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A seated group of women and girls in orange and red saris with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings sits on the floor of a hall during a ritual gathering. Several hold small books or clasp their hands in prayer, and brass puja items and small trays of offerings lie before them. Behind them, a larger crowd of seated attendees in white and colourful clothes fills the room, with more people standing along the far wall.

A photograph of a large group of women seated on the floor of a hall performing a ritual with small brass oil lamps and brass vessels. Most wear saffron and rust-red sarees with rudraksha malas and white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Several hold lit oil lamps or brass cups, and brass plates with pink flower petals and small offerings sit before them. Behind them, more devotees sit among red draped curtains and a golden deity murti near the top right. One woman in a white saree with an orange shawl at left gestures with her hands.

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A large group seated on the floor in a temple hall during an arati or lamp-offering ritual. Front row includes a woman in white sari with gold border holding a lit oil lamp, a woman in green and gold sari with a rudraksha mala, a shirtless young man in white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha mala holding a lit lamp, and a bearded older man with rudraksha mala holding a lamp. Behind them many men in saffron/orange garments with rudraksha malas and forehead markings sit on mats, some with white body paint or tilak. Brass bowls and small lamps rest on a green cloth before them. No individual is identified as a person by appearance.

A photograph of a large seated ritual gathering in a hall with red curtains and cream tiled floor. Many women and girls sit on mats in rows, most wearing saffron and orange saris or robes with red-and-gold borders and rudraksha malas. Several hold small brass lamps, bells and brass plates with offerings, and some are reciting or chanting. Brass lamps, plates and small vessels sit on orange cloths in front of them, and a metal chain barrier runs across the foreground. Some women in white and cream saris sit among them. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person.

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A photograph of a large seated congregation in a hall with red curtains and a red-draped stage at the back. Many women and girls sit cross-legged on the floor, most wearing saris and salwars in orange, green, blue, yellow and red. Several hold small brass bells and handheld items, and brass plates with flowers and small lamps sit before them on pink and red mats. Some women have forehead markings. A cameraperson stands at the rear and framed pictures hang on the wall above. Nobody is clearly identifiable as a person in this crowd.

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A photograph of a ritual gathering in an outdoor temple courtyard. In the foreground, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, wearing an orange robe, a long rudraksha-style mala and gold beaded necklaces, hands pressed together in prayer. Beside him, a shaved-headed man in saffron robes with a white tilak kneels with palms joined, and a man in white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl kneels with hands folded. A shaved-headed person in orange with a white tilak sits with eyes closed and hands joined in the right foreground. Brass bowls, a plate of grains and flowers, and small vessels sit on the cloth. Standing figures in orange and white and a crowd of devotees in white fill the background, along with temple pillars.