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Indoor hall with white walls, ceiling fans and tall cylindrical hanging decorations in yellow, orange and patterned fabric. A line of women in saris and salwar kameez stands on an orange-red mat, several with hands pressed together in greeting. One woman in a white sari stands with hands folded at the centre, and a woman in white and yellow stands at right. Behind them, a row of men in white and checked shirts stands on a second mat near a wooden lectern. The floor is pale tile.

June 22 2009

A group of devotees stands in a hall with white ceiling fans and a tiled floor during a ritual gathering. Most women wear white saris with yellow or red shoulder cloths, and men wear white dhotis. Two women in the centre wear saffron-orange and maroon garments. Behind them, a painted backdrop shows a deity murti under an arch, and decorated pillars with elephant motifs flank the room. A small brass vessel and offering tray sit on the orange mat at left, and an orange cloth lies on the floor at centre right.

Indoor hall photo of an evening darshan gathering. Several women in white saris and men in white or light shirts sit on orange mats on a tiled floor, while a woman in a white sari stands at centre with her hands together. Others stand along the back wall beneath white ceiling fans and hanging striped cloth banners with yellow tassels. No a person figure is visible in the frame.

October 15 2007

A photograph inside a white tented hall decorated with hanging yellow and blue patterned banners. A long line of women in colourful saris stands in the centre, some with hands folded, while others sit cross-legged on a purple and green mat in the foreground. Several women wear white saris with coloured borders, one in a pale pink sari and another in a red checked sari. On the right edge a gold and red deity murti sits near the line. A white paper sign hangs in the background. Visible people number roughly two dozen.

2006-10-22 +1 copies

July 07 2010

2010-07-07 +1 copies

A photograph inside a large white tented hall decorated with hanging striped cloth banners in red, green, and orange. Seated devotees fill orange and yellow mats on the floor, several women in yellow and orange dress and others in white. In the centre, a standing group of men and women in white and orange garments with marigold garlands around their necks stands facing the front. A tall dark-haired man in a white kurta is at the front right, and a bearded man in a white robe stands near him. Behind them a small altar with a framed deity image sits near a wall, and a seated speaker in white is at the left with a large altar picture of a goddess to the left edge. Some participants wear orange sashes. Loudspeakers hang from the tent frame.

A photograph inside a large hall with a white ceiling and hanging decorative cylindrical banners in red, blue, yellow and white patterns. A group of standing devotees in a line on an orange mat, the front men in white dhotis and shirts, a man in a grey jacket with a teal green and black sweater, and a man in a dark blue shirt with a lanyard. On the left, women in saffron, pink and white saris stand near a low orange-draped table. Ceiling fans line the hall and a framed picture hangs on the back wall beside a wall clock. A man in white stands at the far right edge near red chairs.

Indoor hall with white ceiling canopy and hanging colourful woven banners with elephant motifs, ceiling fans and tube lights. Foreground women in white salwar kameez and white saris walk across a polished floor marked with a red-orange stripe. Seated devotees in white and some in red or saffron cloths sit on mats at left. At right, a man in a saffron-orange garment stands near a white platform with a small altar. Several standing people in white, one wearing a yellow shawl and another a red shawl, are gathered near the stage. No candidate for a person is clearly identifiable by appearance.

June 30 2010

A photograph of a large hall with a white tent-like ceiling hung with cylindrical fabric banners in blue, red and gold with tasselled yellow ends, and many ceiling fans. Dozens of devotees stand and move about on a cream floor and orange-red carpeted areas. Near the centre a woman in a white sari with gold border and a woman in an orange sari face each other, with a man in a white shirt and dark trousers beside them. Others in white kurtas, white dhotis and sarees, and some in orange, yellow and floral clothing fill the room. a person is not visibly present in this scene.