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A photo of young students seated in rows on a white tiled floor in a hall with red curtains and framed posters on the walls. In the foreground a boy with a shaved head and white tilak on his forehead wears an orange robe and sits with eyes lowered, hands resting on his knees. Beside him a girl in an orange robe and rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Behind them several boys in maroon-red robes sit in meditation posture, one smiling. Brass puja vessels, a small brass lamp and a tray with flower petals are arranged on a cloth in front. No identifiable adult is clearly seated as a central figure.

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November 16 20132013-11-16 +1 copiesDecember 08 20132013-12-08A photograph of a seated puja line inside a large hall with red curtains and framed panels on the walls. In the foreground a bald man in orange robes, rudraksha mala and white sandalwood markings on his forehead and chest sits cross-legged, pouring from a small brass vessel onto a tray. Beside and behind him, a row of shaved-headed young men and boys in orange and deep red robes sit with brass cups, plates of flowers and fruit, and small brass lamps on the floor. A few onlookers in white stand near a rope barrier at the back.2013-12-08December 08 20132013-12-08November 28 20132013-11-28 +3 copiesDecember 16 20132013-12-16Photograph of a large seated group of young boys and some adults in saffron-orange sannyasi-style robes during a puja, sitting in rows on white floor mats before brass plates, kalasha-style vessels, flower offerings, small oil lamps and a silver-toned altar piece. The boys have shaved heads and white forehead markings, and several are seated with hands raised in mudra or joined in prayer. Behind them, more orange-robed participants sit along the hall, with red curtains and white pillars in the background. A small black deity murti sits on a silver stand at left.2013-12-11A photograph of a seated group of young men and boys in saffron-orange and red-orange robes with rudraksha malas, many with white vibhuti or chandan marks on their foreheads and arms, sitting on a floor during a ritual. Several hold small brass vessels and trays with offerings, and a red-draped table and a wooden carved panel stand in the background behind a white rope barrier. The people appear to be devotees or sannyasi participants; no one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2013-12-16A large group of young boys and a few adults sit cross-legged on a tiled hall floor during a ritual gathering. Most boys wear saffron-orange dhoti-style cloth and have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads, and several wear rudraksha malas. A bald, orange-robed man with a rudraksha mala and white forehead marks sits in the centre-right, a boy beside him in orange seems to be receiving marks, and a man in white clothes with folded hands sits at the back. Brass plates with flowers, fruit, kumkum and small lamps are arranged on the floor, along with a small decorated silver-and-red stand and a silver tray. Red chairs are stacked along the back wall and an orange-robed figure stands in the background.2013-12-12December 09 20132013-12-09 +1 copiesDecember 16 20132013-12-16December 16 20132013-12-16