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Three women in saffron-orange saris with rudraksha malas stand close together in a bright hall. The woman at left, wearing glasses and a vermilion forehead mark, pours or offers a golden-yellow substance into the cupped hands of the central woman, who holds it with her hands joined. The woman at right, with hair in a high bun, looks down toward the offering. Blurred figures in the background suggest a larger gathering, possibly a ritual or satsang setting.

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July 10 20132013-07-10 +2 copiesSeptember 30 20162016-09-30January 01 20192019-01-01September 30 20162016-09-30A photograph of ashram women in orange and red sannyasini-style saris with rudraksha malas, preparing food offerings during a ritual. In the centre a smiling woman with hair in a bun and white vertical tilak with a red bindi holds a mound of pale yellow food in both hands. Beside her a woman in orange with a red border holds a similar lump of food, and another woman at left, also in orange, shapes food with her fingers. Behind them other devotees in orange stand in a hall with red curtains.2016-08-02A crowd of devotees in orange and saffron robes stands in a bright hall during a ritual. In the foreground a woman with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark holds out handfuls of yellow flower petals, while a fair-haired woman to the left, also in orange with a mala, offers petals from her hands. Behind them, other women and a child in orange clothing hold more petals, and a man with a large matted bun of hair stands in the background. White wall and an open doorway form the setting.2017-07-03March 14 20172017-03-14July 12 20162016-07-12A photograph of a large hall where many people in orange and rust-coloured robes are offering food. In the foreground a smiling woman in a brown-maroon sari with a rudraksha mala holds a handful of yellow food toward a woman with long blonde dreadlocks wearing an orange top and orange shawl. Another woman on the left, with hair in a bun and a beaded mala, holds yellow food in both hands. Behind them, figures in orange shawls and bare upper bodies move through the crowd, and orange-toned banner panels hang on the wall. No single person is identified as a person in the visible frame.2017-03-14July 10 20132013-07-10 +2 copiesA photograph of four women in a row, each holding a small mound of pale food (likely offering rice or pinda) in their cupped hands, during a ritual. They wear orange, saffron and red saris and dark rudraksha malas; several have white sacred ash lines on their foreheads, and the woman at the right has a red kumkum dot. Behind them, other women in orange saris stand in line. The background is a bright indoor hall with a blurred interior.2016-08-02August 02 20162016-08-02