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A photograph of a long row of seated participants in a large hall with a corrugated metal roof and orange-painted wooden posts. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold shawl reaches over an ornate silver-coloured table, placing marigold garlands on a steel plate of orange and yellow marigolds. Beside him, another man in a white dhoti works along the same table, and further along a seated man in orange robes with a gold-edged shawl sits on a striped red and orange mat, holding a small object. Other men in orange and saffron robes sit along the row, and a red velvet backdrop and ornate silver chairs appear at the back. Hanging bunting and a framed portrait are visible on the upper left wall.

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September 12 20152015-09-12September 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20152015-09-12A long row of seated participants in a temple-style hall, many in saffron and orange robes with marigold garlands, performing a ritual with hands raised in prayer and offerings placed before them on silver trays and brass plates. Oil lamps burn in the foreground. Behind them, an ornate gilded shrine with a deity murti glows under warm lights, and a man in white dhoti stands at the back. A red-turbaned elder and a bare-chested man with rudraksha malas are among those seated. Several men wear red and orange shawls.2015-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20152015-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20152015-09-12September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14A long indoor hall where rows of seated sadhus and devotees face a line of silver thalis heaped with orange and yellow marigold garlands. Foreground left, an older bearded man in orange robes and wire glasses sits beside a long-haired sadhu in saffron with a beaded mala. Further along, sadhus in saffron and orange sit with hands near the trays. Right foreground, a bald man in white dhoti with gold border, rudraksha mala and tripundra marks sits with folded hands, next to a younger man in white with gold-bordered cloth and a mala. Several white-clad devotees sit in the background, and a pedestal fan stands at the left edge. Packets lie on the trays. Visible scene describes a seated prasad-offering gathering.2015-09-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a long row of seated sadhus in orange and saffron robes with marigold garlands, facing a line of men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls who hold silver aarti thalis with lit flames toward them. Ornately carved silver altar tables run along the row, with oil lamps and brass lamp stands at the left, and a few standing figures in white and orange in the background. The setting suggests a ritual aarti ceremony in a tented or pandal space.2015-09-17 +1 copiesSeated devotees and sadhus at a long row of low silver trays heaped with orange marigold garlands during a ritual meal service. A man in front left wears white tilak marks and gold armlets and offers flowers. Centre right, a man in a rust-red robe with a gold necklace and a tall orange-red turban smiles, a probable Swamiji by appearance cues, with bearded sadhus in saffron robes beside him. An elderly man on the far right in a saffron silk garment and dark rudraksha mala sits with hands folded. Gold and ornate background with a standing lamp and a fan.2015-09-14 +2 copiesSeptember 11 20152015-09-11 +1 copies