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April 03 20132013-04-03September 04 20122012-09-04 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor gathering of young male devotees seated cross-legged on a cloth-covered floor, dressed in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders. Many wear rudraksha malas and have white or sandal forehead markings. The front-right devotee, with a shaved head and stacked beaded necklaces, holds his palms together in anjali. Behind them, older men in white and a man in a patterned shirt sit in the dark. Oil lamps or lights glow faintly in the background, and a pillar stands at the left. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the seated devotees.2015-06-02Night outdoor ritual at a fire-pit homa area. Five young men in white dhotis and shawls with rudraksha malas and orange-red armbands sit cross-legged on a yellow-framed platform before a metal bowl of yellow grain and a microphone. Behind them a large crowd of seated devotees in white and red shawls fills the open ground, with a tall ornate lamp or pillar and garlands near the back. A purple-striped rug lies to the left.2014-08-29Indoor photo of a seated group of men and boys in white dhotis and shawls with gold borders at a ritual or satsang gathering. Several men wear rudraksha malas; the front-right man, bare-chested with a shaved head and a small tilak, sits cross-armed beside boys in striped shirts. Chairs behind hold more men in white, and a red curtain hangs at left. The page places this at a 2011 event listed under Pratyaksha-Pada-Pooja, Bhagavad-Gita-Satsang and Rudra-Homa, but no ritual fire or deity is visible, so no specific rite is shown.2011-12-28February 24 20152015-02-24 +1 copiesJanuary 16 20132013-01-16August 29 20142014-08-29October 11 20142014-10-11March 01 20162016-03-01 +1 copiesNight outdoor photograph of a ritual gathering. A standing priest in white dhoti with a gold-bordered yellow cloth draped over one shoulder and a rudraksha mala around his neck holds a lit oil lamp in his hands. Around him, several seated men in white shirts with green lanyards sit with hands folded in prayer; one man has white sacred ash on his forehead. A bare-headed older man with white hair sits at right. Dark background with a faint smoky glow.2015-11-18December 02 20102010-12-02