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A photograph of children seated on the floor at a person event, with white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and bare arms and chests. Three boys in front wear white dhotis, and the centre boy has a gold cloth band at the waist and an orange pendant on a white cord. The boy on the left wears a rudraksha mala. Behind them, women in white and cream saris with gold borders sit in rows, and an older woman with grey hair is at the right. A red curtain and yellow pillars frame the hall.

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A photograph of a large group of young boys seated closely together, mostly bare-chested, wearing white dhotis and white sacred markings on their foreheads, chests and shoulders. Several boys wear rudraksha or orange-red beaded malas and small pendants, and some wear glasses or ear studs. They sit attentively in rows, with some gazing forward and others looking off to the side. The setting appears to be a ritual or kids' program session in an ashram hall.2017-02-15Close photo of a group of young shirtless boys seated on the ground in white dhoti-style cloth with white sacred threads across their chests, many with white ash markings on the skin. A smiling boy in the centre wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace. Behind them, out of focus, are yellow poles and seated people in white.2017-04-08April 03 20172017-04-03February 15 20172017-02-15April 03 20172017-04-03Several shirtless boys stand close together in a dimly lit space, their bodies marked with white horizontal ash stripes across chests and arms and white paste on their foreheads. Each wears a white cord necklace with a rudraksha bead and a small gold-framed pendant bearing a portrait, and white dhotis are visible at the bottom edge. The boy in the centre holds his hands together in front of his waist, while the two boys beside him look directly at the camera. Blurred figures stand behind them.2017-05-02April 03 20172017-04-03April 08 20172017-04-08 +1 copiesMay 02 20172017-05-02A photograph of a large group of young male devotees seated on the floor in a hall with a red backdrop, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with white sacred ash markings on their chests, arms and foreheads. A central boy in the foreground, with white ash on his body and a white thread across his shoulder, sits cross-legged on a colourful striped mat, holding a small book or leaf and reading or reciting. Others around him, some wearing wire-rimmed glasses and white necklaces, sit in similar postures, with yellow-bordered cloth visible at the edges. No person is identified as a person in this image.2017-04-03February 15 20172017-02-15A photograph of a seated group of young boys and teens in a hall during a ritual gathering. In the foreground a boy wearing glasses and a red-and-gold pendant on a white cord sits cross-legged in a lilac dhoti, bare-chested, with white marks painted on his chest and arms, holding a thin stick and a red thread. To the right a bare-chested teen in a white cloth holds white folds of fabric in his lap, with white ash lines on his shoulders and arms. Behind them many people in white dhotis and shirts sit in rows, some bare-chested with sacred white markings, against a red wall with yellow hangings.2017-04-03