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Devotees seated in a row during a puja, with hands pressed together in anjali mudra. The foreground figure wears an orange saffron wrap draped over his shoulder, a rudraksha mala around his neck and beaded bracelets, with white sacred ash lines on his forehead and white stripes painted across his bare upper arm and chest. Beside him, a second man in an orange wrap sits with eyes closed, and a row of others in orange clothing sits behind on a white cloth before ritual offerings and small lamps. A blurred crowd fills the background of this hall. No clear identity cue for a person is established by appearance, so the foreground devotees are described by role only.

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January 12 20172017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12January 01 20172017-01-01July 11 20132013-07-11A seated row of devotees with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed, in a pink-walled hall. The central man wears an orange saffron dhoti and a long rudraksha mala, with white horizontal tilak stripes on his forehead and arms. Beside and behind him, other men sit bare-chested with white stripes on their chests and shaven heads, some in white and yellow cloth, and one wears a maroon cloth. Brass oil lamps and offerings lie on the floor at the left, and a deity murti hangs in the background behind a garland. The image is blurred at the edges. No candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance, so the central figure is described by role only.2017-01-06 +1 copiesA group of devotees sits cross-legged in a hall with pale walls, many with bare upper bodies and hands pressed in anjali mudra with eyes closed in prayer. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange cloth wears a broad white vibhuti stripe on his forehead, a red kumkum dot, a long rudraksha mala and a green wrist cord, and holds his palms together. Beside him a man with a bare chest and rudraksha mala holds his hands in prayer, and another in an orange wrap and green lower cloth sits at right. Others in white and orange cloth sit behind them in devotion.2017-01-04 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20172017-01-01Several 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.2011-10-17January 08 20172017-01-08Photograph of a seated group of devotees in orange saffron robes during a ritual, palms pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. The foreground man, bald-headed with white tripundra markings on his forehead, wears rudraksha beads and an earring and sits on a striped mat. Beside him, a young boy with a white forehead mark and a man with a swept-back hairstyle also sit with hands folded, all in orange garments. The setting appears to be a hall with a blurred background of other participants, consistent with a puja or satsang gathering.2017-05-08June 14 20132013-06-14Photograph of several shaved-headed sannyasis in orange and saffron-brown robes seated in a row, hands pressed in anjali mudra and eyes closed in prayer or meditation. The foreground man wears a gold serpent armlet, a long rudraksha mala over his shoulder and a red bindi, with white vibhuti horizontal lines on his forehead and upper arm. Behind him others wear white forehead bands, rudraksha malas and gold earrings. A red curtain and wall form the background.2013-07-11