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Close photo of a man with short grey hair, a white paste mark on his forehead and a sandalwood-coloured vertical line between his brows, wearing a hoop earring, a rudraksha bead necklace, and a white cloth with yellow edging draped over bare shoulders. He holds a small rectangular wooden tablet at chest level and looks down at it intently. Blurred white-clad figures fill the background of what appears to be a group session hall.

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March 18 20172017-03-18A young man in white ritual dress with a bare right shoulder and a gold-bordered white dhoti-shawl stands in a temple setting. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha beads and orange-brown seed malas, a thin white sandal-paste tripundra on his forehead, and gold-band bracelets. He holds a small brass plate or dish in both hands and looks down at it attentively. Behind him a gold trishul stands against a red wall, and devotees sit in the background, including one in an orange garment at right. a person appearance cue is not clearly established here: the subject has shaved-looking hair pulled back with white tripundra and mala adornments but the features are uncertain, so the identity is unsure.2016-08-13July 28 20172017-07-28February 22 20172017-02-22February 22 20172017-02-22Close-up photo of a bare-chested older man with short grey hair, thin-rimmed glasses and a grey moustache, holding a small bundle of white and yellow ritual items, possibly sacred thread or cloth, in one hand. He wears a white cord across his shoulder and a dark pendant on a cord at his chest, with white ash marks on his forehead and body. Other bare-chested participants sit blurred in the background in a warm-toned hall.2017-02-22A photograph of a shaved-headed, bespectacled older man seated among blurred participants during a ritual initiation. He is bare-chested with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and shoulders and a thin sacred cord across his chest. He holds a folded palm-leaf or sheet in both hands and reads from it with his head lowered. Several other bare-chested men sit in the background wearing white cloths and cords.2017-02-22A young man stands bare-chested at a Shiva Deeksha initiation, a red kumkum mark on his forehead and white thread with a rudraksha bead around his neck. He looks down at a small palm-leaf style card with Sanskrit text held in his right hand. Behind him, shirtless and white-clad devotees and an older man in a blue top are seen out of focus at the Tiruvannamalai Adheenam setting.2018-01-13 +1 copiesJune 02 20132013-06-02February 22 20172017-02-22January 08 20172017-01-08February 22 20172017-02-22