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Indoor ritual scene in a white-canopied hall with peach walls and ceiling fans. Several men and women in white clothes with yellow stoles stand in a row raising lit oil lamps overhead, facing a seated audience dressed in white with yellow scarves. Framed portraits and altars with offerings line the back wall, and tall decorative banners hang from the ceiling. The audience sits cross-legged on the floor, and a camera on a tripod is visible at the left edge.

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Photograph of an indoor ritual hall with a pink-washed wall and white draped ceiling, strung with hanging yellow, red and blue ornamental banners. Several people in white clothes with yellow sashes stand at the rear and sides, holding oil lamps and performing aarti at tables draped in orange cloth and lined with framed portraits. A figure in white dhoti and white top stands centre rear with arms raised toward the lamps. Dozens of seated devotees in white and orange fill the floor on orange mats, some with orange bags beside them, facing the performers. Ceiling fans and a wall clock are visible.2009-12-24A photograph inside a plain whitewashed hall with a corrugated metal roof, showing a fire ritual. Three standing men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls hold up flaming lamps, one on the left swinging a burning torch, the middle two lamps raised. Behind them a row of seated devotees in white clothing sits on mats with brass lamps and vessels on the floor. Tall decorated pillars with coloured patterns and an orange cloth hang at the back, and a seated man in an orange shawl sits in a white chair on the right. The scene suggests an aarti with oil lamps.2007-10-15A 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.2007-08-09December 18 20102010-12-18October 13 20072007-10-13A large hall with white draped ceiling fabric and colourful striped pillar hangings, where a large crowd of people sits cross-legged on mats in rows, many holding oil lamps and lit candles and with brass thalis of food and offerings before them. In the foreground a seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits centrally on an orange cloth, flanked by others in white dhotis and shawls. A small monitor on a tripod at left displays the live talk, and a camera is set up nearby. Behind them a decorated altar area with golden murtis and flowers is visible at the far end of the hall. The scene suggests a satsang gathering with lamp-lit devotional sitting.2010-10-28 +1 copiesJuly 01 20092009-07-01A covered hall with a corrugated roof and colourful painted cylindrical pillars hangs with banners. Several young devotees in white kurtas and orange saffron shawls stand and kneel on mats, the standing ones raising their arms in an energetic devotional gesture, some holding small instruments. A seated group in white clothes fills the middle of the floor, with a larger audience behind them. At the right, a seated figure on a white cushioned seat with a red-and-gold draped cloth appears beside a microphone stand; the page suggests a person, but the face and build are not clearly distinctive enough to confirm. Roughly thirty people are visible.2007-08-09July 01 20092009-07-01September 17 20102010-09-17December 24 20092009-12-24October 13 20072007-10-13