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A dense crowd of devotees stands inside a colourfully painted temple hall with blue pillars, white elephant friezes and painted panels across the ceiling. Most people wear white or pastel clothing, many women in saris, and a few men have tilak marks on their foreheads. In the centre, a person in white stands near a brightly lit inner shrine with a golden doorway and lamps. The scene suggests a temple gathering or darshan.

A blurred evening photograph of a crowd of devotees gathered at the entrance of a temple, lit by warm golden lamplight from inside the doorway. Many people stand with hands folded in prayer, with sacred marks on their foreheads. Men wear white dhotis and shirts, women wear sarees in red, pink, yellow and green, and a young child in white stands near the front. Figures in the background move through the lit doorway. Blue painted pillars frame the entrance, and yellow and white notices hang on the walls.

Interior of a temple hall where a crowd of devotees moves between steel railings past a tall yellow-clad deity murti garlanded with flowers at left. Most men wear white shirts and white dhotis, while women wear saris in green, blue, pink and orange, some with flowers in their hair. A man in a tan shirt walks through the centre, and a man at right wears an orange shawl. Framed paintings of deities hang on the walls, a blue information board and a tall yellow notice are mounted beside them, and a red-orange flag stands at left near the murti.

June 05 2012

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August 09 2010

A large crowd sits and stands in a temple corridor lined with painted pillars in yellow, green and blue, hung with orange marigold garlands, leading toward a bright archway opening. Most men wear white shirts and mundus, some with rudraksha malas around their necks; a woman in a pink sari and glasses sits at the front left, and a bare-chested man with a sacred thread stands on the right. Several men press their palms together in namaskar. The page indicates a satsang event, but no a person candidate is clearly identifiable among the visible people.

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A crowd of devotees stands in a temple courtyard at night, many with hands pressed together in namaskar or clasped before them. Most men wear white dhotis and shirts, some with lanyards around their necks, while women wear white or cream saris with gold borders and a few wear red or maroon saris. Barricades with yellow-garlanded posts line the walkway, and stone temple pillars and gopuram architecture rise behind them. A man in a striped blue-and-white shirt presses his palms together near the center, and a few people look toward the temple entrance. No individual can be confidently identified as a person from appearance in this view.

August 03 2009

July 13 2009

A large indoor hall with a corrugated metal roof and bare concrete-block walls hosts a crowded gathering of devotees seated on the floor, mostly in white clothing. Tall decorated pillars wrapped in red, blue and yellow patterned fabric with floral and bird motifs line the space. Several elderly men and women stand in the central aisle, including a man in a white dhoti and shirt, a woman in an orange sari, and women in white saris with orange borders. Hanging lamps and fluorescent tubes light the room, and a small shrine with a deity murti is visible at the far end.

A large seated congregation fills a pillared hall decorated with marigold garlands, painted cloth bands and a blue-and-white circular emblem on the columns. Most attendees sit cross-legged on the floor in white dhotis and shirts or cream and pink saris. A man in a light blue shirt and a man in an orange shirt sit near the centre, while others sit with hands folded in prayer. Beyond them, a crowd stretches toward an archway, with a figure in orange near the left edge. Several men wear rudraksha or beaded necklaces. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

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April 05 2012