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December 10 2012

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A woman with dark hair pulled back in a ponytail stands in a crowded indoor hall, wearing a white top and an orange shawl printed with mantra text. She holds her hands together and receives a small morsel from a woman in an orange-red patterned outfit who holds a silver tray with small steel bowls. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the background, and a balcony with railings appears above. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

A photograph of a ceremonial offering in a red-walled hall. An older woman with short grey hair, wearing a white sari with a gold border, a saffron-orange shawl and a small vermilion mark on her forehead, stands at centre looking down as she receives a red cloth-wrapped object. At left, a woman in a red-orange headwrap and gold beaded necklace and bangles reaches toward a silver tray holding a small white figurine. Behind them, devotees in white and red stand in the background, and a gold cloth lies at the lower right. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.

October 02 2014

A crowd of women in saffron-orange sarees and rudraksha malas gathers indoors. In the foreground, a woman with a tilak on her forehead and gold bangles feeds a yellowish sweet or prasadam into the open mouth of a younger woman with a tilak, who wears gold earrings and a gold-bordered orange saree. An older woman in the background, with glasses and a rudraksha mala, also holds prasadam. Another woman's hands at the right edge hold more prasadam. Others stand blurred behind them.

A seated woman in the foreground with eyes closed and palms pressed together in anjali mudra, wearing an orange saree with a pink border and a long rudraksha mala draped over her shoulder, with a white vertical tilak on her forehead and a red bindi. Behind her, several devotees in white clothes with white tilaks and rudraksha malas also sit with palms joined, in a hall during a satsang or devotional gathering. A small girl on the left sits with hands in prayer. The scene is a devotional sitting, with no deity, abhishekam or stage visible.

Close-up photo of a woman in a red and orange saree with a red border, wearing gold earrings and a bangle, holding two small silver cups with spouts and flower-like finials over a tray of offerings. A second woman on the left in a yellow shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Silver bowls holding white flower petals and small offerings sit on a brass tray with a lit oil lamp in the foreground. A small name tag is pinned to the saree.

October 23 2015

Photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a large hall. Several devotees in orange and saffron clothing with rudraksha malas sit on the floor behind lit oil lamps. In the foreground, a woman in a white blouse and white sari with a red border, wearing glasses and a red bindi, holds a small lit lamp on a brass plate. Beside her, a man in white kurta with a red shawl holds another lit lamp, and a man in glasses with a red shawl follows with a lamp. A woman in white with a red shawl also holds a lamp. Trays of food offerings sit on green leaves near the front. A saffron cloth with printed text lies on the floor. A bald monk's head is partly visible at the bottom edge.

May 26 2015

May 05 2016

A photograph of devotees at an indoor gathering. A woman with grey hair and glasses in a pink and floral print top, with a rudraksha mala and a pendant, smiles while holding a small bowl of yellow offering. In front of her, a figure in an orange robe with a saffron shawl faces away from the camera, and to the left a person in white clothes with an orange shawl has hands raised over another person's head in blessing. Other people in white and light clothing stand around in a bright, sunlit hall.

A densely packed indoor gathering of participants seated closely together, most wearing orange and red clothing and shawls. In the foreground, an older woman with white hair and glasses wears a white top and red-orange scarf, a middle-aged woman with short blonde hair wears an orange shawl over a brown wrap, and a woman in orange drinks from a plastic bottle. Many others with orange tilak marks and red and orange garments fill the background under warm orange lighting. No a person candidate is visible in this crowd shot.