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A photograph of a seated group of devotees on a grey carpeted floor in a temple hall, eyes closed in meditation. From left: a woman in a cream and gold embroidered salwar kameez with a dupatta, a young girl in an orange patterned kurta with a white hairband, a woman in a yellow floral top with a magenta shawl and hands folded, and a man in a brown fleece top holding a toddler in a blue-and-white outfit. Behind them an older man in dark clothes sits cross-legged. A car seat, a brown bag and a Tropicana snack pouch lie in front. Behind the group are large white and gold deity murtis, a yellow scaffold and a kalasha.

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October 22 20082008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22Indoor Navaratri puja in a room with red walls and a row of red-and-black shoes stacked on shelves at left. A family sits on a patterned mat before brass oil lamps, trays and a flower-decorated plate. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and gold necklace sits beside them. A ceremonial deity murti stands on a yellow-draped platform with a framed portrait above, and a man in a light blue shirt stands at a small table with lamps and offerings. Two women in saris sit at right, and a laptop with a Toronto label sits at left. Seven people are visible in the photograph.2020-10-17 +1 copiesA seated congregation of many devotees fills a carpeted hall at a Hindu temple, most with palms pressed together in prayer or namaskar. Front row, a woman in a light blue floral salwar kameez with glasses and a man in cream kurta with a rudraksha mala sit with hands folded. A woman in a pink dupatta and a woman in a maroon-and-gold sari with raised palms are nearby. Behind them, rows of attendees sit facing forward, with a shrine area featuring white deity murtis and a colourful painted peacock-form decoration at the back. No a person candidate is clearly visible among the seated devotees.2008-10-22October 16 20082008-10-16Indoor photo inside a temple hall with a grey carpet where a seated crowd of devotees faces a small group standing at the front. A bald man in white ritual clothing stands near a dark ornate shrine with a golden cabinet, white statues, and a painted ceremonial umbrella. A woman in a red-and-gold sari stands beside him and another woman in red stands nearby. Many seated people in sarees, kurtas and casual clothes, including a girl in pink and blue, a boy in a green shirt and a woman in a light blue sari, listen attentively. Ornate carved birds with bright painted colours and a large framed painting of deities hang on the wall to the right.2008-10-22Indoor temple gathering in which a large group of seated devotees attends a puja or satsang at a Hindu temple. Many sit cross-legged on grey carpet, some with hands folded in prayer. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in pink, blue, red and purple; men wear white kurtas, shirts and trousers. Along the left wall stands a row of white marble-like deity murtis, each with a gold crown and garland, beside a gold-canopied shrine. On the right a colourful painted wooden vahana with a swan-like form sits near shrines with kalasha and brass lamps. Two people in the foreground sit facing the altar with their attention forward. Several children appear among the adults. The people count is approximately 21-100.2008-10-22October 14 20122012-10-14 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine room where two men in orange-saffron robes sit cross-legged on the floor, one on the left in a saffron robe with a red border and one on the right on a raised seat in an orange sleeveless robe with a rudraksha mala and a red mark on the forehead; the right figure appears to be a person by appearance cues including the saffron ornate clothing and rudraksha mala, though this is uncertain. Before them on an orange mat are offerings of fruit including apples, a melon and bananas, bowls of sweets and rice, pink and white flowers, a brass tray with an oil lamp and incense sticks, and a small brass figure. Behind a metal stanchion rope and a black stone lion statue sits a seated audience of about ten to fifteen people in colourful saris and shalwar kameez, some with hands folded in prayer, while colourful draped fabrics and deity statues stand in the background.2008-10-22Indoor puja at a Hindu temple with a row of devotees seated behind a rope barrier beside a black stone lion sculpture. In the foreground left, a bald priest in orange robes sits cross-legged before a low offering tray holding apples, a lime, a yellow melon, bowls of rice and sweets, and orange and pink cloth. On the right, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and red tilak sits with hands joined in prayer beside a brass lamp and flower-decorated tray. Behind them, colourful deity murtis and statues are arranged on shelves and altars. Several women in salwar kameez and a man in a striped shirt watch with palms together.2008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22Indoor temple gathering in a carpeted hall at a Hindu temple. A man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a microphone sits cross-legged on an orange mat, speaking to a seated audience. Beside him, a man in white dhoti and a woman in a teal salwar kameez sit on the floor, and a man in white clothing sits near a gold-and-red palanquin decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Behind them are deity murtis with garlands, a painted backdrop and a scaffold. On the left, several women in saffron and pink saris and a child sit listening. The saffron-robed speaker has distinctive long swept-back hair and ornate garments, a person cue, but his identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2008-10-22