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March 31 2013

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June 20 20132013-06-20A crowded satsang gathering of devotees with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the centre a young girl in a red-maroon sari with a gold border and a red bindi wears a rudraksha mala and speaks or chants. Beside her an older woman in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and short grey hair, also has her hands raised. Around them many women in white and red-orange clothing, some with sandalwood-style forehead marks, stand in close rows with hands folded, some blurred in the foreground.2014-08-24August 24 20142014-08-24Four young girls sit closely together chanting with eyes closed, wearing matching deep red garments edged with gold borders. Each wears a long rudraksha mala of brown seeds draped across the chest and white horizontal forehead markings. Their hands are held in mudra-like gestures on their laps. Behind them, a red-clad figure and red fabric backdrop suggest a group satsang or chanting session.2013-09-10A group of young women and girls in orange and maroon saffron-coloured clothing sit on a red-carpeted floor during a ritual gathering. Many have white vertical tilaka marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Several raise their open palms upward, some chanting with mouths open. Behind them are rows of red chairs, a pink-draped table, and a few seated women in white. Small items such as oil lamps and containers sit on the floor in front.2014-09-05July 14 20132013-07-14A photograph of a seated congregation at a satsang hall. In the foreground, three young girls in maroon dresses with gold borders and white forehead markings raise their hands, with one girl in the centre holding her palm up. Behind them, rows of seated women wear white and orange saris and some wear rudraksha-style necklaces. Brass lamps and small vessels sit on the floor in front, and the back of the hall is filled with more standing and seated attendees. No a person candidate is visible in this frame; the scene shows devotees during a satsang session.2013-03-10April 06 20132013-04-06 +1 copiesSeptember 20 20132013-09-20April 06 20132013-04-06 +1 copiesA large crowd of women and girls in a hall, many with raised open palms painted with red dot motifs, wearing saffron-orange and red saris and white sarees with red borders, white vertical tilaka or forehead bands, and rudraksha malas. Several in the foreground have hennaed hands and open mouths as if chanting or singing together.2014-08-24Two young girls in orange saffron robes with maroon-red borders stand in the foreground of a ceremony, one raising an incense stick and the other holding a small brass bell or lamp. Both have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads, and the nearer girl wears a long beaded necklace of gold-toned discs. Behind them, seated devotees in orange and maroon garments with white forehead markings sit before a red draped backdrop, with a blue-lidded container and a brass vessel in front. No a person figure is clearly visible.2013-07-29