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Several shirtless male devotees sit cross-legged in a hall during a puja, palms pressed together in anjali. The foreground devotee on the right wears a red-and-brown rudraksha mala and a silver pendant, with white body markings on his shoulders and arms. The centre devotee has dreadlocks tied back under a black headband, hoop earrings, and a rudraksha mala, also holding palms together. The left figure wears a white dhoti with a gold border and gold bracelets. Small oil lamps glow on the floor and a blurred crowd of seated attendees fills the background.

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January 07 20172017-01-07Photo of a seated group of devotees in a ceremonial hall, bare-chested men with white ash stripes on their arms, shoulders and foreheads, wearing rudraksha malas. The central man has a shaved head, eyes closed and palms pressed together in namaskar; beside him a man with dreadlocks and a dark headband also holds palms together in prayer. Behind them, other seated participants in saffron and white cloth sit on the floor near small lit oil lamps and offerings. Visible people are attendees at a puja-style gathering; no clear appearance-based candidate for the presenter is shown.2017-01-07Devotees seated in a hall during a ritual in Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru. In the foreground, two men sit with palms pressed together in namaskar. The man on the left has long dreadlocks tied back with a black headband, hoop earrings, a red-and-white rudraksha mala and white horizontal stripes on his shoulders and arms, wearing a white dhoti. The man on the right has short dark hair, a red bindi and white markings on his forehead and chest, a red rudraksha mala and a pendant necklace, and is bare-chested. Other bare-chested participants in white dhotis sit behind them, with small oil lamps and offerings visible on the floor.2017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesThree men seated in a hall with palms pressed together in anjali, eyes closed in prayer. The nearest, on the right, is an older bald man with white vibhuti markings on his forehead and arms, wearing a rudraksha mala and a white dhoti. The middle young man has long dark hair tied back, a tilak, rudraksha malas and a white upper cloth. The left young man also wears rudraksha malas and white markings on his shoulders. Behind them, others in orange and white clothing sit in the blurred background of a satsang or darshan gathering. No candidate for the a person figure is clearly distinguishable by the cues required.2017-08-03Two bare-chested men with white ash stripes on their shoulders and foreheads sit with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed during devotional worship. Both wear rudraksha malas and a thin sacred thread; the man on the right also wears a small pendant. A blurred crowd of seated devotees in orange and white clothing fills the background, with warm lights at the left edge.2017-01-07Two young men in the foreground sit with palms pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed during a devotional gathering. Both are bare-chested, wearing rudraksha malas and white horizontal stripes painted on their upper arms and chests. The man on the left has white urdhva-style marks on his forehead and a small earring; the man on the right wears a gold pendant on a cord. Behind them, blurred figures in white and orange clothing fill a hall, and a warm amber light glows at the top right. Partially visible people appear at the left and right edges. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.2017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07January 01 20172017-01-01May 30 20172017-05-30August 24 20162016-08-24