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A photograph of a seated young boy with a topknot, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a yellow-bordered edge, eyes closed and hands pressed together in prayer on a striped colourful mat. A red pendant hangs on a beaded chain around his neck, and a red bindi marks his forehead. Beside him a man in a light turquoise sweater and glasses holds a white printed sheet and reads from it. Behind them, people in white clothing and saffron-orange garments sit on the mats, and a dark backpack lies on the floor.

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July 08 20172017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08A photograph of a group seated cross-legged on colourful striped mats during a group study or chanting session. A young girl in the centre wears a white garment with gold borders and a red tilak on her forehead, her hair in a bun; she holds an open book and looks down. Beside her, a boy with bare shoulders and a gold-bordered white dhoti sits in the foreground, and a man in white shirt holds a loose sheet of paper. Behind them an adult in white dhoti with gold border stands, and another seated boy appears at the back right near wooden chairs.2017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08July 05 20172017-07-05 +1 copiesApril 03 20172017-04-03A seated man with a shaved head, bare-chested and wearing white dhoti-style cloth, sits cross-legged on a striped mat among children. He wears multiple strands of rudraksha beads and a white bead mala, a red and white forehead mark, and white sacred ash lines on his chest and arms. Several children in white and orange cloth sit around him, one girl with a red-beaded necklace and another with a red mark on her forehead. The man leans forward, pointing at a sheet of paper held by a child in the foreground. The setting looks like a group study or teaching session.2017-07-08July 08 20172017-07-08A photograph of a large group of young male devotees seated on the floor in a hall with a red backdrop, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with white sacred ash markings on their chests, arms and foreheads. A central boy in the foreground, with white ash on his body and a white thread across his shoulder, sits cross-legged on a colourful striped mat, holding a small book or leaf and reading or reciting. Others around him, some wearing wire-rimmed glasses and white necklaces, sit in similar postures, with yellow-bordered cloth visible at the edges. No person is identified as a person in this image.2017-04-03Seated meditation in a hall with many participants on mats. In the foreground a young boy in white dhoti and shawl with a red-brown rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark sits with eyes closed, hands in lap. Beside him a boy in white kurta and dhoti sits with hands clasped. Behind them men and boys in white and one in orange sit in rows. A brass vessel and a small plastic container with offerings sit on the floor at lower left.2011-10-06A photograph of a seated group of young boys and teens in a hall during a ritual gathering. In the foreground a boy wearing glasses and a red-and-gold pendant on a white cord sits cross-legged in a lilac dhoti, bare-chested, with white marks painted on his chest and arms, holding a thin stick and a red thread. To the right a bare-chested teen in a white cloth holds white folds of fabric in his lap, with white ash lines on his shoulders and arms. Behind them many people in white dhotis and shirts sit in rows, some bare-chested with sacred white markings, against a red wall with yellow hangings.2017-04-03January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copies