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November 27 2012

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Night outdoor gathering at a Karthikai Deepam celebration: many devotees sit and stand on a paved courtyard lit by string lights and small oil lamps. In the foreground an elderly woman with curly white hair, wearing a pink and maroon sari with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, smiles upward. Beside her a woman in white sari holds a bundle, and a man in white dhoti with a yellow-trimmed cloth sits near a flat-screen monitor on a stand. Brass vessels, a kalasha-like pot and small diyas sit on the ground with offerings. Behind, a large crowd in white and bright clothes gathers under palm trees, with a white building and a few people seated at long tables. No clearly identifiable a person is present; the scene is a community gathering.2012-11-27Dusk photograph of a large crowd of women seated in rows on the ground under a covered pavilion for a vilakku pooja. Most wear white or cream saris and some wear red, orange and teal garments. Each seated woman has a brass multi-wick oil lamp lit in front of her, along with brass plates of flowers, fruit and offerings on mats. Several women have their hands joined in prayer. Orange and white draped cloth hangs from the pillars above, and figures are visible at the back. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this image.2006-12-31October 15 20102010-10-15Night outdoor fire ritual with many devotees in white clothes seated in rows on the ground before small red-brown trays holding burning fire pits and offering bowls. Women wear white saris with gold borders and white head cloths; some wear blue or orange shawls and beaded necklaces. A white ornamental structure and a tall decorated pillar stand behind them, and a decorated yellow vehicle with painted deity images and a portrait panel sits at the right. This appears to be a homa or fire offering. Roughly fifty people are visible.2009-12-30December 31 20062006-12-31November 27 20122012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27January 20 20192019-01-20A night-time satsang gathering under a open-sided pavilion with striped multicoloured mats on the floor. Many women sit cross-legged in white saris with gold or yellow borders, some with grey hair and flowers, others with long braids. Several men in white dhotis sit or stand toward the back, some bare-chested. Colourful hanging decorations and banners are strung from poles overhead.2019-01-20October 16 20102010-10-16 +1 copiesNight outdoor fire ritual at a brick-and-stone homa pit with red-and-white striped borders, scattered orange marigold petals and a smoke haze rising. A bare-chested man in white dhoti kneels at the pit with palms pressed together, bowing forward. Beside him, a priest in a white dhoti and shawl holds a brass tray and stands with a shaved head and dark-rimmed glasses. Seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats, hands folded in prayer, including a woman in white and a man with a rudraksha mala. A large crowd stands behind in the dark, many in white, pink, blue and red saris and shirts, hands joined. Small lights are visible in the background.2011-04-17December 31 20062006-12-31