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A photograph of a group of shirtless men seated in a row during a ritual, with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads, chests and arms, and white sacred threads over their shoulders. The central man, wearing glasses and a red rudraksha mala with a pendant, sits with eyes lowered and hands near a small object on a cloth. Others around him sit with eyes closed, some chanting, dressed in white and yellow cloths. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with white walls and a blurred background.

A seated devotee in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and marked with white vibhuti stripes on forehead and arms, presses his palms together in anjali while chanting, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck and gold bangles on his wrist. Behind him, rows of similarly dressed men sit cross-legged in a hall with pink walls, several with hands folded, and small oil lamps and brass puja vessels are visible in the foreground.

January 07 2017

Large group of devotees seated on the floor during a ritual, mostly shirtless men wearing white dhoti cloths, with white ash (vibhuti) smeared across their chests and arms. Several wear orange-and-red eye masks over their eyes and rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground, a man with a wristwatch and rudraksha mala cups white ash in his palms while a bearded man beside him does the same. Crowd members behind them sit in similar attire, some with white cords over their shoulders. Participants appear to be taking part in a ritual practice with ash.

April 03 2018

January 08 2017

A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with a cream floor. In the centre, a grey-haired man with glasses and white body markings sits with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a bare upper body, several rudraksha malas and a pendant necklace. Around him, other men and women sit on mats in white and saffron cloths, many with white ash markings on their bodies. Brass plates with flowers, a small oil lamp and a book lie on the floor in front. A shaved-headed man at left also presses his palms together.

A seated group of devotees in a hall performs a breathing or pranayama practice, pressing one nostril closed with a finger. Several men sit cross-legged on a white floor, bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with gold-bordered yellow edges and white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. Rudraksha mala beads hang across the chests of two men in the centre. Behind them, others wear orange-saffron cloths, and wooden chairs and a red cushion are visible in the background. A small floral arrangement sits at the lower right. No speaker or throne is clearly identifiable in the frame.

A large group of young men sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats in a hall, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with sacred threads across their chests. Many have white vibhuti or ash marks on their foreheads and bodies, and several wear gold pendant necklaces and rudraksha malas. The foreground man in the center holds a small object in his hands and appears to be in meditation. Others sit with eyes closed or gaze downward in quiet concentration.

A shaved-headed man sits cross-legged with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali at his chest, wearing a white sacred thread and white dhoti. He is bare-chested with white ash stripes on his arms and shoulders and a red tilak on his forehead, with a gold pendant on a chain. Behind and beside him, several other bare-chested men in white dhotis and white threads sit in meditation or prayer on an orange mat in a hall. The scene reads as a group meditation or satsang session.

January 08 2017