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December 10 2012

2012-12-10 +1 copies

December 10 2012

2012-12-10 +1 copies

December 09 2012

2012-12-09 +1 copies

A seated crowd of children, young people and adults fills a hall during the Gurukul inauguration. In the foreground, children in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged on a white floor beside a yellow painted line, several wearing rudraksha malas. A girl in a white dress with orange flowers smiles, and a boy in a red shirt sits with hands folded. Behind them, adults in white, orange and saffron clothes and a woman in a yellow sari sit attentively. At the front, a gilded deity murti sits on a raised altar with framed portraits on the walls and a camera on a tripod in the middle of the crowd. Hanging lanterns and bunting decorate the ceiling.

Wide view inside a white tent pavilion during a seated ritual gathering. A large crowd sits on white floor mats in front of a raised stage with a dark maroon curtain and a cushioned chair. Many participants wear white dhotis and white shirts with orange or saffron shawls and orange-robed sannyasis among them, some with white headbands. In the foreground a figure in orange robes with a headband stands near the stage edge, while a woman in white sits on a cushion beside a microphone. Hanging colourful vertical banners with patterned panels frame the tent, and a painted backdrop of a temple scene with a deity image sits at the right. Two speakers hang from the poles and a few blue plastic chairs sit along the right side.

A seated group of devotees fills a hall with cream walls decorated with multicoloured streamers in a diamond pattern. In the foreground a young boy in orange robes sits with his back to the camera. Beside him a figure wears an orange turban and orange cloth wrap, seated on a striped green mat, looking upward. Many children and young people in white and orange clothing sit in rows, some with hands raised to their faces. A woman in a white sari with an Indian flag motif stands at the back right. The scene appears to be an Independence Day gathering.

A photograph of a Kannada class in a plain whitewashed hall with pale yellow partitions and a ceiling fan. A teacher in white clothes sits on a blue plastic chair at the front, facing a seated group of about twenty students on a striped rug. Most students wear white kurtas and orange shawls draped over their shoulders, and several have shaved heads. On a side table, a framed portrait garlanded with orange and white flowers shows a saffron-robed figure, next to a smaller framed picture of a white-clad woman. A potted palm stands beside the table, and a red and gold patterned cloth hangs on the wall.

A photograph of an indoor hall during a seated group programme. Children in white clothes sit in rows on striped mats facing a central altar with a framed portrait of a seated figure in orange, garlanded with flowers. In front of the altar, a sannyasi in orange robes sits with his back to the camera, facing the children. Adults in white shirts and orange shawls sit on white plastic chairs in the foreground, and hanging banners with orange and multicoloured borders decorate the walls. Oil lamps and small offerings sit on a low table before the altar.

December 16 2012

2012-12-16 +2 copies

Indoor event hall with white walls and a white tent-style ceiling, decorated with marigold garlands and yellow and orange cloth banners. Two large portrait prints of a woman with long dark hair and a red bindi stand behind the stage, one labelled as a portrait of a spiritual teacher is not legible here. A man in a white kurta stands at a lectern with a microphone, a man in saffron robe stands barefoot beside him, and a man in white kneels at the left edge. Several women in white saris with orange shawls stand at the stage, and a row of girls in white dresses sits on a mat in front, with small brass oil lamps set before them. Multiple people stand along the right side.

December 24 2012