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January 06 2012

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Night photograph of an outdoor ceremony at a temple courtyard under a large tree with pale flowers. A crowd of about 40 people stands in lines facing a row of rows of small clay or brass lamps and offering pots on the left. Several men wear white shirts and white dhotis; a woman in a white sari with gold border stands near the center, and a girl in a red dress stands at left. A man in a light blue shirt and khaki trousers stands at center. Folding white chairs and a covered table with offerings sit at right, and string lights line the background. The lamps suggest a puja or pournami observance.2011-04-17November 17 20052005-11-17Night photograph of a large crowd standing in an open dirt ground under a dark sky with a silhouetted tree line behind them. Many people wear white ritual clothing: men in white dhotis and shirts, some in light blue shirts, and women in white saris, plus a few in pink, blue, orange and green saris. Several women wear orange shawls. Most stand with hands folded or arms crossed, facing toward the left edge of the frame where a light glows. Floodlight poles stand in the background. The gathering is large and fills the width of the frame.2006-12-20Night-time photograph of a large crowd gathered outdoors at an ashram event, lit by overhead floodlights on poles and a tree at right. Many people in white and light clothing fill the scene; a woman in a white sari with a yellow border and braided hair stands at left, a man in a pink shirt walks in the foreground, and a woman in a pink sari and a girl in pink stand among others. Plastic chairs in blue and white are in the lower left. On the left, a figure in white stands on a raised platform near a canopy and camera stand.2008-07-27November 20 20112011-11-20January 06 20122012-01-06Night-time outdoor photo of a crowd of about fifty devotees standing on a dirt ground among young trees and low lamps, gazing toward the right. In the foreground a woman in a yellow-and-orange striped sari faces the group with her back to the camera. Many men wear white dhotis and shirts, some women wear saris in orange, red and maroon, and several children are visible, including a small boy in a dark jacket and a girl in a light top. A bright light beam and a pole stand at the right edge.2011-11-20A dim, crowded evening gathering of devotees standing closely together in a hall, many men in white shirts and dhotis and women in sarees of pink, red, orange, blue and white. A young man on the left wears white clothes, a white forehead tilak and a rudraksha mala, and holds a small object. A woman in an orange saree and a woman in a pink saree stand with palms pressed together in namaste. An older man in white with a rudraksha mala stands in the centre foreground beside a bespectacled man. No recognisable a person figure is visible among the crowd.2006-10-23Night outdoor gathering at an ashram-style grounds with bright floodlights and a large crowd of devotees in white shirts, dhotis and colourful saris. A bald man in a pinkish-orange kurta with a gold-coloured border stands at centre, looking toward the crowd. A woman with a long grey braid in an orange-yellow sari is in the foreground, and a white van with an orange flag stands in the background near a blue barrier. Trees and lamp posts frame the scene.2013-01-06July 27 20082008-07-27January 08 20122012-01-08November 20 20052005-11-20