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March 10 2014

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A seated group of devotees, mostly women, performs an aarti or puja in a hall with white walls. Several hold small oil lamps with flames, and some ring brass handbells. A woman in the foreground on the left wears a white outfit with an orange shawl and holds a lamp and bell. A woman in the centre right wears a white kurta, an orange shawl and a beaded necklace, holding a brass bell. Another woman beside her presses her palms together in anjali. Others wear orange shawls, and a blonde woman in pink sits near the centre. Metal railings and a chain divide the front seating area. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd.2012-10-17A photo of a pada puja or devotional ceremony in a temple hall, with many seated devotees holding lit oil lamps and brass lamps. Foreground: a woman in white with a white shawl and white forehead markings holds a lamp at left; a woman in a red-brown shawl and glasses sits in center with a red beaded mala; a woman in white sari with red beaded mala holds a lamp at right. Behind them, rows of women in orange and red garments with white tilak marks hold lamps. Brass pooja vessels and offering plates rest on mats. No a person candidate is visible, and the other people are seated devotees.2014-09-05December 16 20132013-12-16A row of women kneel on a patterned carpet during a puja, each holding incense sticks or small brass items and raising them toward a low offering table. The women wear white and red garments and bangles, several with bindis. On the table sit fruit, flowers, brass vessels, a small lit lamp and a deity murti. A large gong hangs in the background. The scene is a group worship ritual with incense offering, with no visible figure presented as a person.2013-12-19December 26 20142014-12-26August 02 20132013-08-02January 17 20142014-01-17A seated group of devotees in white clothes and saffron-orange shawls sits on a patterned carpet during a satsang or puja. In the foreground a woman with short dark hair wears a white embroidered top, a red-orange shawl and a red lanyard, holding a small brass object. To her right a younger woman with a rudraksha mala and red shawl sits with her hands raised. Behind them other participants hold brass lamps and ritual vessels, with water bottles and a pink box nearby. No clearly visible a person is present in this frame.2016-07-15A seated congregation of women at a satsang or meditation gathering, most dressed in white with red shawls and rudraksha malas. A woman in the foreground wears an orange saffron sari with a rudraksha mala and sits with hands folded. Others in white with red shawls and name badges sit on chairs behind, some with eyes closed. No a person candidate is visible in this frame.2014-10-11November 07 20142014-11-07July 08 20152015-07-08August 16 20142014-08-16