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A large group of men sits cross-legged in a crowded hall during a ritual, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with yellow borders. Many have white ash markings on their foreheads and bodies. In the foreground, a bald man with a red tilak and a rudraksha mala sits with hands pressed in anjali. To his left, a man with short grey hair holds his palms together, and to his right a man with long light hair and a rudraksha mala also holds his palms together. Blurred figures and bright lights fill the background.

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January 04 20172017-01-04 +1 copiesSeveral shaved-headed men in plain white dhoti-style cloth sit in a seated row with hands folded in anjali, eyes closed, reciting in a devotional gathering. They wear white tripundra-style markings on forehead and arms, and rudraksha malas around their necks; one on the left wears a red-and-gold trimmed cloth. The background shows red and maroon hangings and blurred figures.2011-12-31Photo of a seated group of devotees in a ceremonial hall, bare-chested men with white ash stripes on their arms, shoulders and foreheads, wearing rudraksha malas. The central man has a shaved head, eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaskar; beside him a man with dreadlocks and a dark headband also holds palms together in prayer. Behind them, other seated participants in saffron and white cloth sit on the floor near small lit oil lamps and offerings. Visible people are attendees at a puja-style gathering; no clear appearance-based candidate for the presenter is shown.2017-01-07May 27 20172017-05-27January 12 20172017-01-12 +1 copiesJanuary 12 20172017-01-12January 07 20172017-01-07January 12 20172017-01-12January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesMay 16 20172017-05-16A group of devotees sits cross-legged in a hall with pale walls, many with bare upper bodies and hands pressed in anjali mudra with eyes closed in prayer. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange cloth wears a broad white vibhuti stripe on his forehead, a red kumkum dot, a long rudraksha mala and a green wrist cord, and holds his palms together. Beside him a man with a bare chest and rudraksha mala holds his hands in prayer, and another in an orange wrap and green lower cloth sits at right. Others in white and orange cloth sit behind them in devotion.2017-01-04 +1 copiesJanuary 04 20172017-01-04 +1 copies