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A photograph of a seated group during a ritual. In the centre, an older woman with grey hair pulled back, a red bindi and white sacred ash on her forehead, wears a white sari with a maroon and gold border. She holds a small silver vessel in her right hand and gestures with her left while speaking. To her right, a woman in a yellow top and white garment sits with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a dark beaded mala, bangles and earrings. On the left, a man with a white moustache has his hands folded beside a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame. Behind them, people in white clothes with red-bordered cloth and gold necklaces sit near a microphone stand. The scene suggests a puja or satsang setting.

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January 19 20132013-01-19A seated group of devotees in white and cream saris and dhotis, with gold borders, performs a lamp ritual. In the centre, a woman with long dark wavy hair and a red kumkum bindi wears a cream sari with a gold border and holds a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame in both hands. Women around her hold lit lamps and folded hands, some wearing rudraksha beads and bangles. Lit lamps are in the foreground. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable in this frame.2012-10-06April 03 20132013-04-03June 01 20122012-06-01April 13 20132013-04-13December 16 20132013-12-16A group of women sit closely together on orange and red cloths during a devotional ritual, many holding small brass oil lamps with flames and handbells. The central woman wears an orange saffron sari with a maroon border, a red kumkum mark and a vibhuti-style forehead line, and rings a brass bell while speaking. Women on the right wear white saris with yellow shawls and bangles, and a woman on the left in an orange shawl holds a lit lamp. Brass plates and oil lamps are visible on the floor, and the room is dim and hazy. Several people are seated; the scene is a group puja or aarti.2010-10-16Photograph of a seated woman in a white sari with a maroon blouse and an orange-red border, holding a small lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other near her chest. She wears a red bindi, a white forehead mark, a red-and-white lanyard and small earrings. Around her, seated devotees in white and pastel salwar kameez and white clothing have hands folded or hold lamps and bells. A brass bell is held by a person at the far left, and a pink container sits on a cloth at the bottom left. The setting appears to be a large hall with people seated on the floor during a puja or satsang.2013-12-12October 02 20132013-10-02A photograph of a seated group of devotees, mostly women, in white and cream saris with yellow and orange borders, performing a ritual. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a red border holds a small burning incense stick and a cup-like offering, while a woman on the right presses her palms together in prayer and wears a dark beaded mala and bangles. Brass plates with offerings and pink flowers sit in the lower right. Other seated devotees, some men in white, fill the background, with smoke from incense rising through the scene.2010-11-01October 10 20122012-10-10March 24 20142014-03-24