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November 27 20142014-11-27November 27 20142014-11-27 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26November 27 20142014-11-27 +1 copiesAugust 18 20162016-08-18A seated assembly during a ritual gathering in a hall, with many participants in orange robes and white clothing sitting on the floor. Front-row figures wear orange sashes and rudraksha malas, with white forehead markings, and several hold or sit beside brass plates of offerings, flowers and small lamps. Behind them, rows of people in white shirts and dhotis watch, and some have white ash marks on their foreheads. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the scene shows devotees and sannyasis in ritual sitting.2014-06-02February 15 20132013-02-15April 21 20132013-04-21A large outdoor group of devotees sits in rows on striped mats before a black stone deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange flowers, beside a red-walled courtyard. Many wear saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas; a few women wear white or patterned saris. In the foreground a bald priest in white dhoti with a red-and-white shawl and rudraksha mala sits beside brass kalasha pots, bowls and a tray of offerings, while a young man in saffron with a red tilak sits nearby. Brass lamps and vessels are set on the mats.2016-08-18September 13 20132013-09-13A photograph of a Vedic ritual gathering held in an open courtyard under a green leaf-garland and hanging paper lanterns. In the foreground, a priest in orange robes sits on a mat beside brass plates of fruit, sweets, betel leaves and puffed rice, while a woman in a yellow-bordered white sari sits at the left. On the right, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a flower garland sits on a red-and-blue patterned rug before a small floral arrangement, flanked by two tall golden staffs. Behind them a large seated audience in white, orange and saffron clothing fills the hall, and a photographer in white stands at the upper left.2008-12-26October 08 20062006-10-08 +1 copies