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Evening puja inside a hall decorated with string lights, with orange-robed devotees seated in rows on striped mats before a raised white and red platform. At the centre, a framed portrait garlanded with red flowers rests on the platform beside a small blue vessel and offerings on plates of fruit, flowers and sweets. A figure in orange at the right, hands folded in anjali, sits apart in a draped orange shawl, while others in orange and white kneel and pray, some holding plates. Behind them a shrine with a lit deity murti and a 'Kalpataru Darshan' banner with a schedule sign are visible. The framed portrait shows a person in orange with a bead necklace; its identity is not established by the scene itself.

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Photograph of a devotional gathering inside a decorated hall with string lights and a stage. In the foreground, several seated people in orange robes with red sashes perform a ritual before a large framed portrait of a man in orange garments and a beaded necklace, garlanded with red and orange flowers. Brass plates of fruit, sweets and offerings sit on striped mats, and oil lamps burn beside the portrait. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in orange and white clothing press their palms together. A man in orange stands at the right edge beside a video camera. A banner reading Kalpataru Darshan hangs on the wall with schedule posters. A shrine with a deity murti is visible at the back.2008-10-07Night photograph of a devotional puja at a temple entrance lit with string lights. A large framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange garlanded with red and white flower necklaces sits on a stage in front of a deity murti. Rows of people in orange robes sit cross-legged on mats with palms pressed together in namaskar, some holding plates of fruit and offerings. A seated man in orange with hands folded at the right edge is filming with a camera, and a robed figure in orange stands at the left beside a speaker. Red and white striped stage edging is visible in the foreground, with lamps and brass plates of offerings before the portrait. Behind, a crowd of onlookers stands near the shrine, and a banner reads Kalpataru Darshan with the dates October 2008.2008-10-07Night photograph of a Navaratri puja at an open-air ashram courtyard lit with string lights. Several young men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls with maroon borders sit cross-legged on a mat around a square fire pit, performing a homa, with brass bowls of offerings, flowers, and a lit lamp in the foreground. Behind them, rows of devotees in orange and white clothing sit on white and red steps with hands folded in prayer. A framed portrait decorated with a red and white flower garland stands beside the pit. Banners and posters hang on the walls behind.2008-10-07October 07 20082008-10-07October 07 20082008-10-07October 07 20082008-10-07October 07 20082008-10-07Night photo of an evening puja at the Sri Anandeshwara Temple, a white building strung with fairy lights. A man in orange robes stands at left holding a lit aarti lamp toward the shrine. Several seated devotees in orange and saffron clothing, some with garlands, sit on a striped red-and-white stage with brass plates of offerings before them. A seated figure at right in orange clothes presses palms together in prayer. Inside the shrine stands a deity murti decorated with garlands, and a framed portrait with flowers sits on the stage. A banner reads Kalpataru Darshan, every Saturday and Sunday, with a photo of a robed figure. Audience members in the foreground face the stage.2008-10-07October 07 20082008-10-07October 07 20082008-10-07December 30 20092009-12-30July 02 20172017-07-02 +1 copies