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A large white tented hall during a Maheshwara Puja ritual, with striped multicoloured mats covering the floor. In the foreground a bare-chested man in white dhoti sits on a low platform beside a woman in orange sari. Central figures in white garments and white head coverings sit on white cloth, one woman in white handling offerings. Other seated devotees wear red, pink and orange saris and white clothes, and several sannyasis in saffron robes stand at the right near a stand of food. Crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and a banner reading sarvajnapeetha ashram hangs on the back wall. Plates of food and offerings lie on the mats, and a few people on the right are seated and eating or observing the ritual.

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December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18Wide view of a large tented hall with white draped ceiling and rows of hanging decorative lanterns in red, pink, green and orange. Hundreds of people sit on colourful striped floor mats. Many wear white hairnets and aprons while serving food from steel pans and buckets in the foreground, and sit near banana-leaf plates and bowls of vegetables. Many others wear orange and saffron clothing, seated in rows near the left. At the right, a large golden deity murti in yellow and green stands on a raised platform beside a decorated stage, with a screen showing images and a prayer flag strip. The scene suggests a large communal food offering, possibly during a puja.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18A large tented hall with white draped ceiling, red side curtains and hanging lanterns hosts a Maheshwara Puja style ritual. Devotees in orange and saffron saris and kurtas sit on colourful striped rugs in rows facing a white cloth spread on the floor. At the right, a man in orange and saffron robes with long hair and a garland sits near a brass plate of food and offerings; another monastic in orange sits beside him. Steel food trays and a small flat-screen monitor showing a video stand in the hall, and a line of people in white head coverings and orange clothes sits at the foreground edge beside stainless steel trays. Orange and white parasols decorate the corners, and a wall display of framed photographs fills the back left.2016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 02 20162016-12-02A large marquee filled with seated devotees on a colourful striped cloth, many in saffron and orange saris and kurtas, some in maroon and pink. Rows of people sit facing a stage where a large screen shows a colourful image of a deity. Overhead hang many decorative lamp-shaped lights and white draped ceilings. In the foreground, women in white head coverings and hairnets stand near steel containers and banana-leaf style serving areas, apparently preparing or serving food for a food offering. Cameras and a boom crane are visible at the right side. The scene suggests a large food offering ritual gathering.2016-12-18Large white tented hall during a ritual gathering, with rows of seated participants in saffron and orange robes on colourful striped mats covered with flower petals. Many are bare-chested men in orange dhoti and women in orange or maroon saris, hands in anjali. At the far end, a golden ornate throne canopy stands before a central seated figure surrounded by brass and gold ritual objects, with colourful paper lanterns hanging from the ceiling. A camera crane and a film camera are in the foreground, and a large screen is mounted on the right. A bare-chested man in white dhoti stands near the right edge.2016-12-18A large open-air tent hall filled with seated devotees on colourful striped mats during a ritual abhishekam. Many men sit bare-chested in white dhotis with hands raised or folded in prayer. At the front, a red-draped altar holds brass vessels, yellow flowers and offerings, and gold-decorated deity murti and a kalasha stand behind it. Priests in white dhotis attend the altar, and hanging lanterns and banners decorate the ceiling. Several hundred people are visible.2016-12-02December 18 20162016-12-18A large tented hall during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, several bare-chested men with shaved or topknotted heads, wearing orange dhotis and white sacred threads, sit with their backs to the camera on a colourful striped mat. Facing them, rows of women in orange and maroon saffron sarees and rudraksha malas sit on the mat, with leaf plates and small offerings in front of them. Behind them, guests in pink, yellow and white saris and a few white-clad attendants stand near a sound system. Decorative red and green umbrellas and paper lanterns hang from the white canopy, and a video camera on a tripod records the scene at the far right.2016-12-18