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Outdoor photo of several smiling women gathered in a group near a white structure and palm foliage. A woman on the right in a white sari with a cream and gold border holds a silver tray and smiles broadly. Beside her, a woman in orange and maroon attire wears a rudraksha-style mala and a red bindi. To the left, a fair-haired woman in a white top with an orange scarf laughs, and other women in orange and white stand partly visible at the edges. A colourful tasselled canopy with blue and yellow tassels appears at the top right, along with a white vehicle.

December 31 2008

Outdoor scene at a construction site with red earth, a water tank on a metal frame, and dense green trees behind. In the foreground, several women in white saris with gold borders hold out metal plates, and a smiling woman with a red bindi and earrings stands at left. In the centre, a woman with light hair wears an orange-red sari and stands barefoot on the dirt, receiving or offering a plate. Other people in orange and cream robes, a man in an orange-and-white checked shirt, and a figure in a cream sari move among workers in the background.

A joyful group photo of devotees in an indoor hall, with many people smiling and embracing. In the centre, a young woman in a cream and gold-bordered white sari with a purple pendant holds up a pink phone, laughing with her arm around a woman in a bright orange sari with a rudraksha-style bead necklace. To the right, several women in orange saris with white forehead markings lean in close. Behind them, others in white and orange clothing and a few men in the background look on. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.

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A photograph of a procession with several women in cream and white sarees with orange shawls, holding long wooden poles topped with silver and gold finials and a yellow and red embroidered banner. A central blonde woman in a cream saree with orange shawl looks sideways while holding a pole. A woman in a saree with a dark bindi smiles beside her. Thatched hut and green foliage are behind them. Several more people are partly visible on the edges, including a girl in a purple outfit at left.

Four women in rust-red and orange saris with gold borders sit cross-legged and laugh together in a crowd. The woman in the centre holds a silver microphone to her mouth, smiling, with a white vertical forehead mark and red bindi, a dark rudraksha mala and gold chain. Women to the left and right wear dark beaded malas and wrist bangles; the background shows more seated people in orange and white. No swami is identifiable in the frame.

Outdoor procession of devotees in front of a green-roofed orange building with palm trees behind. A smiling woman in front wears a white sari with gold border and rudraksha mala, carrying a silver tray of laddus, a pineapple and other offerings. Beside her a young woman in a pink and red shawl holds a tray, and a woman in cream sari with orange border carries a long pole with an orange flag. Other devotees in white and orange clothing carry orange flags on poles, and a man in white dhoti with mala stands behind. No individual is identifiable as a person; the scene shows devotees in a flag procession.

August 25 2016

A photograph of ashram women in orange and red sannyasini-style saris with rudraksha malas, preparing food offerings during a ritual. In the centre a smiling woman with hair in a bun and white vertical tilak with a red bindi holds a mound of pale yellow food in both hands. Beside her a woman in orange with a red border holds a similar lump of food, and another woman at left, also in orange, shapes food with her fingers. Behind them other devotees in orange stand in a hall with red curtains.

Outdoor courtyard ceremony under a corrugated roof with a red boundary wall and palm trees behind. Several devotees in orange and maroon robes, some with long black hair, stand around a central group. A man in a white dhoti with a bare torso and dark rudraksha-style cord stands center, with white body markings. A woman in a white sari with a red bindi and a man in white with a garland and necklace of beads face the group. An orange ornate umbrella and a small orange-and-red decorated canopy stand behind, and children with white body markings and brass bowls are present.

December 06 2011

A photograph of a group of women in white and saffron-red clothing standing in a line during a ritual procession. Several hold ornate gold and white kalasha-style vessels topped with green leaves and feathered finials. Some wear white or red tilak markings on their foreheads, and one wears a rudraksha-style necklace. Carved golden wooden architecture forms the background. No identifiable a person is visible in this image.