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A seated man in a dark blue kurta over white dhoti sits cross-legged on a green mat, wearing glasses, with his hands gesturing as he speaks. In front of him on a red cloth is a silver tray with a small silver oil lamp holding a lit wick, a steel bowl and red flower offerings. Behind him, devotees sit in rows in a room with orange brick walls and a marigold garland across a window. A girl in a green and pink dress and a woman in a cream saree with a gold border are nearby, and a man in a white shirt sits at right beside a black speaker. Roughly ten to twenty people are visible.

Devotees seated on a striped red, green and blue mat perform an aarti with small oil lamps. In the foreground a man in a blue and green plaid shirt holds a brass lamp plate outstretched while his hands are cupped toward the flame. To the right a man in white kurta with a red lanyard holds another lit lamp, and a woman in white with grey hair sits beside him. Behind them more seated devotees in white clothes fill the hall, with a woman in a red shawl at left. Smoke or incense rises near the lamps. The setting appears to be an ashram hall with a white marble floor.

November 27 2011

A photograph of a ritual gathering indoors. A man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha mala holds a silver puja vessel with incense sticks and speaks while seated. Beside him, a bald man in white with a sandalwood-marked forehead holds another silver vessel of incense. Behind them a woman in a red shawl and a woman in a yellow sari with white clothing sit with hands folded. Silver bowls with offerings, bananas and flowers lie in front. A gold-coloured temple setting is visible in the background.

November 19 2011

November 27 2011

A seated ritual scene in a warmly lit hall with an orange floor covering. A bespectacled man with short hair and a red bindi wears a white dhoti and shawl edged in gold, with a dark rudraksha mala around his neck and a steel wristwatch. He holds a small silver lamp in one open palm while looking down, a devotee-style presence at a puja. Beside him, a woman in a white sari with a gold border has a white forehead mark, eyes closed and palms pressed together in prayer. Another white-clad figure sits at the edge. In front, a silver tray holds offerings, and a small lit oil lamp glows on the right, with incense smoke drifting through the air.

November 27 2011

July 14 2013

Photograph of a man in glasses and a light teal patterned kurta holding a small silver oil lamp with a lit wick in his right hand, seated at a gold ritual tray. On the tray are silver bowls, a red apple, strawberries and white flowers. A second silver lamp burns at the left edge. At right, a woman in a pink garment with gold border is seen from behind, and a red-cushioned gold seat stands in the background. The setting suggests a puja or aarti. No a person candidate is visible, only a devotee holding a lamp.

September 04 2016

A seated group of devotees with palms pressed together in namaskar on an orange-and-yellow mat. A man in the foreground wears a white shirt, rudraksha mala and wire-rimmed glasses; beside him a young man in white with a rudraksha mala and a woman in a light blue dupatta with a rudraksha mala also join hands. A child with dark hair in the lower right looks down. Brass lamps and offering trays sit on a green cloth in the background. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.