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June 09 2021

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June 01 20212021-06-01June 05 20212021-06-05June 06 20212021-06-06 +1 copiesJune 01 20142014-06-01 +1 copiesJune 09 20212021-06-09 +1 copiesApril 09 20142014-04-09Several young women in orange saffron saris and matching orange blouses sit cross-legged in a row on a white floor, eyes closed and hands in front of them as if chanting or meditating. Many wear dark rudraksha bead malas and small bindis or vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Behind them, a hall of seated devotees in orange, red and white clothes fills the room, with red curtains and a few men in white shirts. In the lower right, a brass kalasha-style vessel and a pencil sit on a table beside an open notebook.2013-12-10A photograph of a seated group of women and girls in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas performing a ritual on a tiled hall floor. Many wear white forehead bands. Each sits before a low silver tray holding brass plates of flowers, fruit and offerings, with small brass bells, oil lamps and a conch-shaped object nearby. A girl in a white dress with a mala sits in the centre, and a woman in orange in the foreground holds a small brass vessel. Behind them other seated devotees in orange and maroon fill the room, with a small white-clad figure at the far right.2014-02-05A smiling woman in an orange saffron sari with a gold-bordered hem and a dark rudraksha mala stands bent over at a row of grey stone Shivalingams on a raised white platform. She wears a red bindi, round glasses and a pendant necklace, and is placing a small clay oil lamp near the base of a lingam. Several other lingams sit on yoni-peetha bases along the platform, with a chain-link fence and green foliage behind them. A small lamp is also on the ground in front of the platform.2021-06-01 +1 copiesOctober 14 20132013-10-14Photo 11742586 +1 copiesA photograph of a large group of women seated on the floor of a hall performing a puja. Many wear orange or deep red saris with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, and several hold lit oil lamps or brass items. Silver-coloured trays with brass vessels, flower petals and small oil lamps sit in front of them. Red curtains hang on the back wall, and a few women in white stand near the right edge.2014-02-05