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Close photograph of devotees in prayer with palms pressed together at the chest. A young man in the foreground, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a pendant, has eyes closed and white ash markings on his forehead and bare shoulders. Beside him, another man with white striped markings on his arms and shoulders also presses his palms together, eyes closed. Blurred figures and warm lights fill the background.

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Two young men in the foreground sit with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed during a devotional gathering. Both are bare-chested, wearing rudraksha malas and white horizontal stripes painted on their upper arms and chests. The man on the left has white urdhva-style marks on his forehead and a small earring; the man on the right wears a gold pendant on a cord. Behind them, blurred figures in white and orange clothing fill a hall, and a warm amber light glows at the top right. Partially visible people appear at the left and right edges. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.2017-01-07Two bare-chested men with white ash stripes on their shoulders and foreheads sit with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed during devotional worship. Both wear rudraksha malas and a thin sacred thread; the man on the right also wears a small pendant. A blurred crowd of seated devotees in orange and white clothing fills the background, with warm lights at the left edge.2017-01-07Two bare-chested young men with white horizontal stripes on their chests and arms sit in palms-together anjali mudra with closed eyes during a satsang or puja. Both wear rudraksha malas and the one on the right has a pendant on a cord. White stripes mark their foreheads. Blurred devotees in saffron and white sit behind them in a hall with warm lights.2017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07A shirtless young man with shoulder-length dark hair and a white tilak on his forehead sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed, in a temple ritual setting. He wears a rudraksha mala and a bracelet, and white ash marks show on his shoulders. Blurred figures on both sides, also with white markings and malas, kneel in prayer. Warm lamp light glows in the background and a lit oil lamp appears near the centre, with colourful offerings and deity imagery blurred behind.2017-01-26January 04 20172017-01-04Close photo of devotees seated in prayer with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed. The foreground man wears a rudraksha mala of dark beads over bare shoulders and a white vertical tilak on his forehead. Behind him, several men sit in similar prayer postures, some with bare upper bodies and white forehead markings, and one man on the right is partly visible. The background is softly blurred.2017-01-04January 01 20172017-01-01 +1 copiesA close photograph of a bare-chested man with short dark hair, closed eyes and palms pressed together in anjali mudra before his chest. He wears a long rudraksha mala with a large central bead, white vibhuti marks on his forehead and upper arms, and a silver-toned wristwatch and bead bracelets. Behind him, blurred seated devotees, some with shaved heads and white dhotis, sit in a hall with warm lights and brass items on the floor. Overlaid text reads copyright and source credits.2017-01-01A photograph of a shaved-headed man in the foreground, eyes closed, palms pressed together in anjali mudra, seated among a row of other devotees in white dhotis and bare-chested. He wears a rudraksha mala around his neck and bead bracelets on his wrist, with white vertical tilak marks on his forehead, nose and arms. Several other men sit blurred behind him, some in white and yellow cloth. The setting appears to be a prayer or puja gathering with a soft, out-of-focus background.2017-01-01A photograph of seated devotees at a satsang, with the foreground man in the centre-right pressing his palms together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. He wears a rudraksha mala with several beads across his bare upper chest, and a white tilak mark on his forehead. Blurred figures behind him, some with shaved heads, also hold their hands in prayer, and one man in the far right foreground is partly visible in profile. Soft light and shallow focus surround the group in a seated devotional gathering.2017-01-04January 22 20172017-01-22