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December 19 2011

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December 19 20112011-12-19December 19 20112011-12-19A seated group of devotees, mostly men with shaved heads, sits on the floor of a white-walled hall in prayer with palms pressed together. Most wear saffron/orange robes and some wear white dhotis and shawls. Banana leaves and small brass cups are set in front of them, and a steel vessel and leafy greens are laid out on a stainless steel table at the back. A few women in orange saris sit at the left, and on the right a man in white with a striped shawl sits beside a leaf plate of food. A red-framed door and a wall-mounted fire extinguisher are visible in the background.2011-03-05A photograph of a seated group of men in a hall performing a ritual. In the foreground, several men in saffron-orange dhotis and shawls, some with rudraksha malas, sit on orange mats before small brass lamps, bowls and kalasha-style vessels, with open books nearby. Behind them, rows of men in white dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged, some with white forehead markings and malas. A table with a striped cloth, steel pots and red chairs stands at the back, and a man in white stands near the rear left.2010-10-22 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20102010-09-12A photograph of a seated group of men performing a puja on a polished white floor in a hall with red curtains. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes with a sacred thread and rudraksha mala sits with hands pressed together in prayer, his eyes closed. Beside him, another man in orange with glasses and a forehead mark sits with palms joined. To the right, men in white dhotis with maroon borders and bare upper bodies sit in prayer, one ringing a brass bell. Brass plates with flower offerings, small oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and an orange cloth are arranged on the floor in front of them. Devotees sit in the background.2011-08-02October 04 20112011-10-04A photograph of a puja in an orange-walled hall with a corrugated roof. On the right, a figure in an orange robe and orange head wrap sits on a red cushioned seat with palms pressed together in namaste; no distinctive a person cues are clearly visible to confirm identity. Seated on mats in the centre, a bald man in white clothes and a yellow shawl with folded hands sits before brass plates of offerings. Other seated people in white, orange and yellow clothes, including a woman in a red-bordered white sari and a woman in yellow, hold their hands in prayer near brass trays of food and flowers. A standing man in white stands at the left by a wall board with framed photographs and printed text, and a bald man in white and orange sits in the background.2010-08-04August 18 20112011-08-18October 29 20112011-10-29October 10 20102010-10-10August 17 20112011-08-17