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November 24 2009

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December 11 20092009-12-11December 16 20092009-12-16November 06 20102010-11-06A photograph of a crowd at a railing inside a temple-like hall with orange cloth hangings. In the foreground, devotees in white shirts and dhotis, one in a checked shirt, stand with palms pressed together. On the right, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a bare upper chest, wearing an orange shawl, reaches out with his right hand toward the devotees while smiling; a bright orange stool stands beside him. Behind him, a brightly coloured deity murti is visible in a shrine niche, and a man in a pink shirt stands nearby. A young man in white with a yellow shawl stands at the right edge. Several people are visible in total.2009-11-25A photograph of a temple-side darshan line. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a white vibhuti forehead marking, and an orange saffron sleeveless robe stands at a metal railing, extending his palms outward toward a line of devotees who have their hands pressed together in prayer and heads bowed. Devotees in white shirts and white dhotis, some wearing rudraksha malas, lean forward at the railing. Behind the railing, a gilded shrine with a deity murti in red and gold is visible, and an orange flag hangs at the upper left. a person is the robed man at the railing giving blessings, identified by his long hair, orange robe and vibhuti cues. Several other people stand around the railing in white and pink shirts.2009-11-25December 17 20092009-12-17November 06 20102010-11-06December 18 20092009-12-18A photograph of a devotional darshan line at an ashram. A figure in orange robes with long swept-back hair and a white tilak on the forehead extends a hand in blessing toward a man kneeling with bowed head. He holds papers and a tray, and a second person in orange, seen from behind, stands beside him. Along the left, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, some with rudraksha or beaded mala necklaces. Metal barrier railings guide the queue, and multicoloured flag-like banners with floral and bird motifs hang nearby. A plaque is mounted on the wall behind them, and more people in white wait in the background under a metal roof.2009-12-15Photograph of a darshan line at a temple-style hall with red, green and white patterned pillars and orange cloth panels above. A man in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back dark hair and a white forehead mark raises his right hand in blessing toward a line of elderly devotees in white dhotis and shirts who stand with palms pressed together in anjali. He holds a folded white paper in his left hand. Beside him stands a second person in orange robes holding a tray with orange cloth and papers. Metal railings separate the line from the blessing area, and other people stand behind.2009-12-15December 16 20092009-12-16A photograph of a sarvadarshan line under a white tent with striped red and blue hangings. A figure in saffron-orange robes with a long dark rudraksha mala, long swept-back hair and a small forehead mark stands at the centre, smiling and touching the forehead of a devotee with one hand while holding a folded paper in the other. Devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some holding books or folders, press along metal barriers, and a man in white holds a wooden box with red cloth. A yellow-vested attendant stands at the right edge.2010-09-21