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December 17 2007

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June 27 20102010-06-27Photograph inside a white-tented hall during an evening gathering. A large crowd of devotees, mostly women in white and cream saris and salwars, stands close together facing toward the front, many with long braided hair. Some wear gold necklaces and bindis. Tall decorative cylindrical banners in bright yellow, red, blue and green patterns with bird and elephant motifs hang from the ceiling. Dark maroon curtains frame the stage area on the left, and a few people in saffron and orange clothing stand near it. Fluorescent lights and a white ceiling fan are visible.2008-12-28Interior of a large open-sided hall with a corrugated metal roof, yellow steel trusses and bright white ceiling lights, photographed at dusk. A crowd of devotees in white and cream clothing stands and walks across a red-carpeted floor. Several women wear white or cream saris with orange borders and one woman in orange sits on the left. Men wear white shirts and trousers, and some wear lanyards. Along the back wall are hanging orange and red banners, a lattice panel and a red-and-white draped canopy on the right. Several people press their palms together in greeting.2005-08-04December 17 20072007-12-17December 17 20072007-12-17A large indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and bare concrete-block walls hosts a crowded gathering of devotees seated on the floor, mostly in white clothing. Tall decorated pillars wrapped in red, blue and yellow patterned fabric with floral and bird motifs line the space. Several elderly men and women stand in the central aisle, including a man in a white dhoti and shirt, a woman in an orange sari, and women in white saris with orange borders. Hanging lamps and fluorescent tubes light the room, and a small shrine with a deity murti is visible at the far end.2007-02-16October 20 20162016-10-20June 27 20102010-06-27December 28 20082008-12-28A photograph inside a dimly lit tent-like hall during an event. A long line of women stands in the foreground, several wearing saris: one older woman in orange and red with a necklace, a woman in yellow with a small bag, women in white and orange, and a woman in white with a gold border with hands joined. A man in white with an orange shawl stands at the right edge. Behind them a large crowd of devotees dressed mostly in white sits and stands. Colourful hanging fabric panels with elephant motifs hang from the ceiling, and a red curtain edges the left side.2006-10-21A crowded indoor hall with an orange-painted wall and a corrugated metal roof on steel trusses. Several painted cylindrical pillars in red, yellow, blue and white patterns stand along the room. Devotees in white clothes and colourful saris kneel, sit and stand in rows behind a stainless steel railing, some with hands pressed together in prayer. A red carpet runs along the railing toward a raised area at the far end. Many men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the right side. Framed photographs hang on the walls. Some people sit on the floor in the foreground near the railing, and a few bend forward toward the front. The scene appears to be a darshan queue.2010-08-19December 17 20072007-12-17