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October 17 2007

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A photograph of a hall with a corrugated metal roof strung with paper birds and hanging cloth banners, where many people sit cross-legged on striped mats facing a stage. Most attendees wear white clothes, with several young girls in white dresses at the front right. On the stage, a large backdrop shows a painted deity murti pair in blue and gold, and a projector screen displays an image to the left, with string lights and a decorated pillar framing the stage.2007-10-17Indoor evening photograph of a devotional gathering in a tented hall at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru. Thirty to forty seated devotees in white clothes, many with saffron-orange shawls, sit on colourful striped mats facing a decorated altar with a deity murti under lights and a kalasha-like painted pillar. At the far left front, a single standing figure in saffron-orange robes stands near a small podium, possibly addressing the group. Hanging paper decorations and fairy lights decorate the ceiling, and a white screen is set up beside the altar.2007-10-16October 17 20072007-10-17October 17 20072007-10-17A large crowd of devotees sits on the floor of a tented hall facing a raised altar at the far end. Most wear white clothing; several women on the right wear coloured saris in teal, yellow and red. The altar is lit with oil lamps and a fire ritual is underway, with orange-robed priests seated at the platform and a backdrop painting of a deity behind them. Colourful fabric tassels hang from the tent poles, and a tall dark-skinned deity mural rises on the back wall. Smoke rises from the fire pit beside the altar.2006-10-21December 10 20072007-12-10July 17 20092009-07-17December 23 20082008-12-23December 28 20082008-12-28January 19 20132013-01-19October 16 20072007-10-16January 17 20082008-01-17