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A photograph of a seated group of devotees, mostly women, in white and cream saris with yellow and orange borders, performing a ritual. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a red border holds a small burning incense stick and a cup-like offering, while a woman on the right presses her palms together in prayer and wears a dark beaded mala and bangles. Brass plates with offerings and pink flowers sit in the lower right. Other seated devotees, some men in white, fill the background, with smoke from incense rising through the scene.

A rooftop puja in an open courtyard. Several devotees in plain white clothes sit on mats around a rectangular brick-and-straw fire platform used for a homa, with oil lamps and a pot placed on it. A woman in an orange-bordered white sari and a man in white with a rudraksha mala tend the fire. Behind them a framed portrait of a woman with a red-and-orange garland stands on a white-draped altar with brass lamps and flowers. Fruit, bananas, potatoes and bundled straw sit in the foreground, and a cameraman stands at the left. Older women in white sit along the back wall.

A seated group of devotees in white clothes fills a open-sided hall for the First Healers Initiation at AdiKailaasa. Many wear white garments and necks garlanded with white flower strands, and women have long braided hair. In the centre a woman in a white sari holds a small lit oil lamp in one hand while the other hand is pressed in anjali, facing a tray of offerings and flowers on the floor. Men sit with palms joined in prayer nearby, and rows of participants in white fill the background, with a woman in a light blue top at the lower left. Red floor mats are laid out beneath them.

A photograph of a seated congregation in white clothing inside a hall at the First Healers Initiation at AdiKailaasa, Bidadi. In the foreground, several women sit cross-legged on mats: a woman in a white sari with a grey-patterned border on the far left, a woman in a white sari with red and orange borders with folded hands in front, a woman in a white sari with a red blouse and red-bordered sari with hands clasped, and a woman in white with folded hands and a gold necklace on the right. Behind them, many more men and women in white garments sit with hands folded in prayer or hands on their laps. A woman in a yellow-and-white sari and a few others wear coloured clothing among the white. A wooden pillar and tiled floor are visible on the right.

Indoor photograph of a group of devotees seated on the floor during a puja, with hands pressed together in namaskar. Women wear sarees in blue, peach, maroon and white, and men wear white shirts and dhotis; several have jasmine flowers in their hair. Brass plates of offerings, fruits and sweets, and a kalasha-like brass vessel sit on a white cloth in front of them. Green-framed windows with small framed pictures are on the wall behind. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this frame.

Annadhan in 2013

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2006 - Kailasa India Sangha Activities

A photograph of a devotional gathering at night, with many people in white clothes seated and standing with palms pressed together in prayer. In the foreground, a row of women in white saris with gold borders sit on a woven mat in front of a brass oil lamp (deepa) wrapped in white flower garlands, with brass plates of fruit, banana leaves and flowers nearby. A man at the left wears an orange turban and an orange shawl and holds his hands together. A young boy in white kneels with folded hands at the lower left. A large brass lamp stand and a bowl of fruit and coconuts sit at right, with more devotees standing behind them in white.

August 08 2009

A seated group of women and girls in a bright hall with red curtains performs a puja. In the foreground a young woman in a white and gold-bordered sari sits cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer, eyes lowered. Beside her a woman in a white top and red scarf sits with hands folded. Brass plates, a bell-shaped brass lamp with lit oil lamps, small brass vessels, orange cloth and a plastic container of offerings lie on the floor. Behind them many more devotees sit in white, green and maroon clothes, some with hands in prayer. No a person candidate is visible.

June 07 2013