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December 22 20102010-12-22Photograph of a seated group ritual in a hall with orange-red floor mats and brass lamps and plates on the floor. In the centre, a man in a white kurta with a red cord around his neck sits cross-legged, gazing forward and holding his hands near a brass plate, with smoke rising beside him. Around him, devotees in white and cream clothes, some wearing mala necklaces, sit in rows; a boy in a red hoodie and another in a grey shirt hold small items. A younger man in white with an orange-edged cloth sits in the foreground. Oil lamps and offering dishes are visible. No identification of any individual is made from appearance.2010-12-22Indoor satsang photograph in warm, hazy light with sunbeams cutting through dust. Seated devotees fill the hall on mats, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground, a young boy in a striped sweater and a boy in a teal top hold small lit oil lamps. Behind them a man in white kurta and white dhoti with a rudraksha mala holds a lamp in his hands, and another man in white sits nearby. A seated bald man in a dark jacket and a man in a blue jacket join their hands in prayer. Several children sit on the right. A woman in a patterned top sits center-left, and a woman in red sits at the upper right near a chair. No clearly identifiable a person is visible by appearance.2010-12-26September 16 20112011-09-16December 22 20102010-12-22A seated group of many people in a hall with framed portraits on the walls, sitting on woven mats and floor coverings during a ritual puja. Front right, a man in white dhoti with bare, white-marked upper arms and a rudraksha mala sits beside a small brass plate of offerings and a lit lamp. Nearby, a young man in white clothes and a boy in a patterned shirt hold small items. At far right, a bald man in saffron/orange cloth wearing a rudraksha mala sits on a chair. Trays, plates and oil lamps are placed on the floor among the attendees, who sit in rows facing forward.2011-12-17A seated group of devotees sits on mats and rugs in a sunlit hall, with shafts of light and drifting incense smoke. In the foreground a young man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged with hands folded, beside a lit oil lamp and a brass plate with flowers and offerings. Others in white, cream and orange clothes sit nearby, one in a red and grey top, while a figure in orange robes with a mala sits at the left background. No person in the image is identifiable as a person by the cues given. The scene suggests a satsang or puja gathering.2010-12-22December 22 20102010-12-22A large seated congregation in a hall of white-clothed devotees, many wearing white kurtas and lanyards, sitting on mats in rows. In the foreground a man in a cream kurta sits before a brass plate with oil lamps, and smoke or incense drifts through the air. Nearby a boy in a red hoodie holds a small plate, and other youths in white and brown sit with palms joined. Several devotees hold papers or prayer cards. The scene suggests a puja or satsang-style gathering in an ashram setting.2010-12-22A group of young boys sit cross-legged on a tiled floor in a hall performing a puja with brass vessels, oil lamps and small brass plates set on mats in front of them. Several boys in striped, checked and plain shirts hold lamps and offering items. A standing man in a white shirt at the top left lifts a lamp, and a man in white dhoti and shirt with a sacred thread sits at the right holding a brass item. Behind them are stacked folded mattresses, red-cushioned chairs and red curtains.2012-04-03September 16 20112011-09-16A photo of a seated group during a ritual or satsang in a plain room with red curtains and stacked red chairs. Rows of boys and young men sit cross-legged on the floor in red, blue, green and grey shirts, several with hands pressed in prayer or holding small lit oil lamps and offerings on plates. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the far right near a plastic chair, handling items on a table. Other men in white clothes sit in the back row, one with a tilak on his forehead. Small brass plates, flowers and oil lamps lie on the floor before the group.2012-04-04