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A photograph of a crowded ritual hall with a white ceiling and hanging brass lamps. In the centre, a man with a white-and-red tilak on his forehead and beaded rudraksha-style necklace stands among a group of bare-shouldered men and women in orange and gold wraps. Several people have white ash markings on their arms and shoulders. A young man in front wears an orange cloth with gold border and a rudraksha mala, and a long-haired person at right holds a garland-like offering near the face. The people appear to be in close, devotional contact during a ritual with others seated and standing behind them.

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December 18 20162016-12-18November 11 20162016-11-11 +1 copiesDecember 18 20162016-12-18Photograph of shirtless men in orange and saffron cloths at a Maheshwara Puja darshan in a hall. The foreground man wears dark rudraksha mala beads, a pendant, and a brown-red shawl, with white sacred ash on his forehead and arms, and is handling yellow-orange flower garlands with a seated devotee. Beside him, another man with white ash marks wears a red-brown beaded necklace and bracelets. Further right, a smiling man with rudraksha beads and an orange cloth also holds garlands. Other devotees in orange and red fill the background near a wall of framed pictures. Four men are prominent and several others are partly visible, so the scene shows a larger group.2017-05-08A photograph of a ritual feeding during a Maheshwara Puja. In the centre, a bare-chested shaven-headed man with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak on his forehead smiles as he feeds a small boy a green morsel from his hand. A young boy with bare shoulders and a white sacred thread leans toward the food. At left, a bare-backed man wears an orange cloth and a beaded bracelet, and at right a bearded sannyasi with long matted hair and a rudraksha mala offers food from his hand. Behind them, saffron-clad figures stand under white draped ceiling fabric with warm lights.2016-12-18A group of shaved-headed and dreadlocked devotees in bare-chested ritual attire with white ash markings on their foreheads and arms gather closely. Rudraksha malas hang around their necks and wrists, and red-and-beaded armbands are visible. In the foreground a man with long black dreadlocks, a beaded necklace and a bead bracelet tilts his head back as another devotee in a rudraksha mala feeds him from a small offering, possibly prasad. A bespectacled man with white markings stands at left, and figures in orange cloth appear behind them.2016-09-30A photograph of a group of bare-chested men in orange and rust-coloured dhotis with white and ochre forehead markings, wearing rudraksha malas. The central man, with a shaved head, smiles broadly while offering something small from his hand to a long-haired young person seen from behind in a white sacred thread. Around them, more men in orange robes and white body markings stand in a crowded hall with ceiling lights and a maroon curtain in the background. Their attire and grouping suggest a ritual gathering of ashram members.2016-09-30Two young men with long dreadlocked hair and bare chests stand close together during a ritual, one smiling broadly with a yellow paste on his cheek. The man on the left wears a saffron-orange beaded shawl, a heavy gold necklace with pendant, gold bangles and a rudraksha bead cord, and is holding up a yellow paste he is smearing. The young man on the right has curly hair, white ash lines on the forehead and chest, a red tilak, a white cord, and a long rudraksha mala. Other devotees with dreadlocks and a yellow-smeared plate of food are blurred behind them under pink and white draped fabric.2016-12-18September 30 20162016-09-30A photograph of several shaven-headed, bare-chested men in orange dhotis and rudraksha malas during a group ritual. In the foreground, a young man with long dark hair, orange-framed glasses and a rudraksha mala tilts his head back with mouth open while another man in an orange dhoti feeds him a yellow food offering from his fingers. Other men beside them hold yellow offerings in their hands, and white horizontal body markings are visible on their arms and chests. Behind them, more participants in orange clothing and a golden decorative structure are blurred. No one is identified as a person by appearance cues here.2016-09-30A photograph of a large hall with a pale ceiling and hanging decorative ornaments, where several young men in saffron-orange wraps and sacred white markings are gathered. In the foreground a bare-shouldered young man with a tall, swept-up dark hair bun and a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate of yellow offerings, while another in an orange wrap offers a similar plate. Behind them further saffron-clad attendees and seated devotees fill the room, and framed banners hang on the walls.2018-01-08A photograph of a group of saffron-robed sannyasis in an indoor hall with a pale pink wall and framed colourful artwork above. A bare-chested man with a shaved head, white vertical tilak and red bindi, wearing an orange shawl and rudraksha mala, is eating from a handful of yellow food held in a younger person's hands. Around him, other orange-clad men with long dreadlocked hair, white forehead markings and beaded necklaces hold yellow food and stand close together. A cauldron-like steel vessel is visible at the left edge.2017-03-14