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June 01 2009

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Photograph of a welcome ritual outside a white building with a red-tiled canopy and red-framed doors. A woman with blonde hair and a white outfit, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace and a light beige garland, stands with palms joined in namaste and a smile. Beside her a woman in a cream and gold sari holds a silver aarti-style lamp, and a bowl of sweets or offerings sits nearby. Two women with long dark hair, one in a white top with an orange shawl, stand at left. Behind them a monk in orange robes and several people in white and light clothing gather on a green lawn. Decorative garlands hang near the doorway.2009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01A photograph of devotees receiving a welcome ritual outdoors in front of a white building with a green corrugated roof and a brown door frame on the left. A woman in a white sari with a black beaded mala holds a brass vessel and a basket of flower petals. Beside her, a woman in an orange shawl over white clothes pours from a small vessel, and a woman in a white outfit with a red sash and flower garlands has her hands folded in greeting. On the right, a woman in a white top with a garland of dried flower beads and a black mala smiles while pressing her palms together. Other people in white clothes and garlands stand behind. A tray of offerings with a ribboned pot sits on a white-draped table. No identifiable depiction of a person is clearly visible.2009-06-01A crowd of devotees in white clothing, many wearing rudraksha malas, moves through a covered walkway at an ashram-style venue with red-pillared corridors. A man on the left wears an orange robe and a garland, and a woman in the foreground holds a silver vessel while an attendant in orange and white reaches toward her. A woman in a cream sari and a woman with long dreadlocks in white stand on the right, both with rudraksha malas and hands pressed together. A red-and-orange flag is visible in the background. Several people in white with malas fill the middle ground. The scene looks like a satsang or darshan gathering.2009-06-01A photograph of a courtyard with a pale blue wall and a red-framed window behind a group of women in white and orange clothing. Several women stand in profile on the left, one in an orange shawl over white with gold borders, another in a yellow shawl. A young man on the right wears a white shirt and a garland of dried seed beads and flowers, with a red tilak on his forehead. Beside him a woman in white with a red bindi and garland holds a small brass vessel. On the lower right, a wooden stand holds offerings of pink flowers and a plate. The scene suggests a ritual offering or greeting at an ashram.2009-06-01December 23 20092009-12-23A photograph of a courtyard reception where several women in white saris with gold borders and orange shawls stand around a silver tray of flowers and offerings. A woman in white with a rudraksha-style garland and folded hands, facing the group, receives a tilak or blessing as a younger woman in a white sari with a gold border applies a mark on her forehead. Another woman holds a silver kalasha-style vessel with a lamp, and a pink lotus rests among purple flower garlands on a green cloth. Behind them, men in orange and yellow shawls stand near a whitewashed building with red-framed windows.2009-06-01A photograph of a welcome ceremony at an ashram entrance with white-painted walls and red-framed doorway decorated with flower garlands. A woman in white with long braided hair and rudraksha-style beads on her wrist receives a tilak mark on her forehead from a young woman in white with a gold border and an orange shawl. Beside them, another woman in white with a shell-and-bead garland and a name badge smiles, and a man in a yellow shawl and white clothes stands behind. A tray with flowers, sweets and a brass vessel sits on a green-covered table in the foreground. Several other devotees in white and orange stand in the background.2009-06-01June 01 20092009-06-01December 01 20102010-12-01May 13 20152015-05-13