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March 31 2012

A seated group of women and girls sits on a green mat during a ritual in a bright hall with large windows and a ceiling fan. Several participants hold small oil lamps or diyas and offer them forward, while others sit with palms pressed together. Women wear white, orange, pink, and red saris and salwar kameez, with beaded malas and bangles. Brass plates, bells, and small steel cups with offerings lie on the mat in front, alongside water bottles and plastic containers. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

A seated group of devotees in a hall with green carpet, participants with palms pressed together in namaskar. Women in white, orange, red and teal saris and salwar kameez sit on white cloths; a girl in orange and a girl in red and green sit near the front, and a woman in an orange shawl wears a rudraksha mala. A brass dish and small containers sit on the green floor at left. a person's presence is not visible in this frame; no candidate appears in the scene.

May 02 2012

September 29 2013

A seated congregation inside a hall with pink walls and red curtains, with folded mattresses stacked behind them. In the foreground, a woman in a green top and a woman in white sit on mats beside brass lamps, a small bowl, and banana-leaf or fruit plates with offerings. A woman in a dark red sari and glasses sits with hands together, and a woman in white clothes with glasses and a pendant sits upright. At right, a woman in a cream sari with pink embroidery sits with hands folded. Several other women in white and orange, and children in white and yellow, are seated on the mats. No one clearly identifiable as a person appears in the frame.

Several young people sit cross-legged in a long row on mats during a ritual, with eyes closed or lowered and hands folded in front of them. The girl on the left wears round glasses and a teal top; the boy beside her wears a patterned green kurta and a beaded mala. Others wear saffron, teal, yellow and red salwar-style clothes and gold bangles. Before them on the floor are brass puja plates with flower garlands, fruit, incense sticks, small oil lamps and brass kalasha-style vessels. A row of lit lamps glows in the background. Visible copyright and attribution text appears on the photo.

A seated group of devotees with palms pressed together in namaskar inside a hall with a polished floor, mats and small brass puja trays with oil lamps and offerings in front of them. In the foreground a woman with long light-brown hair wears white clothes and an orange shawl; beside her an older woman in a cream sari with glasses also has hands joined. Other women in green, red and cream saris and young girls in white sit in rows, some with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A row of red chairs and a wall with framed pictures appear in the background. Around 40 people are visible.

A large hall with a polished floor where many women sit cross-legged on mats and cushions in a pooja setting. In the foreground a woman in an orange salwar with hands folded in prayer sits on a striped red mat. Beside her, a woman in white with an orange shawl bends over a brass tray of puja items, lamps and small vessels. A woman in a green sari sits near the trays, and another in a cream sari with a rudraksha-style necklace holds a small brass object. Behind them rows of seated devotees wear white and orange, some with garlands. A standing woman in white with an orange border holds a bell or small object near a framed altar at the back, with gilded framed pictures and a lit lamp on a table. Steel bowls and bags lie on the floor.

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April 08 2012

A seated group of women performs a padapuja-style ritual in a hall with a white floor. Rows of brass oil lamps and small brass vessels sit on orange and red mats in front of the participants. Foreground: a woman in saffron-orange sari with a maroon border sits with hands together, reading from an open book, and beside her women in white sarees with yellow or orange shawls chant from printed sheets. Some attendees wear white with green borders. Behind them, more devotees in white and yellow sit in rows near a green canopy and striped cloth. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

Seated women devotees perform a puja in a large hall, many with hands pressed together in namaskar and eyes closed. In the foreground a woman in a red and gold sari and rudraksha mala kneels on a striped mat beside a puja kit with small brass dishes, a water bottle and a white paper cone. Another woman in an orange shawl sits with bowed head, and others in pink, white, teal and purple saris and salwar sit behind them. Men in white and orange dhotis and shawls are visible in the background past a black metal barrier.