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October 24 2012

Photograph of a large hall with a polished tiled floor where many people sit cross-legged in rows on mats, performing a puja with small brass and clay oil lamps and plates of offerings placed before them. Most wear orange, saffron and white clothing; a woman in the foreground wears an orange sari and another in a red-and-white top sits with hands folded. Framed portraits hang along the side walls behind red curtains, and glass display cases stand at the far end.

A dim hall with pale pink walls, where many people sit cross-legged on woven mats in rows facing forward. Most wear white dhotis and white shirts, and a few wear white or cream garments with sacred threads. A young boy in a yellow shirt sits near the front, and a seated man at the lower left wears a white dhoti with a sacred thread. Small brass lamps and offering plates sit on the floor before them. Behind the crowd, a row of framed portraits hangs above red valances on the wall, and an orange cloth draped over a seat sits at the far right. The room is filled with seated devotees attending a discourse or satsang.

A wide photograph of a large hall with white ceiling lights and framed portraits on the walls behind red curtains. Rows of people sit cross-legged on mats and rugs along a central aisle lined with silver posts and chains. Many wear orange, maroon and red robes, and a few sit near brass puja trays with flowers and small oil lamps. Most seated figures are shown from behind or at a distance, and attendees in white clothing sit toward the rear.

July 06 2013

A large hall with cream walls and multicolored hanging tassels shows a seated congregation performing a puja. Many boys and young men sit cross-legged on the tiled floor in maroon and saffron-trimmed robes and dark shirts, with brass plates, lamps and small offering trays arranged on mats in front of them. Adults in white clothes sit in rows behind them. A striped mat and an orange backpack lie in the foreground, and a visible deity murti sits on a small plate near a lower-left mat.

January 02 2013

A large hall with cream walls and red curtains shows a seated congregation on mats in a group puja or satsang. Many participants wear white dhoti and shawls with gold borders; some monks wear saffron or orange robes. Several people hold open books and sit before small brass plates, offerings and oil lamps on the floor. A bald man in white in the foreground holds a small book and sits cross-legged. A figure in dark clothing stands near the centre back. Ceiling lights and a projector screen are visible.

November 27 2011

A hall of seated devotees on mats and floor cushions during a group gathering. Many boys and young men sit in rows in white kurtas, orange and saffron tops, striped shirts and green t-shirts, several wearing beaded malas. Some hold or sit beside small brass plates with oil lamps, fruit and sweets, and steel lunch boxes rest on the floor. Behind them, older men in white and orange sit on a raised area, and framed portraits and posters hang on the pale walls beside red curtains. Sunlight comes through large windows at right.

A large hall with many seated participants in a ritual setting. In the foreground, several shaved-headed priests in saffron-orange robes sit on mats with rudraksha malas, beside brass puja plates, small bells, lamps and fruit offerings. Behind them rows of boys in maroon-red robes with white forehead bands sit cross-legged, several with folded hands, some wearing rudraksha malas. Further back, adults in white clothes sit on the floor, and portrait frames hang on the wall above red curtains, while people in white stand along the rear. Pale walls and ceiling fans complete the scene.

A large hall with pink walls and tiled floor holds a seated puja gathering of many women and girls in red, maroon, orange and white clothing, with orange or red shawls over shoulders. They sit on woven mats before small brass plates of offerings and lit oil lamps, several raising their hands in worship or holding puja items. Orange and pink cloth draped over structures lines the back of the room, and a standing figure in orange robes stands near the back wall. Framed portraits hang on the walls and blue-and-white banners are visible at the top.