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August 18 2016

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A seated group of many devotees in an open pavilion with red walls performs a ritual. Most wear orange and saffron garments with gold borders, rudraksha malas, and white or ash forehead markings. Several women in the foreground, including a young woman with a long braid in a white and gold sari, hold small brass pots and vessels. Some devotees sit cross-legged while others sit back on their heels, arranged in rows. No single figure is identified as a person by appearance.2016-08-18August 18 20162016-08-18August 17 20162016-08-17October 02 20142014-10-02A crowd of young women and girls sits closely packed outdoors in a satsang gathering, most wearing orange saris with pink borders, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. Several sit with hands resting in laps or on knees, some looking down in quiet attention. Older women in red and maroon saris and a woman in a white-trimmed top sit behind them, and a tripod stand and a standing figure in white appear at the upper edge. No a person candidate is visible.2014-10-02Large group of women and girls in saffron-orange saris with pink and gold borders and rudraksha malas sits on a mat performing a ritual, holding small brass oil lamps with lit flames and brass vessels. Foreheads bear white vibhuti stripes. Several in the foreground hold lamps while others in the background sit in rows; a red-cloth ritual setup with brass lamps and small offerings lies at lower right. Setting appears to be a temple or hall with white-clad attendees behind.2013-07-30September 12 20132013-09-12Photo of a large seated group of young women and girls in saffron-orange dresses with pink borders, wearing rudraksha malas and white vertical forehead markings. Many have hands raised in mudra or clasped in devotion, and they sit close together on a floor with boys in orange and red behind them. Dark hair is tied in buns. A white pole and a clear plastic container with items sit at the lower right edge. The setting suggests a satsang or devotional gathering, but the scene shows only the students' seated devotion, with no clearly visible figure identified as a person.2014-09-10August 18 20162016-08-18A seated group of devotees performs a puja inside a hall, with brass oil lamps and small metal vessels set on the floor before them. In the foreground, young women and girls wear orange and saffron saris with maroon borders, rudraksha malas and white forehead bands, several holding small brass lamps or incense sticks. Behind them, older women and men sit in white and orange clothing, some with garlands and beads, while more people in white garments watch from the rear rows near tall metal stanchions. A blurred row of attendees sits along the back of the hall. Colourful offerings and flowers rest at the lower right edge.2013-04-30A photo of a seated group of young women and girls in saffron-orange clothing during a satsang-style gathering. In the foreground, a girl on the left wears an orange sari with gold border and a rudraksha mala, and the girl in the centre wears an orange sari with gold border, a pendant and a white forehead mark. The girl on the right wears an orange kurta with a rudraksha mala and a red-and-white tilak. Behind them, more seated participants in orange and white clothing fill the hall, with a woman in white on the right and a woman in the background on the left. The floor has blue mats and the room has plain pale walls.2016-08-10July 30 20132013-07-30