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May 13 2008

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July 26 20082008-07-26A large indoor hall with a concrete floor and a yellow painted line, where many young people in white dhotis and orange shawls, along with others in white and pink or yellow salwar-style clothing, sit and prostrate themselves face down in rows toward the front. A small table with a cloth, a brass oil lamp and an offering bowl stands at the left edge. Banners, draped fabric and a few framed pictures hang on the back wall, with ceiling fans and tall decorated poles above. Some seated attendees watch from the right side. A man in white with a shaved head stands at the far right back. The scene suggests a ritual prostration event, with the front-row figures bowed forward.2007-10-01A hall with an orange drape backdrop and a low brown platform on the left holding brass oil lamps and a lit kalasha-style vessel. In the foreground, several people in white clothes with orange shawls lie prostrate on the floor in full obeisance. Behind them, a seated audience of women, girls and a few children in saffron, white, red and yellow saris and dresses sits on the floor watching. Some are seated with hands together. The scene suggests a satsang or devotional gathering with prostration before a shrine.2008-12-27A large indoor hall with a raised stage on the left where a framed portrait of a man with long dark hair, a white crown and ornate clothing is displayed on a decorated altar with flowers and a small offering bowl. Rows of people sit on the floor facing the stage; in the foreground many devotees in white dhotis and white garments lie prostrate with foreheads to the ground, while a row of younger boys in saffron/orange cloths and some bare-chested sit upright with hands folded. A yellow line marks the floor, and banners hang on the back wall.2007-10-01Indoor hall with rows of children and young people in white dhotis and white kurtas, many in saffron-orange shawls, bowing forward in prostration with foreheads to the floor on a grey concrete floor marked by a yellow line. At left, a framed portrait on a draped altar table with flowers and small oil lamps. Overhead hang ornate lamps and banners on the walls. Several seated people at left wear orange and white.2007-10-01A group of devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas or sarees, many wearing orange shawls over their shoulders, gathers in a hall with a tiled floor and orange cloth runners laid out. A man in the foreground kneels and bows forward with his head down on the floor, while others stand nearby, some with hands joined and one holding an object. A man in orange robes stands in the background near a dark curtain, and a folding table with items sits at right. The setting suggests a ritual or satsang gathering. No clear individual is identifiable as a person from the visible cues.2010-09-17A photograph of a group ritual in a hall with a tiled floor and orange and striped mats. Several people in white dhoti and white cloth are bowing or kneeling on the floor, one man in white with a shaved head and a beaded necklace sits cross-legged, holding a green leaf over a silver plate. A woman with long light hair, wearing a white sari with gold border, bends low over the plate. A man in the foreground wears a dark rudraksha mala and white clothing. A figure in orange robes sits near a tray of green leaves at the back. Standing attendees in white and yellow sarees and dhotis fill the background.2010-10-12August 09 20072007-08-09December 31 20112011-12-31A photograph of a devotional prostration on a carpeted hall floor. A person in orange robes lies face-down full length with forehead pressed to the floor, hands extended forward, with a bare wrist bearing a gold bracelet. Behind them a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl sits cross-legged on an orange mat, holding a green leaf and facing the prostrating figure, with a green leaf platter with offerings nearby. Other people in orange robes stand and sit in the background, and a white cloth lies on the floor at left.2007-11-12A large indoor hall with a concrete floor and a yellow painted line running down the middle. Rows of people sit cross-legged or kneel with hands in anjali, many in white clothes and some in saffron/orange shawls with orange sashes. Several women in white saris with gold borders bow forward with foreheads to the floor, hair in long braids. Behind them, rows of seated devotees and children fill the room, and banners hang on the back wall. No clearly identifiable central figure is shown in the frame.2007-10-01Several devotees kneel and prostrate on a tiled floor in a hall with a red curtain, foreheads pressed to the ground and palms joined above their heads in namaskar. The foreground figures wear orange saffron robes with yellow borders and rudraksha malas; behind them, others wear white dhotis and one wears a red shawl. Brass plates with offerings sit nearby, and a mat lies at the left edge. The scene is a group prostration during puja or satsang.2011-12-29