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October 05 2011

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October 05 20112011-10-05October 13 20132013-10-13October 13 20132013-10-13A group of women in orange and saffron saris with yellow borders sit cross-legged on a floor covered with a green cloth, performing a ritual with brass vessels and an oil lamp. The central woman wears a saffron sari with a maroon border, glasses, and a long garland of orange beads, holding a small brass spoon over a brass cup. The woman at right wears a saffron sari with a yellow border, a dark rudraksha mala, and bangles, and has a white vibhuti line on her forehead. Other women behind them wear similar orange garments and white forehead markings. Small flowers and a lit oil lamp sit on the cloth.2013-06-29Four women sit cross-legged or seated on a red stage in front of red and grey draped curtains, eyes closed in meditation. From left: a woman in a deep red silk sari with gold border and heavy gold necklaces and bangles, a woman in a teal and gold silk sari with bangles and a lanyard badge, a woman in a mustard-yellow and green silk sari with a gold chain, and a woman in rust-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and gold border, her hands folded in her lap. A partly visible person in white and orange stands at the back right. All four seated women wear tilak on the forehead.2016-12-01A photograph of a seated congregation on a tiled floor during a satsang-style gathering. In the foreground, three women sit cross-legged in saris: the woman at right wears a deep red and green silk sari with gold border and a long red-beaded rudraksha-style mala with a round medallion; the woman at centre wears an orange and black sari and a similar beaded mala with a circular badge; the woman at left wears orange and red with a beaded necklace. Behind them many more devotees in orange, red and saffron saris sit attentively, looking toward the front. Purple and black bags lie on the floor at left. Blurred figures fill the background.2016-08-21October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesNovember 27 20122012-11-27October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesA row of seated women in saris and marigold-and-white flower garlands sits in a temple setting, many with yellow turmeric or kumkum marks on their foreheads and brown rudraksha-style necklaces. Their saris are red, maroon, magenta, gold and pink, and they sit with hands in their laps or folded. Behind them, a colourful deity murti or decorated altar is visible on the left. A figure in white garments stands at the far right edge, partly out of frame. The lighting is warm and pinkish.2015-10-21 +1 copiesA seated row of devotees in red-orange and saffron saris with gold borders sit with palms pressed together in namaskar, eyes closed or lowered in devotion. Several women wear white urdhva-style forehead markings, a rudraksha mala is visible on one woman's neck, and gold bangles and earrings are worn. In front of them sit banana leaves with bananas, rice, lime and other food offerings, and water bottles are placed along the foreground. No a person figure is visible in this frame.2016-09-30