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December 20 2013

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December 28 20112011-12-28March 30 20162016-03-30July 12 20162016-07-12A large indoor gathering of seated devotees holding small oil lamps lit with flames, a ritual scene in a bright hall. In the foreground a young woman in a cream and white sari with a tilak on her forehead and a bun hairstyle presses her palms together in prayer. Beside her a woman in a yellow-and-white outfit wears a rudraksha mala and red shawl, and other women in red and white shawls and saffron-coloured clothing hold lamps. Several men with shaved heads and bare upper bodies sit in the background. The crowd fills the hall, with a patterned backdrop and a partial view of a deity murti in the distance.2018-01-08March 18 20172017-03-18July 13 20132013-07-13Several women sit on the floor in a hall during a ritual, holding small brass oil lamps and lit flames. In the foreground a woman with short black hair and a black cord necklace wears a white sari with a gold border and holds a brass lamp with a lit flame. Beside her, a woman with a dark red ponytail and white t-shirt holds a brass bell and a lamp. Behind them, others wear white clothes and red-orange shawls, and a faint white purple-logo emblem appears at the top left. The setting is a plain stone-walled hall with a stone wall behind the seated group.2013-12-20February 23 20162016-02-23July 12 20162016-07-12A photograph of devotees seated cross-legged on a patterned carpet in a hall, dressed in white kurta-style clothing with orange-red lanyards, performing a small ritual. In the foreground a man in white with an orange lanyard bends over a small brass plate holding oil lamps and offerings. Beside him a man in white leans forward and rests his hands on a mat. Further back, seated devotees in white clothes and orange-red lanyards sit quietly, some with eyes closed, and a bald man in white sits at far left with hands folded. Red cloths lie on the floor and chairs are visible at the back of the room.2013-12-15May 24 20132013-05-24Seated devotees in white clothes and red-orange shawls with lanyards fill a hall during a satsang-style gathering. In the foreground a woman with black hair and glasses holds a small brass bell or metal item, while a woman on the right holds a small brass oil lamp aloft with white ash marks on her forehead. A woman in the centre with palms pressed together and a dark-haired woman at left sit with eyes closed in prayer. Brass plates and offerings rest on a patterned carpet. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this crowd.2013-12-19