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Indoor photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain room with red stacking chairs and windows behind. A man with a shaved head, wearing a saffron-orange robe and a white tilak on his forehead, stands at left near a seated woman in green and red. In the foreground, several women sit with their backs to the camera; one in a purple salwar with a long braid raises her hands toward a small flame, and others wear white and yellow saris with flowers in their hair. At right, a man in a white shirt with a round gold-and-red badge presses his palms together in namaste beside a man in a beige shirt. Smoke and a lit flame rise from a small fire at centre. Around ten people are visible.

Indoor ritual scene in a plain whitewashed hall with a tiled floor. A young man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border holds a brass tray with a lit camphor flame and offerings, performing aarti. Around him, women and men with palms pressed together in namaskar, including a woman in a purple sari and a woman in green, many with kumkum on their foreheads. Behind them, saffron-robed monks and men in white stand watching, one in a saffron turban at right. A tall brass lamp with flower garlands stands at the right edge. The setting suggests a devotional puja or aarti in an ashram.

July 01 2014

A seated woman in orange and maroon robes, wearing a red and white flower garland and bangles, holds a silver trident aloft beside a small flame in a brass lamp on a patterned mat. A plate of white flowers sits in front. Around her, a crowd of devotees sits and stands with palms pressed together in a whitewashed room with framed pictures, many women in saffron, pink and green saris and men in white shirts. A young girl in white watches the flame, and a monk in saffron stands behind with a pair of traditional cymbal-like instruments. The scene shows a pada puja at a devotee's house.

A crowded evening scene of devotees gathered outdoors near a building with pink-painted walls. In the foreground a woman in a red and gold silk sari with a red bindi and dark beaded necklace presses her palms together. Beside her an older woman in glasses and a pink patterned blouse holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame, while a young man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a white vibhuti mark on his forehead extends a hand toward the lamp. Several other devotees in white shirts and saris stand around, some with raised hands and tilak marks, and a small child is visible in the background. The gathering suggests an aarti or puja offering.

A photograph of a crowded indoor room with cream walls, a ceiling light and curtained windows, where devotees gather closely. In the centre, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti reaches toward a woman who bows low, offering or receiving a small item, while a man beside him holds a brass or golden vessel. A woman in a green blouse and green-and-yellow checked sari, and another in a brown sari with a red flower in her hair, stand nearby with hands raised in reverence. On the right, a young man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands among white-clad devotees. Many other people press in from the edges of the frame.

July 07 2014

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A photograph of an indoor ritual scene in a pink-walled room. Women in green and magenta saris hold a silver aarti plate with a flame, green leaves and red kumkum toward a group of men. A tall, bare-chested elderly sadhu with long white beard and white-smeared forehead stands center, flanked by a man in orange with a saffron turban and gold beaded necklace on the right, and an orange-robed man with a shaved head on the left. A man in white with a white cap stands at left, and a man in white with a blue and red rosette stands at right. A framed deity picture hangs on the wall behind them. Roughly a dozen people are visible.

July 08 2014

Indoor photo of a house-visit puja in a green-walled room. On the left, a long-haired figure in a maroon garment with a pink-and-white flower garland and gold armlets holds a silver staff, with a flame in front. Seated before him, a bald man in white with an orange shawl holds a lit lamp, and a woman in a cream sari with red border folds her hands. Behind them, several seated boys in saffron and yellow robes, and a row of standing family members, including a woman in red and a woman with a toddler in pink, watch with hands folded. Marigold garlands hang near a framed picture on the wall, and petals cover the floor.

August 08 2009

Photo inside a small pink-walled room during a pada puja at a devotee's house. A seated figure with long dark hair, a white flower and red rose garland, orange robes with gold border, and gold earrings sits on a raised seat, smiling, with feet being honoured. A bald man in orange robes and rudraksha beads sits behind, and a man in a white shirt and dhoti holds a lit oil lamp beside a woman in orange and red sari with folded hands. Flower petals lie on a red cloth. Standing devotees in orange and white watch with palms pressed together, and a cameraman in orange stands near a wall fan and a window with bunting.