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September 01 2014

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Dense rows of seated devotees in orange and maroon robes perform prayer with palms pressed together at chest level, many with white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and rudraksha malas around their necks. Several women in the foreground have eyes closed, and a woman in white stands behind the seated rows. Small brass oil lamps and ritual items sit on the floor in front, and a red bag and a saffron cloth lie among the devotees.2014-09-16September 01 20142014-09-01September 16 20142014-09-16A large seated congregation of devotees in a hall, most wearing saffron-orange and white clothing with rudraksha malas. Women in the foreground have bindis, vibhuti and tilak marks; a woman in yellow with a braid sits at lower left, and one in a dark red-maroon sari sits at lower centre with eyes lowered. Behind them many more seated participants fill the rows, with a pale blue-green wall at the back. Their eyes are closed or lowered in meditation or satsang. No a person candidate is visible in the frame, only devotees.2016-01-10September 06 20132013-09-06A seated group satsang in an ashram hall. In the foreground, three women sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in anjali mudra; the woman at centre wears a white outfit and a rudraksha mala, the woman at right wears orange robes, glasses and a wristwatch, and the woman at left wears white with a rudraksha mala and holds an open book. Behind them, a row of people in orange robes sits with hands folded, some with white tilak on their foreheads. A man in white dhoti and shawl with a beaded mala sits with hands in prayer, and small brass oil lamps and offering plates are placed on the floor. The visible crowd is large, with many more seated devotees in the background.2014-11-19September 12 20132013-09-12June 06 20142014-06-06A seated group of devotees with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed, at a satsang or puja gathering. In the foreground an older woman in an orange sari with magenta border and a rudraksha mala, and beside her another older woman in a maroon sari with gold border and rudraksha malas, both with white vibhuti lines on their foreheads. Behind them a woman in white with gold border and a rudraksha mala holds her hands together, and younger women in orange saris with red and magenta borders sit in the background with white tilak. A small paper cup sits on the floor at lower centre.2014-10-11September 26 20132013-09-26A seated group of devotees in a hall during a satsang or puja, with many women and some men in orange, saffron, maroon and red-brown robes with gold borders. Many wear rudraksha malas and white tilaka marks on their foreheads. Two foreground women in maroon and gold sit with eyes closed, while others sit cross-legged on the floor, with brass oil lamps and a ritual tray with flower offerings visible in front. Red chairs line the background behind them.2014-06-06A seated group of devotees in orange, red and maroon robes with rudraksha malas gathers in a hall for a satsang or puja. Several women in front wear white or pale vertical tilaka marks on their foreheads and close their eyes, some with hands folded or raised in prayer. Behind them, rows of people in white saris and white clothes sit and listen. A red-and-gold draped figure at the front centre holds offerings near a brass plate. Pale orange and maroon shawls and rudraksha beads are prominent throughout the scene. No figure in this image is clearly identifiable as a person by the required cues, so the central seated devotee is described by role only.2013-10-13