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A photograph of an indoor puja setting in a plain white-walled hall with striped mats on the floor. At the centre, a tiered white platform holds brass and silver ritual vessels, a bell, a small figurine, a kalasha-style pot with leaves and flowers, a wooden book stand, and a plate of petals. Behind it, a group of girls and women sit on a red cloth-covered dais; one woman in an orange sari sits near the front. Other devotees in white and orange sit along the right side, and a standing microphone is in front of the dais. Tall decorative cloth banners with floral motifs hang from the ceiling, and a string of small lights is strung across the room.

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A photograph of a Navaratri worship scene in an indoor hall with white-washed walls and orange-and-blue patterned hangings on the pillars. In the centre, a raised white brick platform (yajna-style altar) holds brass bowls, a bell, a kalasha-like vessel, flowers and a small silver deity figure at the left. Behind it, a seated figure in white with a microphone sits on a red cloth between several children and a woman in a yellow sari; a man in orange cloth sits to the right among seated devotees in saris. A wooden book stand displays an open book. The page is set for satsang or chanting.2007-10-15A photograph of a Navaratri celebration inside a plain hall with a corrugated metal roof, strung with small lights and hanging colourful fabric banners with floral and bird motifs. Dozens of children and adults sit on the floor in white, orange, yellow and red clothes, facing a white tiered platform. On the right, a man in orange robes with a tall ornate crown and a shawl sits with hands folded in namaskar beside the platform, and a boy in orange stands behind him. A woman in white sits at left with a microphone and a small harmonium-like setup. Small brass lamps and flowers sit on the platform. A monitor sits on a stand near the back wall.2007-10-12October 12 20072007-10-12October 12 20072007-10-12Photograph of a homa ritual in a large open-sided hall with orange and purple pennants and a tiled roof. A central square fire pit is built from white bricks with yellow flowers placed on top. A man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a white garland, kneels at the front, gesturing with his hands beside a microphone stand and a brass oil lamp. Seated devotees in white and orange clothes fill the floor, and a child is held in the foreground. On the right, decorated kalasha-like pots wrapped in netting, with mango leaves and yellow cloth, sit on a white-covered table. Orange curtains hang at the back windows.2007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25December 25 20072007-12-25October 12 20072007-10-12A photograph of a homa or yagna in a plain whitewashed hall. A seated priest in orange robes and a patterned cap sits behind a white brick fire pit, with brass vessels, flowers, a pot and a small deity murti arranged in front. Rows of seated people in white and orange clothing, including young children and women in saffron, sit on mats facing the fire. A young man in white and orange stands at the right edge, and a few people in white kneel near the front. Hanging decorative banners and a small screen are visible on the walls.2007-10-12A photo of a homa in progress inside a whitewashed hall with orange pennant bunting and a hanging string of coloured flags. At the centre, a man with long dark hair, a white flower garland and an orange shawl pours offerings toward a square fire pit built of white bricks and dotted with yellow flowers. Seated devotees in white and orange-shawled participants surround the pit on a mat, and brass oil lamps and a kalasha sit at the right foreground. A standing man in white stands near a tall brass ritual pole on the right, and a seated crowd fills the back with a few children visible.2007-12-25A homa fire ritual in a whitewashed hall with a corrugated roof. A central figure in an orange robe with long, dark, swept-back hair holds a flaming ladle over a white brick fire pit (kund) decorated with purple and red flowers. Around the pit, several people in white dhotis or shirts and orange shawls sit or kneel, some with folded hands. Orange cloth hangs over a window, a brass lamp stands at right, and a deity murti draped in orange and yellow garlands sits at the far right. Visible people: about seven. Whether the central figure is a person cannot be confirmed from appearance.2007-12-25A photo of a homa in a white-walled hall decorated with coloured paper streamers and orange banners. In the foreground, a white-brick fire pit strewn with yellow flowers holds offerings; brass lamps and fruit plates sit nearby. A seated man in orange robes and a white flower garland, with a microphone stand before him, leads the ritual while others in white and orange sit on mats, some with palms joined. An orange curtain and hanging ritual implements frame the doorway at right. Around 30 people are visible, including a standing figure in white at the back and a small child held by a seated devotee.2007-12-25