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Photograph of a seated devotional ritual in a bright hall with red-brown walls. In the foreground a bald man with white forehead marks and white ash streaks on his arms and shoulders sits in brown-red robes with a gold border, hands pressed together in namaskar, wearing rudraksha malas, an armband of beads, glasses and a wristwatch. To his left stand more men in red-brown and saffron robes with white ash on their foreheads, several with hands folded or working over brass offering items. On the right a woman in a white and gold-bordered garment and layered bead necklace sits with her head bowed. Puja offerings and small oil lamps sit on a white cloth in the lower left. Watermarked archive photo; no identity claim is made from appearance.

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A row of men seated on the floor during a pada puja ritual in a hall with white walls and red curtains. The foreground man is bald, wears rimless glasses, a rudraksha mala and a saffron-and-gold shawl over a bare chest, with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arm, and holds a small offering item. Beside him, a younger man with long hair, a white garment with gold border and dark beads offers something from his hand. Other priests in saffron and red-brown robes sit in a line behind, holding incense or puja items, with brass vessels, flower-decorated plates and oil lamps on the floor in front. Four to five people are clearly visible.2014-04-20Photograph of several saffron-robed sannyasis seated closely together on a floor during a satsang or meditation. The foreground man wears a red-orange shawl with rudraksha malas, a red bindi and a white horizontal vibhuti band on his forehead, and has white ash marks on his arms. Beside him a man in a red-orange robe with a long rudraksha mala and white forehead and arm markings sits with eyes lowered, and to the right a man with hands folded in namaste sits in a saffron shawl with rudraksha beads. Other seated devotees in orange and red robes with forehead ash fill the background, with red curtains and a white wall behind them.2013-05-02January 17 20132013-01-17October 06 20142014-10-06A photograph of a group of devotees in an indoor hall performing a devotional gesture with palms pressed together at chest height. Four prominent men in the foreground wear rudraksha malas and orange or red-saffron robes; one wears a pale-coloured necklace with a small medallion and a rudraksha mala, another wears a red-brown shawl with a rudraksha mala and gold-toned earrings, and the man at right wears a white dhoti-style cloth with a long rudraksha mala. Several people behind them wear orange and white clothing, and a red digital clock is visible on the wall at upper left. White ash marks are visible on several foreheads and arms. No candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.2014-04-04April 20 20142014-04-20Photograph of a seated ritual gathering indoors during a pada puja. Several men in saffron and rust-orange robes sit cross-legged in a row on a white floor, many with white and yellow tripundra markings on their foreheads and arms. One man in the centre with a shaved head wears a rudraksha mala and a dark red-brown shawl with gold border, holding incense or a ritual item. At right, a man with long swept-back hair, a rudraksha mala and white-and-gold dhoti-style cloth holds a small object in his hands. Brass vessels, a tray with flowers and oil lamps sit on a cloth in front. Red curtains and framed pictures hang on the wall behind.2014-04-20January 01 20172017-01-01January 12 20172017-01-12January 11 20172017-01-11January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesMarch 04 20132013-03-04