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February 15 2007

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A photograph of a ceremony in a whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof, decorated with tall painted pillars in red, green and white patterns. A large seated crowd, mostly women with braided hair and jasmine garlands in saffron, teal, purple and red saris, sits on mats while several people stand near the front in white dhotis and saffron-orange shawls, some garlanded. At right, a seated figure in orange clothing sits behind a low table draped in teal, with brass vessels and offerings in front. A tall ornate wooden peetha or throne-like seat and a speaker are visible. The crowd appears to number in the dozens.2007-02-15A seated congregation fills a bare white-walled hall with a grey door on the right, sitting on striped red and green mats. A woman on the far left wears an orange-saffron sari and stands near a red-shirted man. Two decorative cloth banners with white bird motifs, red flowers and orange hems hang on the wall. A woman in white sari and a standing man in light blue shirt hold a brass tray with offerings, while people in white shirts and dhotis sit in rows. Several older men and a young boy in white kurta sit in the foreground. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2007-02-15A photograph of a covered open-sided hall during a ceremony, with a crowd of many seated devotees on the floor facing a shrine at the far end. Decorated pillars wrapped in red, blue and yellow patterned fabric with bird motifs stand along the hall. A deity murti is adorned with flower garlands in the shrine, with banana leaves and marigold festoons above. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand near the shrine, and a man in an orange cloth is among them. Women in colourful silk saris with flower garlands and braids sit to the right. Cameramen with video equipment film the proceedings near the front.2007-02-15January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA large crowd of devotees sits on mats and white plastic chairs inside a white tented hall decorated with hanging cloth banners in red, blue, yellow and green with elephant motifs. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts, women wear saris in yellow, orange and red, and a man in an orange shawl sits at the front right. Several standing attendants in white garments move along the central aisle. Framed portraits and banners line the back wall and side panels of the hall.2008-03-20February 15 20072007-02-15February 15 20072007-02-15February 16 20072007-02-16A large crowd of devotees sits seated on the floor under a corrugated metal roof inside a whitewashed hall. Many people wear white clothes, with some in orange and yellow saris, and several boys wear rudraksha malas. Tall cylindrical banners decorated with painted geometric patterns in red, blue and yellow hang along the ceiling. Fluorescent tube lights and a ceiling fan are visible, and at the far end figures stand near a distant platform. The congregation faces the front in a satsang or evening gathering.2007-02-16December 25 20082008-12-25February 15 20072007-02-15A large crowd of several hundred devotees fills a white tent-roofed hall during a healing darshan. Many sit on mats and cloth on the floor, while others sit on chairs; a wheelchair is visible at left. Women wear saris in pink, red, orange and white, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. Hanging decorative pillars with colourful patterned panels hang from the tent ceiling. At the far left front, a figure in saffron-orange robes with a red head covering sits on a raised platform beside potted plants, consistent with a speaker seated on a dais, though this figure's identity is uncertain. Small children sit among the adults at the front.2008-03-21