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Photo of a group of devotees in rust-red and mustard-gold dhotis and sarees with rudraksha malas, gathered in a wood-panelled hall with yellow walls. A woman in a rust sari with a rudraksha mala stands at center, holding a silver tray of folded bank notes and offering them to a seated woman in a white and red shawl who holds out her hands. Around them, other devotees in matching rust and saffron-gold attire stand and watch, some with vibhuti on their foreheads and a man at right wearing a wristwatch. A woman in orange sari appears in the background. The scene reads as a devotional offering line during an ashram event.

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February 12 20152015-02-12A photograph inside a plain whitewashed room with a tiled wall at right. A bald man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl wears a long gold bead necklace with a pendant and stands, reaching down to hand money to a seated man in white clothes with a maroon-bordered cloth over his shoulder. Several other people in orange robes stand behind and to the left, including a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala. A steel vessel, a plate of bananas, flower garlands and a small offering tray sit on an orange mat beside a microphone stand. The setting suggests a puja or darshan offering, with the standing figure in saffron and gold necklace matching the a person cues described in the page, but the face and identity remain uncertain.2011-03-05July 10 20132013-07-10August 02 20162016-08-02Several women in deep orange-red saris with gold borders stand close together in a hall, feeding each other small yellow sweets or food pieces from their hands. The woman at centre, with a rudraksha-style mala around her neck, smiles broadly while extending food toward a younger woman with a dark braid and gold earrings. Other women to the left and right hold yellow food in their palms, and men in orange robes and white-curtained walls appear in the background. This matches an ashram food-offering ritual shown in the excerpt.2016-12-18A photograph of a small interior room with white-washed walls and a window at right, showing a group of devotees in orange and saffron clothing. A bald man in a tall-collared orange robe with a heavy gold necklace stands at centre, smiling, holding a folded green note. A woman in an orange sari with a dark maroon border and a rudraksha mala smiles at left. A kneeling man in a white dhoti with maroon border bends forward, extending a hand holding a green note toward the standing man. Behind them, orange-clad men stand, and a brass vessel, a plate of white and yellow flower garlands, a microphone stand and a floral garland-draped kalasha-like object sit on an orange cloth. Printed copyright text runs across the lower right.2011-03-05December 28 20142014-12-28A photograph of a ritual gathering indoors on a light tiled floor under ceiling lights. In the foreground a young woman with long dark dreadlocks wears rust-brown robes, a long rudraksha mala and a bead necklace, kneeling and extending her cupped hands to receive an offering from a woman in red-orange robes with a gold border who leans in from the right. Behind them several women and men in saffron-orange robes stand or kneel, one man with a shaved head wears a rudraksha mala, and a woman at left wears orange with glasses-free dark hair. Background shows red curtains and framed pictures on the walls.2016-08-02December 16 20132013-12-16 +1 copiesDecember 28 20142014-12-28December 28 20142014-12-28July 10 20132013-07-10 +2 copies