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A man sits cross-legged on a yellow mat in front of a gold and orange silk drape with pink stripes and green fringe. He wears a tied turban of loose twisted hair, rudraksha mala beads with a pendant, a bare chest with white horizontal markings on the shoulders and upper arms, and white dhoti with gold border. His eyes are closed and one hand is raised to his mouth in a meditative or yoga practice pose, with a brass pot placed beside him.

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April 24 20182018-04-24April 24 20182018-04-24April 16 20182018-04-16 +1 copiesApril 24 20182018-04-24 +1 copiesA young man with long pulled-back blond hair sits cross-legged in meditation, eyes closed, wearing a bare chest with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms, a red and cream rudraksha mala with a small pendant, and white loose pants. Behind him, other devotees sit on a stone platform: a bare-chested man with red rudraksha malas and a turquoise-clad woman in teal and gold cloth. A dark black stone form.2016-12-14March 28 20182018-03-28A photo of a seated group of shirtless men in white dhotis with white ash markings on their foreheads and bodies, meditating or chanting in a hall. The central man sits cross-legged with eyes closed and hands held in a mudra, wearing a pendant on a cord and a gold bracelet. Beside him, a man with dreadlocks and a red-and-white beaded necklace holds his hands in a similar gesture. Small oil lamps and offerings sit on striped mats and cloths on the floor, and a red bag rests near the right edge. Other participants sit in the background. No identifiable a person figure is clearly present in the frame.2017-01-13A seated man in a white dhoti with gold borders and a bare chest sits cross-legged on a wooden floor before a deep red curtain. His light brown hair is wound into a high topknot studded with rudraksha beads, and he wears a white horizontal forehead mark with a dark bindi. Multiple rudraksha malas hang across his chest and rudraksha bands encircle his upper arms, with white ash smeared on his shoulders and arms. He holds his right hand near his face in a mudra-like gesture while his left hand dips a small spoon into a brass pot on the floor. A small purple bird logo appears in the upper left corner of the photo. Appearance-based identification is not established, so this is a priest-like practitioner performing a small ritual act.2018-03-28Photograph of a bare-chested man seated cross-legged on the floor in white dhoti with gold borders, wearing a long rudraksha mala and gold chains, with a small red pendant, sindoor-style mark on forehead, and a red thread on his wrist. He holds his hands together at chest level, speaking to an audience. In the foreground are brass oil lamps with a lit flame, a brass kalasha-style vessel and flower offerings. Behind him a bare-chested older man in glasses and rudraksha mala sits, and blurred figures and a colourful cloth stand in the background. Appearance-based candidate is a person by cues of a rudraksha mala and ceremonial gold necklaces, though the attribution is uncertain.2018-03-06August 04 20172017-08-04December 10 20112011-12-10March 06 20182018-03-06