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September 25 2014

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Indoor devotional gathering in a temple hall with many seated participants. In the foreground, three women in white ritual clothes with rudraksha malas and maroon shawls hold small oil lamps with flames while seated on the floor. Behind them, rows of people in deep red and orange robes, some with white tilaka marks on their foreheads, also hold lit lamps. Some participants have closed eyes or are chanting, and a brass tray with flowers sits in front. Gold-coloured decorations and a gate appear in the background. No individual is confirmed as a person in this image.

September 30 2014

A photograph of a seated group in a large hall during a puja-style ritual. In the foreground, a woman in white with long hair holds a small brass bell and a lamp-like object, beside a woman in white clothes and a pendant necklace who holds a small bell over brass plates of offerings. A bespectacled woman in an orange top with a rudraksha mala sits at the right front. Behind them, rows of women and girls in orange and maroon garments with white forehead bands sit on the floor, some holding brass lamps and bells, with hands in anjali. Red and maroon floor cushions and a blurred deity murti are visible in the background. No clearly identifiable a person figure is present.

Devotees seated on the floor during a pada puja or lamp-lit ritual inside a hall with red-brown cushioned seating and a gilded altar at the back. In the foreground, a woman in orange robes and a rudraksha mala holds a small brass cup, beside another woman in orange with a dark bead necklace and brass vessels on a mat. A woman in white with a red bindi and white-clad woman with a white shawl and vibhuti on her forehead hold brass implements and lamps. Many others behind, in white and orange, hold small oil lamps and wear forehead markings. No a person candidate is visible.

A photograph of a group ceremony where devotees hold lit oil lamps (diyas) in a seated gathering. In the foreground, several women in white ritual clothes with rudraksha malas and white and red forehead markings hold lamps toward the viewer. Behind them, rows of people wear orange and saffron garments and white forehead marks, some with beaded necklaces, while others sit with their hands raised. The setting appears to be a temple or ashram hall with a tiled floor and a small tray of offerings at lower left, consistent with an aarti or puja. No individual in the scene is clearly recognizable as a person; the visible figures are devotees and ritual participants.

A seated group ceremony in a hall with red-brown walls. In the foreground a woman in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark holds a lit oil lamp. Beside her a woman in white with dark curly hair and a red bindi holds a small brass lamp aloft, and a woman in white with a white forehead mark and white shawl holds a lamp. Behind them many devotees in white and red-orange clothing sit with lit oil lamps raised, and a brass ritual tray with flowers and a steel tumbler sits on the mat. This appears to be an oil-lamp aarti during a puja.

October 06 2014

A large group of devotees seated on the floor in an indoor hall performs a ritual with oil lamps. Most wear red-orange saffron clothing with rudraksha malas, and many have white vibhuti lines across their foreheads. In the foreground, a woman in a white top and a red-orange wrap holds a lit lamp with a rudraksha mala, while a woman in orange robes at right holds a small lamp and a plate of offerings. Flower garlands and plates of offerings lie on the floor near the seated participants. Behind them, an older woman in white and other standing attendants watch the rite.

September 19 2014

A seated group of devotees holds small oil lamps and brass arati-style vessels during a ritual gathering in a hall with red chairs in the background. In the foreground, a woman in a maroon and gold sari with rudraksha malas and a white forehead marking holds a lamp, beside a woman in a white and light-green sari with a red bindi. At center, a woman in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a fair-haired woman in white beside her hold lamps, and a woman in white with a red sash lifts a small lamp. Many others in orange, maroon and white sit behind them with lit candles and lamps. No individual is identifiable as a person from the visible evidence.

A seated group of devotees performs a lamp ritual in a hall. Many women in saffron-orange and red robes wear rudraksha malas and vibhuti on their foreheads, holding small brass oil lamps (diyas) with lit flames on metal plates. A woman in a white sari and another in cream with a red-orange shawl sit in the foreground, one holding a lit lamp and a thali of offerings. Other participants in white clothing hold lamps further back, and a ceremonial arrangement with flowers and brass vessels lies on the floor mats. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible in the frame.

December 30 2011