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June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of devotees standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra during a ritual gathering indoors. Most wear orange and maroon dhoti-style garments with gold-bordered cloth, and several have white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. Rudraksha malas hang around many necks. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a red-bead mala and a gold-bordered cloth stands in the front left, and a man in maroon and gold cloth with a rudraksha mala stands centre front, both with hands folded. Brass lamps and offering items are visible on a table at the lower edge, and a wall with framed pictures and a colourful display stands behind.2014-08-27 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall with polished stone floors and pillars. In the centre, a young man in a saffron-orange garment with a gold-coloured headband and gold-bead necklace stands with palms pressed together in anjali. Beside him on the left, several men in saffron robes also hold their hands joined, some wearing rudraksha malas and gold necklaces. Behind them, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded, one holding prayer beads, and a golden gate and altar area are visible in the background.2012-05-07May 12 20122012-05-12June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28Photograph of a ritual inside a home-style ashram hall with wooden floor, orange curtains and a chandelier. In the centre, a priest in a deep red-maroon dhoti and shawl with flower garland stands before a metal deity murti decorated with white and pink flower garlands on a purple-draped altar. Several young priests in white dhotis and orange-saffron shawls stand nearby, one holding a ritual vessel. On the left a cameraman in white shirt films with a video camera on a tripod. Behind, a crowd of about 30 devotees in white clothes stand with palms pressed together, and a few stand at the far back of the room. A large framed image hangs on the wall at the right. Watermarked archive photograph of a prana pratishta style puja.2014-06-28 +1 copiesIndoor evening photo of a devotional gathering with a row of people with palms pressed together in namaste. Many young boys and some adults wear saffron-orange cloth, while a central young man in white dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and a black headdress stands with hands folded and a rudraksha-style bead necklace. In the right foreground, a figure with long black hair wrapped in a red-orange garment and a garland of pink and red flowers faces the group with back partly turned. Nearby stand a tall brass lamp stand and a brass oil lamp, with a trident-topped ritual staff at the right edge. Pale stone pillars and a beige wall form the background.2018-05-22July 08 20142014-07-08June 28 20142014-06-28