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A shaved-headed man in white ritual dress sits with eyes lowered and palms pressed together in anjali mudra at chest height. He wears a white dhoti-style wrap with red-edged borders over one shoulder, a rudraksha mala hanging on his chest, white tilak lines across the forehead with a red bindi, and gold rings on his fingers. Behind him, a woman in an orange shawl and white sari with gold border also presses her hands in prayer, with other devotees partly visible at the edges and orange drapery in the background. The scene reads as a devotional gathering or satsang. The man is a devotee in prayer rather than a visibly distinctive figure, so no appearance-based identification applies.

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Four men sit in a row with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed, in a devotional gathering. The foreground man on the left is bald, wears thin round glasses and a rudraksha mala, and is wrapped in white cloth with maroon borders. The next man has white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms and wears white cloth. Two younger men further right also wear white garments with maroon edging and fold their hands. At the right edge, a figure in saffron-orange robes sits partly visible. Bronze and brass vessels sit in the lower foreground near bare feet.2011-09-25September 10 20112011-09-10A photograph of a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and white upper cloth, with white horizontal tripundra lines on his forehead and a small red dot between them, wearing a dark wooden rudraksha mala. His eyes are closed and he appears absorbed in ritual or meditation, possibly during a puja. A young boy with a white forehead marking and red bindi sits with eyes closed beside him, and a partly visible person in white with yellow-edged cloth stands at the left edge. A gold-framed mirror or frame is visible at the right edge against a pale wall. The man's appearance does not clearly match the page's claim of a person's presence, so he is described by role only.2010-10-10Close-up photo of a shaved-headed young man seated outdoors with his palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer. He wears white horizontal vibhuti stripes across his forehead with a red kumkum dot between the brows, a white cloth wrapped over his bare shoulders with red-striped borders, and a rudraksha mala hanging on his chest. A silver bangle is on his wrist. Behind him is an orange cloth backdrop. The figure is a devotee or priest in prayer; no identity is asserted from appearance.2010-10-03Several men sit in a devotional setting with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and eyes closed. The foreground man is shaved-headed, wears a saffron-orange shawl over a bare upper body, a dark rudraksha mala, and a gold bracelet, with white and red tilak marks on his forehead. Beside him, a man in an orange shawl and dark rudraksha mala also prays with hands folded and a gold bracelet on his wrist. Blurred figures in white dhotis and orange garments sit behind them.2011-10-17Photograph of two young men seated in a crowded hall with their palms pressed together in anjali mudra, a devotional gesture. Both wear white dhoti-style cloths draped over bare shoulders, white urdhva-pundra forehead marks and white bands on their arms, and rudraksha mala beads on the chest. The man on the left wears gold bangles and an earring and looks upward, while the man on the right wears glasses and gazes forward. Behind them, a blurred crowd of seated onlookers in colourful shirts, including children, watches the gathering.2011-09-28October 07 20112011-10-07August 23 20162016-08-23December 06 20112011-12-06January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesOctober 29 20112011-10-29Several men in plain white ritual clothes sit on a floor mat with their palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed, in a devotional gathering. The central figure is shaved-headed and wears thin-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala, a gold bangle and a white upper cloth with gold-coloured edges. Others beside him have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads and arms. Behind them a red wall and a man in a pale green kurta sit in the background. No one visible is distinctively identifiable as a person by appearance cues, so the presence of a person candidate is unsure. The setting suggests a pada puja or satsang moment.2011-11-04