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June 18 2008

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Interior of a large hall prepared for a gathering, with rows of striped rugs in red, blue, green and yellow laid across the floor. On the rugs sit many brass plates, small brass lamps and stacks of translucent plastic containers with blue, orange and pink lids, arranged in long lines. White plastic chairs are set along the left wall, and a white canopy structure hangs overhead with colourful woven banners. A banner on the upper right displays a portrait and Tamil script. One person in a white outfit walks through the far left of the hall. No seated devotees are visible.2008-06-18A large floor covered with a striped multicolour woven rug in red, green, blue, purple and yellow, laid out with many small brass or gold-coloured ritual vessels and plastic containers with pink, blue, teal and orange lids arranged in rows. Brass plates and small bowls lie among the containers. In the background, two people in white dhoti-style clothing stand near the top left and a child in green and red moves near the middle, beside hanging banners and a large poster of a circular temple structure on the upper right wall. The scene appears to be preparation at a convention hall, with the photograph slightly blurred.2008-06-18June 18 20082008-06-18June 18 20082008-06-18December 11 20112011-12-11A large hall during a seated group puja. Many devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas, some wearing orange or saffron shawls and others yellow shawls, sit in rows on striped mats before brass plates and trays set with small lamps, flowers and offerings. In the foreground a man in an orange shawl and white clothes sits facing the rows, while a banner with a painted deity hangs at the back of the hall. Oil lamps line the floor along the rows. No candidate for a person is clearly distinguishable in the foreground, so no identification is made.2008-05-19September 17 20102010-09-17A large row of saffron-robed sannyasis sits cross-legged on striped floor mats, leaves and plates of food laid before them with steel cups. A man in white dhoti and shawl with gold border, wearing a hairnet and holding a blue bowl and ladle, serves food along the line while bending forward. Behind him, others in white and pink saris attend, and in the background a seated figure in red and white adorned with garlands sits before golden deity murtis and a golden throne, as part of a Maheshwara Puja style food offering.2016-12-18January 12 20082008-01-12September 14 20152015-09-14A large white tented hall decorated with painted yellow and multicoloured fabric pillars bearing elephant motifs. Dozens of men in white ritual clothes sit on striped rugs and blue mats before brass plates, small oil lamps and offering trays, performing a homa-style ritual. A standing man in a saffron-orange robe with a shaved head stands at the centre among white-clad devotees, and others move about the hall. Fans and speakers hang from the ceiling.2009-07-01December 21 20162016-12-21