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August 12 20072007-08-12August 12 20072007-08-12August 12 20072007-08-12August 12 20072007-08-12A hall with a corrugated roof and cream partition panels decorated with leaf garlands and tall banners in blue, red and orange. Seated devotees on striped mats face a ritual at the front-left: a young man in white kneels beside brass plates of offerings and a metal pot, while a woman in white and orange sits nearby. Rows of seated men and women in white, saffron and orange clothes listen with hands folded in prayer, and a standing woman in orange stands at the left doorway. The scene reads as a group satsang or puja gathering, with a red-draped seat at right.2007-10-21October 13 20072007-10-13A homa fire ritual in a large hall with white walls and a metal roof. A fire burns in a square pit built from white blocks decorated with pink and orange flowers. A person in orange robes and an orange head wrap sits at the right edge of the pit with hands joined in namaste, facing the fire. Around them, a large seated group of devotees in white clothes and beaded necklaces sit on striped mats, with children in the front rows. Brass vessels, fruit and small offering plates lie near the fire. Colourful woven banners hang from the walls.2007-08-12January 03 20082008-01-03A large hall with a corrugated roof and white walls, filled with seated devotees in white and cream clothing, many with orange shawls. In the foreground, two people in orange and saffron robes sit on mats before a ritual setup of brass lamps, silver vessels, a small deity murti on a purple-draped stand, fruit, flowers and a fire pit with wood. Tall colourful cloth banners with bird and floral patterns hang from the ceiling, and framed pictures line the back wall. The scene suggests a group puja or satsang in progress.2007-12-10Indoor photo of a large hall under a corrugated metal roof with steel trusses and hanging colourful woven banners. A seated figure in orange robes sits on a green mat and red cushion at right, with a long bronze-coloured staff beside them; a standing attendant in white with an orange shawl stands nearby, and another attendant in white holds a tall golden staff at the far right. Many seated people in white, orange and pink clothing fill the floor in rows, with several children in white in the foreground beside a row of brass oil lamps and ritual vessels. Framed photographs line the walls. Roughly thirty to forty people are visible.2008-01-03A ritual gathering in a hall with pale walls and orange-and-white cloth hangings on the wall, seated on striped mats. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with head covered and hands joined in prayer sits facing a ritual arrangement of brass lamps, bananas, fruits, coconut, white flour, flowers and a burnt offering of wood, with a figure in white clothes seated across from her. Behind them, rows of children in white and many women in white and cream saris sit listening, while several people in orange and white robes sit on chairs at the back. Oil lamps and a rich array of offerings fill the centre.2007-10-21October 29 20062006-10-29 +1 copies