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November 12 2010

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A seated priest in a white dhoti with red-bordered cloth over his shoulder performs an aarti, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame raised toward the front. He wears a gold necklace and a gold bracelet. Before him are a silver plate with flowers and a yellow sweet, a brass pot, and metal bowls of food including rice, flatbread and yellow rice. A microphone stands in front of him. Around him, about a dozen women sit on the floor with palms pressed in prayer, wearing white, orange, yellow and green saris. A pale orange cloth and a small silver pedestal with a yellow deity murti stand at the left.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A seated man in white dhoti with a gold-edged border and a white shoulder cloth sits with palms pressed together in namaskar before a microphone on a stand. He wears a rudraksha mala with a wrist mala and a gold bracelet, and has white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms. Beside him a woman in an orange sari with a red blouse, eyes closed and hands folded, sits at another microphone. Behind them are gold-coloured ornamental panels and a pink-and-green cloth backdrop, with sheets of printed script on a stand before them.2011-12-05A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and white shirt with a red-and-white border performs aarti, lifting a silver lamp with a large flame toward the upper frame with one hand while holding a small bell in the other. He wears a gold chain and a bracelet and sits cross-legged on a red cloth before a microphone stand. Behind him a row of women sit with palms pressed together in namaskar, several in orange and saffron saris and others in white with yellow shawls. A brass thali holds a golden sweet, marigold petals, kumkum-coloured offerings, a bowl of cooked shrimp-like items, rice, and small metal vessels. A traditional yellow-and-green dish sits nearby, and a brass kalasha-style lamp stand on a silver tray at left.2010-11-12September 12 20102010-09-12May 03 20122012-05-03November 28 20112011-11-28November 08 20102010-11-08A seated group performs a puja ritual in a temple hall with a gold-covered seat and microphones in the background. In the centre, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a gold necklace and gold bangles holds a pink lotus flower over a silver vessel. Beside him, a man in white with a rudraksha-style gold necklace and glasses holds a pink lotus, while a bald man with white forehead markings sits in front. Women in white saris with yellow shawls sit to the left and right, and silver trays with an apple and flowers are in the foreground. Priests in saffron robes with gold necklaces and tilak markings sit in the background.2010-11-02A photograph of a seated satsang in a hall with a blue curtain and floral garlands at left. In the foreground a man in white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body, with white sacred ash marks on his arms, sits cross-legged before a microphone stand, hands near a brass bell. Beside him men in orange shawls with gold-bead necklaces and rudraksha malas sit with hands folded in prayer. On the right two women in white and red saris also sit with palms joined. A gold-trimmed low seat and a brass plate with fruit sit in front. Five people are visible.2010-12-26A row of men in white dhoti and shawl sit cross-legged on mats in a hall, performing a puja. Several have white and red tilak markings on their foreheads, and some wear rudraksha malas. Brass plates and bowls with flowers, yellow powder and fruit, oil lamps and a small brass kalasha are arranged on mats in front of them. Some people hold their hands in anjali, others hold a small lamp or bowl. Behind them, people in yellow and white clothing sit in the background, and a banner or sign is visible at the top left. The scene reflects a ritual padapuja-style ceremony.2010-11-24