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July 09 2010

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July 09 20102010-07-09Indoor hall with white ceiling fabric and hanging colourful fabric banners, showing a group ritual gathering. Devotees in white dhotis and kurtas with yellow shawls stand and sit on the floor, while women in white saris with yellow and orange borders gather nearby. Several people in saffron and orange robes sit on chairs facing a raised platform. On the right, a seated person in an orange garment tends a brass puja setup with fruit, sweets, a brass kalasha-style vessel and a lamp on a red patterned rug. Prayer mats are spread across the floor.2009-10-17A photograph of a large hall with a white tiled floor and orange mats laid in rows. Many women and men in white clothing with yellow or orange shawls kneel, bow and sit with hands folded, facing toward the right side of the room. A woman in an orange sari kneels in the foreground beside a small booklet, and a woman in a long white dress with an orange shawl stands in the centre. Hanging decorative cloth banners with striped and patterned panels decorate the ceiling, and ceiling fans and lights are visible. A man in orange robes sits at the far right near a raised platform.2010-07-09A large hall with a white fabric ceiling and tall colourful striped pillars hung with orange tassels. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes fill the room, many wearing orange or red stoles, with orange floor mats and orange-draped tables. In the foreground a bald man in white dhoti and white top with an orange stole stands facing the audience. Several seated women and girls sit on the floor in front, and a cameraman and microphone stands are visible at the right.2010-07-11A group of devotees stands in a hall with white ceiling fans and a tiled floor during a ritual gathering. Most women wear white saris with yellow or red shoulder cloths, and men wear white dhotis. Two women in the centre wear saffron-orange and maroon garments. Behind them, a painted backdrop shows a deity murti under an arch, and decorated pillars with elephant motifs flank the room. A small brass vessel and offering tray sit on the orange mat at left, and an orange cloth lies on the floor at centre right.2010-10-12October 08 20062006-10-08February 25th 20072007-02-25Indoor hall with orange mats and rows of standing people in white and orange clothing, many with yellow or orange shawls. A woman in a white top and orange shawl stands at the front left, with a bare-cheeked woman in an orange outfit to the left. Colourful cylindrical banners with patterns hang from the white ceiling, and a red stage light stands on the right beside an orange-draped seat or dais. Chairs line the left wall. Several people appear to be standing in a meditation or yoga-style gathering.2010-07-09Photograph of a yoga or meditation session in a covered hall with a concrete floor and a tent-like ceiling. Participants sit on rush mats in white clothing, many with yellow or orange sashes. Several are bent forward in a prostrating or child-pose stretch, while others sit upright with eyes closed. Tall cylindrical hangings with red, blue and yellow geometric patterns and orange fringes hang from the ceiling. A man in a red-checked shirt stands near the back wall beside a small altar table, and a woman in a red garment stands further back. Framed pictures line the walls.2008-09-30October 15 20072007-10-15A photograph of a large hall with orange floor coverings and purple-and-orange patterned mats where many devotees, mostly women in white saris and white clothing, gather in rows and clusters. Some wear orange or saffron saris and carry small children. Woven hanging banners in orange, yellow and purple decorate the upper walls, and white curtains and blue plastic chairs line the left side. A woman in a white sari with a long beaded necklace stands at the left foreground, and a woman in a yellow shawl stands at the right. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so the a person field is none.2010-07-24Indoor hall with white ceiling canopy and hanging colourful woven banners with elephant motifs, ceiling fans and tube lights. Foreground women in white salwar kameez and white saris walk across a polished floor marked with a red-orange stripe. Seated devotees in white and some in red or saffron cloths sit on mats at left. At right, a man in a saffron-orange garment stands near a white platform with a small altar. Several standing people in white, one wearing a yellow shawl and another a red shawl, are gathered near the stage. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance.2010-07-04