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A photograph of a devotee seated among a crowd at a ritual. In the foreground, a man with white hair tied in a bun and a white beard sits bare-chested with white ash markings on his forehead and shoulders, wearing a white cord and a brown bead pendant. He holds a thin green leaf or stem in his right hand near his chest. Beside him, another participant wears a dark cloth head covering with a red and orange patch and a white cord, and a man in glasses sits at the right edge. Blurred figures fill the background. The image is a photo; the page does not establish who this person is from appearance, so the identity is left unsure.

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January 22 20172017-01-22January 08 20172017-01-08December 02 20162016-12-02January 08 20172017-01-08May 14 20172017-05-14February 22 20172017-02-22A 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.2017-02-22July 28 20172017-07-28A large seated congregation of men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, many wearing rudraksha malas and sacred ash or white paint markings on their foreheads, arms and chests, sit closely together during a ritual satsang. In the foreground, a bald man in a red-brown bindi and a young man in red-framed glasses sit in meditative posture with hands folded. A central older man with long pale hair and no shirt, wearing a rudraksha mala, sits with eyes lowered among the devotees. Brass lamps and yellow-and-white offerings are placed in front of the seated rows, and small lamps glow on the floor. Several men hold palms together in namaskar. The setting is an indoor hall with pale walls and red and white cloth.2017-05-27A seated group of shirtless men in white dhoti-style cloths sits in a hall during what appears to be a ritual or meditative sitting. In the foreground a young man with light hair tied back in a bun wears a pendant necklace and a white paste mark on his forehead, eyes lowered. Beside him an older man with grey hair and a silver earring sits with hands together, and at the right edge a bald man in dark-rimmed glasses wears a long beaded rudraksha-style mala. Other participants with white marks on their bodies sit blurred in the background, and an orange-robed figure appears in the distance.2017-01-15A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with a cream floor. In the centre, a grey-haired man with glasses and white body markings sits with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a bare upper body, several rudraksha malas and a pendant necklace. Around him, other men and women sit on mats in white and saffron cloths, many with white ash markings on their bodies. Brass plates with flowers, a small oil lamp and a book lie on the floor in front. A shaved-headed man at left also presses his palms together.2017-01-08Photograph of a bare-chested man with short grey hair and rimless glasses seated in a ritual gathering, holding a small wooden implement and a folded leaf or cloth in his right hand. White vertical sacred ash marks streak his forehead and shoulders, and a white sacred thread with a rudraksha bead hangs around his neck. Behind and beside him, other bare-chested men in white ritual cloths sit in a hall with pink walls, blurred and absorbed in the ceremony. The image is consistent with a group initiation puja or deeksha setting.2017-02-22