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October 14 2008

October 14 2008

October 14 2008

A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a red-orange head cloth and a long beaded necklace with a large gold pendant gestures with open hands while speaking. Opposite him, a woman in a deep maroon sari with gold border sits with hands folded, and behind her a man in white dhoti and a shawl sits. A bare-chested man with a tilak sits in white dhoti with a sacred thread. In front of them lies a spread of fruit including bananas, apples, oranges and strawberries, silver bowls, a brass lamp, flower garlands and food under foil, set on a low table in a living room with framed artwork and a television.

June 21 2014

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A seated man in saffron-orange robes and a matching orange head wrap gestures with his right hand during a domestic ritual gathering. He wears a large wooden bead necklace and a light sandalpaste tilak, and sits on a low dais behind a spread of fruit: bananas, apples, strawberries, oranges and mangoes. Beside him a woman in a dark maroon sari with gold border sits with folded hands, and a man in white dhoti and shawl sits behind. A brass oil lamp burns on the right, with flower garlands, a brass kalasha-style vessel and a yellow cloth on the table. A framed picture hangs on a pale wall and a staircase is visible behind.

May 03 2008

A photograph of a satsang or private puja in a carpeted room with folding white chairs. A figure in orange robes and an orange turban sits cross-legged on the floor, hands joined in anjali, facing a seated group. Seated devotees include a man in a white shirt, a woman in a cream and black sari, a woman in a teal sari, and a woman in a green sari with red border. A standing woman in a cream sari and a standing man in white clothes holding a camera stand at the back. On a low table and mat are brass plates with fruit, bananas, a silver lamp, a small metal vessel and a tray with a red offering. A framed carved wood panel of a chariot scene with horses hangs on the wall.

November 25 2010

A seated figure in an orange saffron robe and white garland sits on an ornate gold throne with red cushions, hands joined in namaskar. Several devotees in white traditional dress with yellow-gold borders sit on a white cloth before the throne, hands folded in prayer. In front lie offerings on silver plates: rose petals, red apples, oranges, bananas, grapes, a coconut and sweets, with flowers and brass vessels nearby. A young man in saffron and another in white with yellow shawls also sit praying. The white-walled room has a fluorescent light fixture and a red box of items on a low table behind the throne.

A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a white flower garland sits with palms pressed together in namaste on an ornate gold-and-red throne in a bare white-walled room. Around him, several women in white saris with gold borders sit on a white cloth with palms joined or heads bowed in reverence. A man in an orange robe kneels in front, hands folded, and two young men in white with yellow shawls sit at right, also in namaste. Trays of fruit, flowers, sweets and coconuts are set out on the floor in front of the throne. The scene resembles a devotional reception or puja. Copyright overlay text appears at lower right.

A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a matching orange head wrap and a long beaded necklace performs a puja on a white cloth spread on a wooden floor in a living room with a fireplace. He holds a small oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other. Around him sit four people: a man in white kurta, two women in yellow and white, and a woman in blue. The offerings include fruit, flowers, coconuts, silver bowls and lamps. A decorated altar on the right holds a deity murti draped in orange and red cloth and garlanded with flowers. A dark-garbed figure with a patterned cloth covers a seat behind the priest.