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September 21 20162016-09-21September 21 20162016-09-21September 21 20162016-09-21A large hall during a Navaratri puja at an ashram temple, with many seated devotees filling the floor in rows. Most wear saffron/orange saris or robes, while others wear white or cream garments, and several women have long braided hair. A standing figure in white stands on a red-draped stage at the left, and a camera crew with tripods films from the centre aisle. At the right, a golden deity murti in an ornate shrine sits beside a garlanded altar, and a large screen on the back wall shows an image. Some devotees hold small bundles or sticks. The room has red curtains and a patterned ceiling with overhead lights.2017-09-21 +3 copiesA large hall with cream walls and a red curtain stage hosts a seated gathering of sannyasis and devotees in orange and saffron robes, arranged in long rows on the floor before banana-leaf plates of food and steel cups. In the foreground, women in orange and red saris and monastics sit with leaves laid out for a meal. At the far right, a figure in white robes stands near a raised dais with a red and gold canopy, ceremonial brass lamps and a seated figure in white. A framed portrait hangs on the wall behind the stage and a camera on a tripod records the scene. The setting suggests a shared meal offering, a ritual food offering to monastic disciples.2016-08-02September 22 20172017-09-22 +1 copiesA large indoor satsang hall where many devotees in saffron and orange robes sit cross-legged on red and green mats facing a raised dais. On the dais, a figure in saffron clothing sits under a golden canopy with a red umbrella-style top, flanked by ornate golden ceremonial fans. A large screen at upper left shows a portrait of a figure in saffron robes against a gold backdrop. Banana-leaf plates with food, cups of water and bottles are set along the mats in rows. Several women and men in white and orange garments sit in the foreground, one woman with a long braided plait wearing saffron, and people in white sit near the centre. A video camera on a tripod stands at left.2016-07-12August 02 20162016-08-02September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesLarge outdoor-tent feast at a Kumbh Mela style bhandara: a dense crowd of hundreds of people seated on the red carpeted floor in rows, many in saffron and orange robes and head cloths, with many more in white dhotis and white caps or hairnets. Several servers in white clothes with white hairnets carry steel plates and buckets, serving food to the seated devotees. A large screen at the top shows a stage performance. Some people wear rudraksha and marigold garlands. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person in this wide view, so no candidate is marked.2016-05-05September 23 20172017-09-23 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copies