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Photograph inside a stone temple shrine with pale yellow-brown block walls. In the foreground, the back of a person's head with long dark dreadlocks, bare shoulder visible, facing the shrine. Framed painted portraits hang on the wall: a large framed painting of a bearded sadhu with long matted hair and rudraksha mala, seated in meditation pose on a dark background with a crescent-shaped marking on the forehead, and a smaller framed image of a bearded sage seated in meditation with a red rudraksha mala. White flower garlands hang from the frames. Below, a metal offering box and white flower petals lie on a small shelf. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance; the portraits are painted depictions of other sages.

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A person with long black dreadlocks, seen from behind and partly in the foreground, faces a small shrine niche in a pale yellow stone wall. Inside the niche, a framed painting shows a bearded, bare-chested sadhu seated in meditation pose before dark foliage, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a hand raised. Beside it, a smaller framed picture shows another bearded figure seated in meditation on a rock with rudraksha beads. Jasmine garlands hang over both frames, and fresh white flowers and a brass vessel rest on a ledge below.2018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29 +1 copiesApril 29 20182018-04-29A bare-shouldered man with long dreadlocked hair and a rudraksha mala around his neck sits in prayer with palms pressed together and head bowed, facing a small shrine. Behind him, a framed painting shows a bearded sage in meditation posture with a sacred thread, labelled Patanjali Siddhar, above a metal shrine box decorated with white flower garlands and a small oil lamp. The wall is pale carved stone.2018-04-29A photo of a bare-chested man with short dark hair and a beard, hands pressed together in namaskar near his face, praying at a small shrine. Rudraksha beads are visible on his wrist and neck. Beside him a framed painting shows a bearded sage with long hair seated in meditation posture against a dark background, labelled PATHANJALI SIDHAR. Below the frame sits a small copper altar with a lit oil lamp and white flower garlands, set against a pale stone wall with carved pilasters.2018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29Photo 11716800A bare-shouldered man with a shaved-looking head and rudraksha malas on his wrist and chest sits with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes closed, before a shrine niche in a cream stone wall. On the right, a framed painting shows a bearded ascetic seated in lotus posture with a rudraksha mala, labelled PATHANJALI SIDHAR. Below it, a copper-toned altar box is decorated with white flowers and a small oil lamp burns. The man's features are partly obscured and his appearance does not clearly show distinctive a person cues, so he is described only by role as a devotee at prayer.2018-04-29A bare-chested man with long dreadlocked hair and rudraksha beads on his neck and wrists stands in profile with palms pressed together in anjali mudra before a painted deity murti of Shiva in a niche. The murti has blue-grey skin, a dark topknot, a white and red tilak on the forehead and an orange garment. A rope garland with red and blue tassels hangs above the niche against pale stone walls, with a beaded curtain at right. The man's stance and posture suggest devotion, and the scene looks like a temple darshan.2018-04-29A man with long matted dreadlocks, bare-chested and wearing a rust-red saffron cloth wrapped around his waist and shoulder, stands with hands folded in prayer before a small golden shrine. The shrine is an ornate gilded canopy niche decorated with white and red flower garlands and a pink floral offering, set in a plain whitewashed stone room with an oil lamp on the wall. Brass ritual vessels and a small offering tray sit on the floor in the lower right. Rudraksha beads are visible on his upper arm and wrist.2018-03-01A photograph of a man with long dreadlocked hair and a short beard standing in profile with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed in prayer. He wears a rust-red cloth wrapped around his waist and draped over his left shoulder, bare-chested, with rudraksha beads on his wrists and upper arm and a white marking on his forehead. In a plain whitewashed stone room he faces a small ornate brass shrine with a deity murti, garlanded with white and red flowers and pink and green garlands, and a small oil lamp hangs on the wall beside it.2018-03-01 +2 copies