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Photograph of a large group of women seated on the floor in a hall, sitting in meditative posture with hands folded or joined at the chest. Most wear orange or saffron saris with red or maroon borders, while others wear white saris with red borders, a pink kurta, and a yellow shawl. Many have red or orange shawls draped over their shoulders and rudraksha malas around their necks. Brass plates, small oil lamps, and offering trays with kumkum and flowers sit on the mats in front of them, as in a pada puja. Seated women in the foreground hold their hands together in prayer.

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A photograph of a seated congregation during a ritual, with many women and girls sitting cross-legged on the floor. In the foreground, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with rudraksha malas sits with palms together, eyes closed. Beside her, a woman in a maroon sari and gold-bordered shawl holds her hands in anjali. To the right, a young woman in white with a long rudraksha mala holds her hands together. Behind them, women in orange and maroon garments and forehead markings sit with hands folded. Brass lamps, small silver bowls, flower petals and sliced fruit sit on trays on the floor in front of them. Ceremonial oil lamps and brass vessels are visible on the ground. No identifiable person matching the a person description is visible.2014-06-01A large group of devotees, mostly women and girls, sit cross-legged on mats in a hall during a ritual, with eyes closed and voices raised in chanting. In the foreground a woman in an orange shawl and dark-rimmed glasses sits beside a woman in a peach-pink sari and a woman in a red sari with a gold border, both with hands joined or holding small ritual items. Others wear white and orange clothing and red shawls, and some have red bindis and white forehead markings. A red draped table or dais stands at left, with small oil lamps, flower petals and offering trays on the floor nearby. No a person is visible in this scene.2012-10-24November 12 20102010-11-12January 01 20122012-01-01June 26 20122012-06-26November 16 20132013-11-16 +1 copiesA seated group of devotees with palms pressed together in namaskar inside a hall with a polished floor, mats and small brass puja trays with oil lamps and offerings in front of them. In the foreground a woman with long light-brown hair wears white clothes and an orange shawl; beside her an older woman in a cream sari with glasses also has hands joined. Other women in green, red and cream saris and young girls in white sit in rows, some with rudraksha-style beaded necklaces. A row of red chairs and a wall with framed pictures appear in the background. Around 40 people are visible.2012-04-04October 25 20122012-10-25April 08 20122012-04-08February 21 20162016-02-21October 14 20112011-10-14Women sit cross-legged on white cloth at a satsang or puja, with red drapes behind them. In the foreground a woman in white clothes with a red-and-gold bordered shawl and a rudraksha mala, eyes closed, hands folded. Beside her a woman in white with a red bordered sari, and a woman in orange sari with a brown shawl on the left. Brass puja vessels, a small bell and a pink container sit on a patterned rug at lower left. Several other women in orange, red and white garments are visible in the background, with vibhuti marks on some foreheads. No individual is identifiable as a person in this image.2014-07-22