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Ritual photograph of young boys in maroon-red and gold-bordered dhotis, bare-chested, with white vibhuti bands across their foreheads, performing a puja. The central boy holds a brass handbell and chants with his mouth open. The boy on the left presses his palms together in prayer, and the boy on the right holds a brass bell. Behind them seated devotees in white shirts and white dhotis, some with rudraksha malas and vibhuti on their foreheads, sit with hands folded. A figure in orange robes is partly visible at the lower left. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable in the scene.

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A seated ritual gathering of many boys and a few men, most in maroon sleeveless robes with gold trim, foreheads marked with white vibhuti. In the foreground a shaved-headed boy in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits with his head bowed. Behind them rows of boys in maroon sit on red mats, some holding small pink and white items, others with eyes closed in meditation. A man in white clothes sits in the background, and small brass lamps and offerings are placed on the floor before the group.2013-06-06June 13 20132013-06-13July 16 20172017-07-16 +1 copiesJanuary 22 20132013-01-22September 13 20132013-09-13April 16 20132013-04-16A photograph of a young boy in a red-maroon robe with a bare chest and a gold-edged cloth, eyes closed in meditation during a seated gathering. He wears a white horizontal forehead band with a red bindi and a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace. Beside him, another boy in a red robe and white forehead band sits with eyes closed. Behind them, seated adults in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing an orange shawl, watch in a hall. The scene suggests a satsang-style meditation session.2013-10-27A seated group of young men and boys in a hall, many wearing maroon or red-brown cloth with gold-yellow borders and bare upper bodies, some with white forehead bands and sandalwood or ash marks on their foreheads and arms. In the foreground, a young man in a white dhoti with gold-yellow border and a long rudraksha mala holds his palms together in anjali. Beside him a boy in maroon with gold border sits with hands folded, and a brass vessel rests on the floor. Behind them, older devotees in white and pink shirts and a bald man in a pink shirt sit among the crowd, and a water bottle is visible in the lower right. The seated audience is visible, though the people are partly cropped and in the background.2013-01-22A group of young boys seated on a floor covered with mats and cloth, wearing maroon robes with gold trim. Several hold small brass oil lamps or diyas and offer them in ritual worship. One boy in front wears glasses and sits with hands joined, another has a white tilak on his forehead and holds a lit lamp, and a boy at right holds a lamp near a brass plate. Brass plates and vessels sit on the floor, and a bright light falls in from the background. Their attention is focused on the lamps.2013-01-14October 23 20122012-10-23A photo of young boys in maroon dhoti-style garments with gold borders and maroon shawls, standing with palms pressed together in namaskar during a ritual in a hall. Several boys wear white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. Behind them, older men in white dhotis and saffron shawls stand with hands folded, and an oil lamp glows in the background. The setting appears to be a devotional gathering with padapuja-style reverence.2012-10-27October 25 20132013-10-25