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August 15 2014

A large hall with pale pink walls, red curtains and colourful hanging banners shows rows of seated monastics in saffron-orange robes with white tripundra marks on their foreheads, many holding rudraksha malas. They sit on orange cloths before brass plates with lamps, flowers and offerings, some lifting small lamps or pouring from vessels during ritual worship. Behind them a larger seated audience in white and dark clothing fills the room, and a framed picture hangs on the back wall. The scene suggests a group puja or satsang.

A large hall with rows of seated young boys and young men in saffron-orange robes and maroon cloths, with white forehead markings and rudraksha malas, performing a group pada puja. Each participant sits before a silver-rimmed tray holding brass oil lamps, small bowls, flowers and fruit, and many hold lit lamps or ritual items. Behind and to the sides, older men in orange and maroon robes and white-clad devotees sit on the floor and along the back of the hall, with rows of red chairs visible at the rear.

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August 15 2014

A large group of seated men in saffron-orange robes and orange shawls perform an aarti-style ritual with lit oil lamps held in their hands and placed on silver trays on the floor. Many have white horizontal forehead markings and rudraksha malas, and some wear orange head cloths. A single standing figure at the upper left wears white clothes and a dark cap. Red curtains and a glass door are in the background.

A photograph of a hall with many seated men in orange and saffron robes performing a group ritual on a white marble floor. Each monk holds a small flame, a lit lamp or aarti, in one or both hands, and sits before a silver tray holding brass cups, small bowls and flower offerings. Several wear white tripundra marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas. Behind them, a larger crowd sits in orange and white clothing, and red curtains hang at the windows and doorway.

A large hall during a temple pada puja, with many seated participants in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas. Many boys and young men wear white forehead bands and bare upper bodies with orange cloth draped over them, holding lit oil lamps (deepa) toward the silver trays arranged on the floor in front of them. Each tray holds brass vessels, flowers, fruit, kumkum and small lamps. Behind the rows, older men in white and orange sit among the seats, and a woman in white sits at the back. The scene is a row-by-row arrangement of ritual pada puja worship.

2013-04-05 +1 copies

Large hall with rows of seated young and adult males in orange saffron robes and rudraksha malas, many with white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads, performing a group pada puja. Each has a small brass oil lamp or lit diya in hand, and silver-trayed puja plates with flowers, fruit, kumkum and brass bowls sit on low floor mats before them. Pink and white flower offerings and tall brass lamps are visible along the floor. Several people in white clothes sit at the back in the background. Many participants appear to be boys and teenagers. Some of the youngest kneel near the foreground holding small lamps.

2013-04-05 +1 copies

April 05 2013

A large hall with cream walls and red curtains, lined with framed portraits and images of deities above. Rows of young boys and youths in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on woven mats, many holding small brass lamps, bowls and offering trays with oil lamps and flowers; some tend a plate on the floor in the foreground. Behind them, a larger seated crowd in white clothing fills the room, with a few people in red and white on chairs at the right. A shaved-head monk in orange-brown robes at the centre-right sits before a silver tray with brass items, appearing to conduct a ritual. Oil lamp puja and devotional worship in a temple-style hall.

March 03 2013

A large group of young boys and men in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on white mats in a bright hall with pink walls and red curtains, performing a puja. Many have white sacred ash or tilak marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Each seated participant has a small brass thali and a brass lamp or vessel set before them on a low silver-grey platform, and they hold their hands in anjali or gesture over the offerings. Several adults in white and orange sit among the children. Behind them, a row of metal stanchions guides a walkway and a few seated onlookers are visible at the far left.