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A seated group of devotees in white clothes with yellow shawls performs a group chant or prayer indoors, with many people in the background behind metal railings. In the foreground, a woman with hands pressed together in anjali mudra wears glasses and a yellow shawl, while a woman in the centre with eyes closed wears a white and peach sari, a rudraksha mala and a forehead mark. Other women have folded hands, vibhuti or kumkum marks and rudraksha malas. Small brass oil lamps and offerings sit on the floor in front. Hanging orange and gold cloth panels frame the top of the image.

A seated group of devotees in an indoor hall, many with palms pressed together in anjali and eyes closed. Foreground women wear white saris with gold borders; one wears a yellow shawl with deep-orange and red sindoor-style marks, another a green sari with white. Trays with small containers and a brass lamp sit on the floor in front. Hanging orange-and-gold cloths and a metal railing frame the room. Around twenty people are visible, most seated on mats, some partly obscured by others.

A group of women in white and cream saris and dhotis with yellow shawls sit in a prayer and ritual gathering in a temple-like hall with metal railings and palm trees outside. A woman in the centre with a long rudraksha mala and orange-bordered sari holds up a hand in devotion, and a young woman in front holds a brass bell in one hand and an incense stick or flame in the other, with a white tilak on her forehead. Another woman on the right holds a small object in her hands, and an orange-robed figure is partly visible at the lower right. Brass lamps and offerings sit on a tray in front. No figure in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person.

October 03 2010

A seated group of devotees in a temple hall during morning prayer. In the foreground, a woman with a shaved head and red bindi sits with eyes closed, wearing a cream top with a gold-bordered sari, a yellow shawl and a brown rudraksha-style mala. Beside her, a woman in white with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded in prayer. Behind them, several devotees in white garments sit with palms pressed together, eyes closed, some wearing beaded malas. A woman in a red-orange sari sits at the left edge with hands in anjali. Windows with grille frames are visible at the top right. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

A seated group of women in white and cream garments performs a padapuja-style ritual in an open hall with mats, brass vessels and small offerings on orange cloth in front of them. Many have their hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. Several wear yellow shawls, others orange shawls; a woman in the foreground wears an orange shawl and bindi and holds her palms together. Beads and a rudraksha-style mala are visible around some necks. Behind them, a red-pillared doorway opens onto a palm-lined courtyard, and a hanging yellow-and-patterned cloth decorates the top of the entrance.

A seated group of devotees performs a puja inside a hall, many women in white traditional clothing with yellow or orange shawls and rudraksha malas. Several sit cross-legged on mats with brass plates holding flowers, small oil lamps and offerings in front of them. A woman in the foreground chants with eyes partly closed, a red-orange shawl over her white sari.

A seated crowd of devotees, mostly women and girls, in an indoor hall during a Paduka Puja gathering. In the foreground a woman with short light brown hair and an orange scarf over a white outfit sits with clasped hands beside a woman in pale pink, both wearing glasses. A young girl in a purple top with an orange lanyard sits in front, and a young boy sits behind them. At right a woman in a green and white sari with a mala presses her palms together. Behind the rows, many people in white kurtas and white clothing sit in meditative postures, some with white forehead markings, and metal railings run along the right edge.

October 04 2010

2010-10-04 +1 copies

A photograph of a large group of women seated cross-legged on the floor of an orange-walled hall during a puja session. Many wear white or cream sarees with yellow shawls, and some wear orange or red sarees. Several have hands folded in namaskar or eyes closed in meditation, and rudraksha malas are visible on some necks. On the left a stainless steel bowl and brass vessels sit on an orange-fronted counter. Hanging orange and yellow banners with floral patterns decorate the back of the hall, and a railing and open doorway show greenery outside. No individual is clearly identifiable as the a person in this image.

September 12 2012

A dim indoor hall where many seated devotees in white and cream clothing sit with eyes closed during a padapuja. In the foreground a woman in a red blouse and white sari presses her palms together in anjali, with a red bindi. Beside her a woman in a pink top and white sari wears a rudraksha mala and sits with closed eyes. Behind them rows of people in white with rudraksha malas sit before a railing, and orange cloth hangs from the upper left and centre. A small oil lamp glows at lower centre.