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A photograph of an indoor satsang or discourse room with white walls and framed pictures on a shelf. A man in white robes with yellow lower garment sits cross-legged on a blue mat, raising a lit oil lamp in one hand and gesturing with the other. Beside him a white cloth covers a low table with fruit, a plate of offerings and a bag. A woman in a dark top sits at a laptop on the left. Several seated devotees in white, red and pink clothing listen on the mat to the right, and a wall air conditioner is mounted above.

June 03 2004

2004-06-03 +1 copies

October 01 2007

A small indoor shrine room with a framed deity picture on the back wall, decorated with flower garlands and a lit oil lamp on a side table. A man with long dark hair and a beard wears an orange saffron shawl over white clothing and stands at the shrine, holding a ritual item toward the deity while performing worship. Three older men in light shirts stand to the right with their hands folded in anjali mudra, watching in devotion. A curtain with blue patterns hangs behind them and a small television sits on the right edge.

August 15 2010

2010-08-15 +1 copies

A domestic prayer gathering in a tiled living room where a group of about two dozen people sit on a green mat and floor cushions facing a shrine. A woman in an orange saffron sari leads the worship at the right, holding a small brass lamp, with a brass puja plate of fruit and flowers before her. A man in white shirt and dhoti sits near the front, and women in purple, red and blue saris and children in mixed clothing sit in rows. A television screen showing a religious image with a garland hangs on the wall, and framed pictures and a glass cabinet with decorative items stand behind them.

September 11 2010

A photograph inside a temple hall with white walls and ornate ceiling molding. A standing priest in white dhoti with a yellow shawl raises a lit aarti lamp toward a deity murti in a shrine with a decorated backdrop. Seated devotees in front, including a woman in red and a woman in white, watch with folded hands. A framed portrait of a person in saffron-toned clothing hangs on the right wall beside a kalasha-style offering. A brass lamp and flower offerings sit on the floor before the shrine.

October 01 2007

A photograph of an indoor satsang session in a bright room with cream walls and a flat-screen television on a cabinet. A man in white clothes sits cross-legged at the left, speaking into a microphone on a stand, with a small wooden instrument in front of him. Seated on white plastic chairs and on the floor are about a dozen devotees: a young woman in a yellow top at the front right, a young man in a light green t-shirt, a man in a yellow shirt, and others in casual clothes. A potted plant, a brass lamp and decorative items sit on a shelf in the background. The white-clad speaker appears to be a teacher or sannyasi, with no clear basis for identifying him further.

September 18 2010

A photograph of a homa fire ritual in a simple room with blue walls. A shaved-headed priest in white clothing and an orange shawl, seated at left, extends his hand over a brick fire pit holding a burning flame. Nearby, a man in white kneels with hands pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a white sari with red blouse sits beside him, also with palms joined. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a brass vessel rest on the ground around the fire. A framed picture of a deity murti hangs on the wall above a white-draped altar with a brass kalasha and a lamp. Several people are visible at the right edge, including a man in a white shirt holding a camera.