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October 04 20142014-10-04A large hall filled with seated devotees performing a group puja. Front rows of young women and girls wear saffron-orange sarees and rudraksha malas, with white tilak marks on their foreheads, holding brass oil lamps and small handbells. Behind them, women in white and cream clothing and some in red-brown sarees hold lit oil lamps and bells, with a few wearing red shawls. Brass plates with flowers and offerings lie on the floor in front. The crowd appears to number well over twenty people.2013-09-27A photograph of a group ceremony where devotees hold lit oil lamps (diyas) in a seated gathering. In the foreground, several women in white ritual clothes with rudraksha malas and white and red forehead markings hold lamps toward the viewer. Behind them, rows of people wear orange and saffron garments and white forehead marks, some with beaded necklaces, while others sit with their hands raised. The setting appears to be a temple or ashram hall with a tiled floor and a small tray of offerings at lower left, consistent with an aarti or puja. No individual in the scene is clearly recognizable as a person; the visible figures are devotees and ritual participants.2014-09-16May 18 20132013-05-18A seated group of women in a ritual gathering performs aarti with small brass oil lamps and metal plates. Most wear saffron-orange or rust-red saris with long rudraksha malas and orange shawls, while a few in white saris and blouses sit among them. Several have white or ash markings on their foreheads. Lit lamps flicker on the floor and on plates in front of them. In the background a golden deity murti and a red curtain are visible in the hall. The scene reads as a ritual satsang.2014-04-22October 04 20142014-10-04Indoor ritual scene during an Adhi-Kailaasa puja with kirtan. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark holds a small brass handbell and a lamp, gesturing forward while chanting. Beside her, a woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala holds a brass oil lamp. Behind them, a row of young people in orange and maroon robes with white forehead marks sit on mats, holding lit oil lamps and singing. A brass plate with offerings and a small kalasha sit on the floor, and devotees in white are seated in the background.2014-08-14August 16 20142014-08-16October 04 20142014-10-04 +1 copiesA large group of devotees sits on the floor in a temple hall, holding lit oil lamps or small flames aloft during a devotional offering. Foreground figures include a woman in an orange sari with a dark rudraksha mala holding a lamp, a younger woman in orange with rudraksha beads, and a woman in white with a red-and-white bindi and mala holding a lamp. Many others in orange, maroon and white clothing with white tilak marks on their foreheads fill the background, and a golden deity murti is visible behind them.2014-08-29A group of devotees in a hall during a ritual. In the foreground, several young girls wear orange and red sarees with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. Behind them, women hold small brass lamps, one wearing a white saree with gold border and bangles, others in red and orange clothes, with white and red tilak marks on their foreheads. A red and white curtain and a pillar-like barrier appear in the background, with a deity murti partly visible on the right. The scene suggests a puja with lamps offered by devotees.2013-04-15October 26 20102010-10-26