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March 02 2017

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A large hall with white tiled floor and ceiling lights, where many people sit cross-legged on mats and cushions in rows. Foreground men wear white kurtas with orange or rust shawls and rudraksha-style necklaces, and one foreground man wears a white shirt with a brown-orange shawl while holding a small booklet. Nearby a figure in orange robes with long dreadlocked hair sits, and others in orange and white clothing are seated behind them. Several wooden boxes, small brass or metal containers, a small pot, orange cards and loose papers lie on the floor before them. Framed banners line the walls. No individual can be identified as a person from appearance.2017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02March 02 20172017-03-02A large hall with a tiled floor and rows of ceiling lights shows seated devotees in white ritual clothes with orange and saffron shawls and rudraksha malas. Several men sit cross-legged on the floor with small metal boxes, dishes and orange powder before them, handling offerings and paperwork. Women in orange and white saris stand in the background, one with a garland. The scene suggests a seated ritual session in an ashram hall; a bald man in white at center holds an orange cloth. Framed pictures line the walls. a person is not clearly identified from appearance, so no candidate is named.2017-03-02July 25 20172017-07-25 +1 copiesMay 25 20172017-05-25A large hall during a group puja, with many seated participants in white dhotis and shawls and some in yellow. In the foreground, several saffron-robed priests sit on red and orange mats before brass plates, lamps, bowls and small puja vessels. The central priest, wearing an orange robe and a gold-bead garland, holds a sheet of paper and appears to lead chanting. Other saffron-clad priests sit alongside him, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A standing attendant in white stands at left beside a camera tripod. Cloth-covered mats and a red-orange cushion lie in front. Orange canopies hang from the ceiling above the crowd, and a decorated altar with colourful deity murtis is visible at the back right. The gathering is seated in rows across the hall floor.2010-10-21January 24 20132013-01-24Wide view of a large hall with glossy cream floor where a seated congregation of saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees sit in rows facing the front. Foreground figures in orange cloth with rudraksha malas hold their hands in prayer or rest them on laps; a wooden stick and a small brass plate with a lamp lie on the floor. Along the back wall, framed portraits of a robed figure hang between red drapes, and a camera on a tripod films the gathering. Several people in white dhotis sit on red mats at right.2011-12-24A large hall with cream tiled floor and pink walls filled with rows of seated devotees performing a group puja. Many men wear white dhotis and bare upper bodies with rudraksha malas and tilak marks, while others wear saffron or orange robes. In the foreground, a man in an orange shawl and dark rudraksha mala sits before a brass plate holding an oil lamp, flowers and offerings, and a bare-chested man with white-painted forehead and body marks sits nearby with his palms together. Brass lamps and small puja trays with flowers are arranged in front of the seated rows, and framed pictures hang on the wall behind.2017-08-02January 24 20132013-01-24