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February 23 2016

A photograph of a ritual gathering. A young girl in a gold-embroidered cream blouse and pink skirt stands with her hand raised toward a smiling man on the right, who is bare-chested in a white dhoti with white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms. Behind them a man with a moustache and a rudraksha mala sits bare-chested in a white dhoti. Centre back, a standing figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe is partly cropped at the top. Brass plates and bowls with flowers sit on green leaves on the floor, with a second partly visible person at the bottom edge.

A small girl stands on a tiled floor holding a silver walking cane with a black rubber base, wearing a yellow and red embroidered blouse and a bright pink lehenga skirt with gold trim and a red bindi. Behind her, seated devotees in white dhotis with gold borders and saffron-orange robes sit on a mat during a ritual gathering. A bald man wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on the right, his bare chest visible, while brass trays and offerings rest on the floor at the right edge.

A young girl sits cross-legged on a polished floor, palms pressed together in namaste at her chest. She wears an orange saffron dhoti and a tiger-striped shawl over her bare shoulders, with multiple rudraksha mala strands around her neck and a red bindi and white tilak on her forehead. Behind her, an adult in orange saffron cloth sits with white markings on the arms, and a cloth bag with maroon stripes rests on the floor. Blurred figures and pillars fill the background of a temple-like hall.

A photograph of an indoor ashram gathering. In the foreground, a young boy with a close-cropped head wears a draped orange robe over one shoulder and a white beaded necklace, leaning forward with one hand touching the bare back of a seated man in a white dhoti with a yellow border. Behind them, blurred devotees in white and orange garments move and sit in a pink-walled hall with a golden ornamental wall panel on the right. The crowd is dense and partly out of focus.

A photo of a ritual gathering in an indoor hall with a tiled floor. Several men and boys in orange and saffron dhotis and shawls, some bare-chested, stand and sit closely together. Two adult men in the foreground, one with a shaved head and a white tilak on his forehead, one with rudraksha malas around his neck, hold yellow flower petals or rice in cupped hands and offer them. A small boy in orange, also with a tilak, stands beside them and reaches out his hands. Behind them women in orange and pink saris and white head cloths sit on the floor, with small white cups and yellow petals arranged on the ground. A blue sign is visible on the upper wall. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam offering.

A photograph of a toddler in a green dress with gold trim standing in a seated congregation. The child wears a green sleeveless dress with gold border and paisley embroidery, a purple bangle, and has curly dark hair. Behind them, a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha-style bead bracelet sits. To the left, a smiling young woman in a dark blue and maroon garment is seated, and at the top right an orange-robed person is partly visible. Background shows white floors and blurred seated devotees.

March 24 2013

A young girl in a yellow embroidered blouse and bright pink skirt stands on a white floor holding a light blue-and-white stick upright with one hand. Behind her, seated devotees in rust-red and orange robes sit on green mats along the hall, a microphone rests on the floor at left, and a woman in a white sari with gold border walks past at right carrying a brass vessel. No a person is visibly identifiable in the frame.

July 20 2015

Photograph of a dance performance at an indoor hall during Navaratri. In the foreground, a young girl in an orange blouse and matching orange shawl with a gold border stands with a white forehead mark, holding a purple stick. A blurred dancer in orange with long dark hair moves in front of her. Behind them, women in pink and orange saris are visible, and a wall display of colourful panels and a red curtain frame the room.