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June 09 2009

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Indoor satsang in a hall with a tin roof and strings of paper decorations hanging overhead. A seated figure in a cream-and-gold embroidered robe and a white cap sits on a raised gold throne backed by a golden multi-hooded cobra canopy, holding an open book and speaking into a microphone. Devotees in white and orange sit on the floor, some in orange robes and rudraksha malas. Brass oil lamps and a flower-garlanded railing line the foreground, with colourful decorated pillars and framed photographs on the walls behind. Visible people number roughly two dozen.2009-06-09A photograph of an evening puja inside a open-sided tent-like hall with a corrugated roof and orange drapery hanging on the left. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls stand and hold lit oil lamps (aarti) before a decorated altar with brass vessels, a deity murti, garlands and banana leaves. Seated women in white saris and men in orange and white clothing face the altar, with fruit offerings including pineapples, oranges and bananas, coconuts and brass pots arranged on the floor in front. A man in the foreground wears a tilak and an orange-brown shirt. Framed photographs and banners hang on the back wall. About twenty people are visible.2009-06-09Indoor ritual hall with an orange-painted wall, corrugated roof and hanging decorative tassels in orange, blue and yellow. A man seated on an ornate gold-and-red throne is dressed in saffron-orange cloth with a garland, a seated figure with a shaved head in saffron robes sits in the foreground, and rows of devotees in white clothing sit on the floor, some with rudraksha-style beads. Trays of fruit, flower garlands, coconut and grass bundles sit on the floor in front of the ritual participants. A portrait with a framed image hangs on the wall. The throne figure's appearance does not clearly match the a person candidate cues, so role is given without identification.2011-11-06June 09 20092009-06-09Indoor ritual hall with a corrugated metal roof and hanging decorative streamers. A person in orange and gold robes sits on an ornate red and gold throne at the right, with a gold-edged backrest, holding an object near the face. Seated in front of them are a man in white with a garland and a woman in orange saree with a garland, along with rows of seated devotees in white and orange. A bald priest in white sits at lower left beside a brass lamp and a plate of fruit and flowers, while another priest in orange sits nearby. Trays of fruit, sweets and red flowers are arranged on the floor, with a brass kalasha-style vessel and a drum visible at left. A standing man in orange stands in the background near a printed banner. The setting suggests a satsang or puja gathering.2011-11-29A covered hall with a corrugated metal roof and white walls hosts a group ceremony. Several standing and kneeling devotees in white dhotis and saffron/orange shawls perform a ritual with brass lamps and vessels on low orange stands, and a standing man in white holds an offering. Behind them a seated crowd in white clothes fills the floor, and tall striped cloth-wrapped pillars hang from the ceiling. On the left a man in an orange shawl stands near a drum. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance; the visible people are devotees and priests in white and saffron.2007-08-09February 16 20092009-02-16May 25 20172017-05-25November 06 20112011-11-06Photograph of a ritual puja in a covered hall at night, with a long row of brass and steel plates heaped with fruit, sweets, coconuts and banana leaves in the foreground. Several seated men in white dhotis and white shirts with red-orange shawls face an altar with lit oil lamps and a deity murti; a man in a yellow dhoti stands at a microphone stand at right. A drummer in a cream shirt with a large decorated drum is at lower left, and an orange curtain hangs at left. Oil lamps are lit on the floor near the offerings, and a small group of seated devotees fills the back of the hall.2009-06-09Indoor ceremony in a metal-walled hall with speaker columns and saffron banners. At left, a figure in an orange-red turban and saffron wrap sits on an ornate gold throne, holding a microphone near his face. Centre, a priest in orange and a red-robed attendant stand before a gold-framed shrine with a deity murti and green draping; a kalasha-like offering and a row of lamps sit on the platform. Right, a man in white dhoti and white head cloth stands with hands folded. Seated devotees in white and saffron clothing, some with garlands, fill the floor in rows behind rope barriers, hands joined in namaskar. The ritual setting suggests an assembly or puja, with the throne prominent.2015-09-10February 24 20072007-02-24