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A photograph of a seated ritual in a hall with a polished stone floor. Several priests in white dhotis with gold borders sit in front on orange and green cloths, hands folded or performing rites, with white tripundra marks on their foreheads and bodies. Brass lamps, small plates of offerings, flowers and oil lamps lie before them. Behind them a large seated audience in white and mixed clothing watches, with some people in the background holding hands together in prayer. A man on the right wears a rudraksha mala and gold-bordered white cloth; another man in the centre wears glasses and a white shirt with a beaded necklace. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance, so the figures are described by role only.

2012-05-21 +1 copies

A photograph of a large seated group inside a bright hall with red chairs and gold-framed shrine cabinets along the walls. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls sit cross-legged on mats with palms pressed together in prayer. Brass lamps, small brass bowls, and plates of offerings sit on orange and red cloths in front of them, with a lit oil lamp and incense sticks nearby. Behind them, rows of younger boys and men in mixed white, striped and colourful shirts sit with hands folded, and a few people are seated at the back near the chairs. The setting suggests a puja or satsang with offerings laid out before the participants.

2012-04-09 +2 copies

November 28 2011

Several men in white dhotis with gold borders sit cross-legged on a polished floor during a puja. In the foreground, a man with folded hands and rudraksha malas sits with eyes closed. Near the centre, a man with white tilak and rudraksha mala holds an object while chanting; brass plates, small cups, flowers and a lit oil lamp rest on a green cloth and orange mats. Behind them, more white-clad devotees and a few onlookers in white and red sit in a yellow-walled hall. No figure here is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so the role is described only as priests and devotees.

2012-05-14 +1 copies

Several men seated cross-legged on a tiled floor in a hall with red chairs, palms pressed together in namaskar with eyes closed. They wear white dhotis with maroon-and-white borders and are bare-chested, with white tilaka and white sandal marks on their foreheads and arms, and some wear rudraksha malas. Brass bells, small brass oil lamps and a brass pot sit on trays with flower petals, sandalwood and offering plates before them. Behind them a shaved-headed man in white robes sits in the background, and a framed portrait hangs on the wall. This appears to be a pada puja ritual.

February 04 2013

October 05 2011

A seated group of male priests performs a puja on a white marble floor. Several bare-chested men wear white dhotis with gold borders and rudraksha malas, with white ash markings on their chests and arms. In the foreground, a man with a long rudraksha mala and gold pendant sits cross-legged, his hands joined over a brass plate of pink flowers, a brass lamp and small brass vessels arranged on a red cloth, and an open book beside him. Other devotees sit in rows behind, some in saffron robes, with brass lamps, flowers and offering trays set on the floor in front of them.

A photograph of a large group of devotees seated cross-legged on mats in a hall during a ritual, with brass plates, small oil lamps and metal cups arranged on the floor before them. Most men wear white dhotis with gold-bordered orange shawls and sacred ash markings on their foreheads and arms; the front-row men wear rudraksha malas and gold bangles, and several have shaved or tonsured heads. Younger boys in dark shirts and maroon-and-orange clothing sit among them, and a boy in glasses on the right holds a small notebook. The front-row man with folded hands is closest to the camera, and a printed booklet lies on the floor at lower left. Some devotees have eyes closed in meditation, and there is no visible throne or figure singled out as a person.

Large seated gathering in a hall with rows of devotees in white and saffron clothing, many with hands in anjali mudra. In the foreground a man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala sits with palms pressed together, with brass plates, small oil lamps and offering dishes on orange cloths before the group. Shaved-headed men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls and white tilak marks on their foreheads sit nearby, and many children and young people fill the background, some with hands folded in prayer.

A photograph of a large seated congregation during a puja in a hall. In the foreground, several men with shaved heads wear white dhotis with red-and-gold striped borders and white upper cloths, sit with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed. Brass lamps and small offering plates with flowers and fruit sit on the floor before them, with lit oil lamps and a small ritual setup visible. Behind them, more seated devotees in white and colourful clothing, some with hands folded, fill the room, and a woman in a blue dress sits among them. There is no clearly identifiable a person figure in this view.

A large seated gathering of devotees in white dhotis and shawls with gold-bordered yellow-and-white cloths, palms pressed together in prayer on a hall floor covered with orange mats. Brass plates holding flowers, fruit and small oil lamps sit in front of them, and several flames are lit along the rows. A foreground man with a tilak on his forehead and a woman with long hair in a gold-bordered sari are prominent, eyes closed. The scene appears to be a ritual satsang or puja in a hall with a red and white draped ceiling. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.