lush green foliage, many with shaved heads and white tilak markings on their foreheads. Several boys press their palms together in anjali mudra while others hold their hands in prayer. A tall adult woman at right in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a golden staff topped with a trident, and a gold ornamented staff with a finial is visible at top right. One man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left. A boy in white dhoti stands in the middle of the group. The setting suggests a devotional gathering or procession with ashram students.2014-10-05June 19 20142014-06-19October 04 20142014-10-04June 19 20142014-06-19