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A large hall with many seated devotees in white clothes, many holding small oil lamps lit with flames, during a group ritual. Men and women sit in rows, some with saffron or yellow shawls and beaded malas. A painted backdrop shows a deity murti or framed image with garlands and flowers at the front. Wall banners with colourful patterns hang at the top. The lamps and seated crowd fill the frame.

A large indoor puja hall where many devotees sit cross-legged on blue mats in rows, most dressed in white kurtas and some in colourful clothes, holding small brass plates and lit oil lamps. A backdrop painting shows a deity murti under an arch amid trees, with yellow and blue hangings above. Rudraksha malas hang on several chests. The scene shows a group abhishekam or puja with oil lamps in progress.

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Photo of a large group seated on orange mats in a hall, many holding lit oil lamps (diyas) in both hands, with smoke or incense haze in the air. Many wear white or cream clothes, and several men wear yellow shawls over white attire. Women wear white saris and some wear pink or red tops. Brass bowls, plates and plastic containers of offerings sit on the floor before them, consistent with a pada puja-style ritual. Visible on the left is a seated figure in white with a shawl, and at the back a standing man in white near a chair. Several dozen people are visible, and no one is clearly identifiable as a person.

December 18 2010

A photograph of a seated group performing a ritual in a bright, pale pink hall with large windows. Men in front wear white dhotis with red-and-gold borders and bare upper bodies with white tilak marks on their foreheads and arms; others wear saffron-orange robes. Many hold small brass lamps or bells and raise them toward plates of offerings laid on orange mats and trays in front of them. Behind them, women and children in colourful salwar kameez sit in rows. Framed portraits hang on the back wall above the windows, and mats and a wall fan are visible at the right.

December 15 2009

A large hall with rows of seated devotees performing a padapuja-style ritual with lit oil lamps held in their raised right hands. Foreground women wear orange and red saris and an orange-clad older man sits cross-legged on the tiled floor, each with a brass plate of offerings, flowers and a small brass lamp on an orange cloth. Behind them, more devotees in white and orange clothing sit in rows, some with children, and stacked red chairs line the far wall.

December 31 2011

A large seated group of devotees, mostly women in white and cream traditional garments with yellow and green borders, performs a ritual on the floor of a bright hall. Many hold lit oil lamps or lamps on brass plates, with flowers, fruit and small brass vessels arranged on banana leaves and mats. Some wear orange or saffron shawls and one woman in the foreground wears a black top and bracelets. Bright white floor, orange and purple mats fill the scene.

A photograph of a seated group in a bright hall performing a lamp ritual. In the foreground a blonde woman in white clothes and a long beaded necklace holds a small oil lamp and smiles, with a brass plate of offerings, fruit and flower petals at her knees. Around her, rows of devotees sit on orange and blue mats, many in white kurtas or dresses with rudraksha-style malas, holding lit diyas and small lamps. A woman at the right in maroon and magenta holds a lamp with eyes closed. A brass thali with lamps and a pink basin sit on the floor at left, with white curtains and a wall-mounted cabinet behind. No visible person is identified as a person.

Devotees sit cross-legged on the floor in rows in a bright hall with pink walls, red curtains and tiled floor, performing a group ritual with lit oil lamps (diyas) held outstretched in their hands. Many men are shaved-headed and wear white dhoti-style cloth with red-striped borders and rudraksha malas; some wear saffron-orange robes. Brass plates with offerings and small brass lamps sit before them. Women in yellow, red and white saris and children sit in the rows behind, with a fan and windows visible at the back.

December 18 2010