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July 28 20082008-07-28A group of young women in white saris with gold borders sit cross-legged on a tiled floor in a plain room, palms pressed together in prayer. Several wear yellow shawls and some wear orange shawls. A brass tray with flower petals and small brass lamps sits at the lower right, beside a wooden shrine cabinet. A television stands on a shelf in the background and purple banners with Tamil text hang in the window. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.2008-07-28A group of young women in white sarees with gold borders sit cross-legged on a tiled floor in a plain room, hands pressed in namaskar. Many wear yellow shawls, and a few wear orange shawls. Brass plates with flower petals, a small lamp and puja items sit at the lower right beside a small shrine. A television sits on a stand against the wall and a pink banner with Tamil text is pasted across the window. No a person candidate is visible in this scene.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28Indoor photo of a group of women seated on a tiled floor in white saris with gold borders, praying with palms pressed together. Several wear saffron-orange or yellow shawls draped over their shoulders, and some have rudraksha malas around their necks. In the foreground, a young woman in a white sari with an orange shawl sits with eyes closed. A brass plate holds white flowers, with brass lamps and a small bell nearby. A window with bars, a doorway, a television and a fan are visible in the room.2008-07-28October 01 20112011-10-01A seated group of devotees fills a bare-walled hall with striped floor mats, many in white traditional clothing with gold borders. In the foreground, women sit in rows facing a raised platform at the right, where a woman in an orange sari sits beside a seated figure in orange robes on a white-draped seat with a striped cushion. A large framed painted portrait of a figure in orange hangs on the wall above, and brass lamps stand on either side. A television screen on a stand shows an image, with a dark deity murti and other items on a table at left. Some devotees are partly visible at the bottom edge, and one woman holds a camera.2011-04-17Indoor puja in a plain white-walled room. A woman in an orange shawl over white clothes sits cross-legged on the floor before a carved wooden throne draped in white cloth and garlanded with white and pink flowers. A large framed portrait on the throne shows a figure in orange robes and a beaded mala, also garlanded. Another framed portrait with flower garlands stands on a side table, and a brass lamp with a flame burns on the floor. About a dozen young women in white traditional dress with yellow and orange borders sit in rows, several with long braided hair, some with hands folded in prayer. A window behind has pink banners with Tamil script. Shelves of books are at right.2008-07-28April 17 20112011-04-17July 28 20082008-07-28July 20 20102010-07-20Inside a small whitewashed room with barred windows, a devotee kneels before a garlanded framed portrait on the wall, its marigold and white jasmine garlands and rudraksha beads hanging on the frame. A young woman in white garments bends forward to offer something from a brass plate onto the flower-strewn floor, while a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged beside the altar. Brass oil lamps, a small deity murti and a kalasha sit on the altar; a woman in white sari and a woman in brown and red sari stand behind. A blue banner with Tamil lettering hangs on the wall, and a poster of a smiling saffron-clad figure is pinned nearby.2006-04-08 +1 copies