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January 15 20142014-01-15 +1 copiesA seated group of devotees in a hall with white-covered chairs performs a ritual with small oil lamps and offering plates. In the foreground, a woman with glasses and a red-and-pink outfit holds a lit diya and extends her arm forward, beside a woman in a dark patterned top holding a brass plate with a lamp. A woman with a white forehead mark and red garment holds a lamp, and a blonde woman in a white shawl holds a small white item. Others in white and red shawls hold papers and lamps behind them. No visible figure in an orange robe is identified as a person.2014-01-13A photograph of a large hall where many devotees sit on mats performing a puja with small oil lamps. In the foreground a woman in white clothes and a red rudraksha mala raises a lamp, and beside her an older woman in white with orange shawl and glasses holds a brass vessel. A woman in a white sari with gold border holds a lit lamp, and another woman in a green blouse and red mala sits to the right. Behind them men and women in orange and white clothes sit in rows, with a small stone deity murti, brass plates of offerings and a framed picture on a low stone platform in front. The room has red curtains and a rope barrier behind the rows.2014-11-07December 04 20132013-12-04A large indoor satsang gathering of devotees seated closely together, many wearing white clothes with orange-red shawls and rudraksha malas, foreheads marked with orange tilak. Several women in the foreground press palms together in anjali mudra, and one woman in the front holds a small lamp. Some devotees hold lit oil lamps and offering items. Behind them, a stage area with purple and pink lighting and a red-cushioned seat.2014-05-14December 14 20122012-12-14December 17 20132013-12-17A seated group ceremony in a hall with red-brown walls. In the foreground a woman in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark holds a lit oil lamp. Beside her a woman in white with dark curly hair and a red bindi holds a small brass lamp aloft, and a woman in white with a white forehead mark and white shawl holds a lamp. Behind them many devotees in white and red-orange clothing sit with lit oil lamps raised, and a brass ritual tray with flowers and a steel tumbler sits on the mat. This appears to be an oil-lamp aarti during a puja.2014-09-05May 10 20142014-05-10December 28 20142014-12-28December 14 20122012-12-14October 26 20142014-10-26