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June 23 2014

A crowded indoor hall with a blue-painted metal roof and ceiling fans, where devotees stand in rows. Many men wear white shirts and white dhotis, some with rudraksha-style necklaces and tilak marks, and several women wear saris in pink, orange and white. Hands are folded in namaskaram near the front. Decorative cloth-wrapped pillars with bird and floral patterns line the walls, and a camera operator stands at the left edge filming.

A dense crowd of devotees, mostly men in white shirts and striped shirts with some women in saris, packs a small hall with white walls and ceiling fans. Ornate fabric hangings in red, cream and gold hang from the ceiling. At the far end a shrine with a decorated deity murti sits under silver drapes, with flower arrangements nearby. A man in orange robes stands near the shrine among the crowd, and a framed picture hangs on the right wall. Many devotees have their palms folded or raised in devotion, and a video camera is mounted at the right edge.

2013-06-23 +2 copies

A photo inside a long, plain temple hall with white walls, a corrugated metal roof on exposed beams, and tall decorated pillars wrapped in orange and blue cloth. Many men and boys stand and walk through the crowd carrying steel plates of food, with some people seated on the floor at left. At the far end, an elaborately decorated deity murti is lit up in a shrine with a golden canopy. A man in a blue sweater holds a plate, and a man in white wears an orange shawl across his shoulders at right. The scene reads as a temple gathering with food being distributed.

A large crowd fills a bright, high-ceilinged hall with cream walls, rows of windows and hanging yellow, orange and green decorative banners. Many devotees press forward, several raising cupped hands in greeting or devotion. In the foreground a bearded man in a maroon shirt and white-shirted men stand among women in saris and salwar, some with white and red garments, bindi and kumkum. A videographer with a camera on the left and another cameraman on the right film the gathering. Near the centre, a figure in orange-saffron clothing stands above the crowd in the distance, surrounded by people with raised arms.

2014-06-29 +1 copies

A crowded indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and white-arched architecture, where devotees gather in front of a raised ornate seat draped with a red and gold cloth and flanked by a framed deity image. A man in a white shirt holds up a video camera, and a man in white dhoti and shawl with a garland stands near the front. Women in saris, many in orange, pink and red, press their palms together in prayer. Rows of people fill the floor, with cloth banners in red, blue and white hanging on the pillars and a sound system and monitor at the side.

June 19 2014

2014-06-19 +1 copies

Photograph of a devotee gathering in a whitewashed hall decorated for Navaratri with strings of small lights along the ceiling and colourful woven banners hanging on the walls. Rows of people sit cross-legged on striped mats facing a central altar with a deity murti and a seated figure in saffron robes. Many attendees wear white clothes, while women wear bright saffron, pink and red saris. Shelves hold rows of small figurines and a small brass lamp flame burns near the front.

A photograph inside a covered hall with a corrugated roof, ceiling fans and hanging lights. A large framed portrait on a stand shows a smiling man in an orange-saffron turban and orange clothing, carried or displayed among devotees. Crowd members wear white dhotis and shirts, saffron shawls and orange cloth over their shoulders; women wear white and colourful saris. Tall cylindrical decorations painted with flowers and a lotus-like emblem, and paper leaf and flower strings, hang from the ceiling. Wall banners and framed photos line the back wall. Devotees stand in a procession-like gathering during a pada-yatra style event.

May 13 2012

A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees, mostly dressed in white, viewed from behind as they face a raised stage. A golden ornate palanquin-like seat or throne stands at the centre of the stage, with several white-clad figures near it. Two projection screens flank the stage showing a deity image. Overhead, white draped fabric and ceiling fans cover the hall, with colourful striped banners hanging at the sides. A woman in a purple sari stands in the foreground on the right, and a few devotees raise their hands. The scene suggests a devotional gathering or darshan.

June 29 2014