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A large indoor hall full of seated devotees in white ritual clothing performing a prayer or homa session with palms pressed together in namaskar. Many wear white kurta-style garments and some have rudraksha malas and lanyards. A blond Western man in the lower right wears white and has a mala, while a young man in a striped polo sits in front with hands folded. Floor cushions, small brass or plate offerings and blue mats are in front of them. Ceiling fans, a wall clock, a mirror, potted plants and a doorway with a camera on a tripod are visible in the background. Roughly 100 people are visible.

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July 01 20092009-07-01July 07 20092009-07-07July 01 20092009-07-01A large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and colourful hanging pillar banners holds a seated ritual gathering of many devotees on mats in rows. Most sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer, dressed in white kurtas and dhotis, with yellow lanyards around their necks. A few wear orange or blue clothing. Brass plates and small oil lamps sit on the mats before them, and a shrine with a deity murti stands at the left against the wall. The scene suggests a homa or tharpanam offering.2009-07-01A large indoor hall of seated devotees in white clothes performs a homa or tharpanam ritual. Many wear yellow lanyards or lanyard badges and rudraksha malas. Several hold small brass vessels or cups and sit on white cloth with plates, bowls, a water bottle and small oil lamps before them. Hanging banners with patterned borders decorate the ceiling, and a framed shrine with an orange cloth sits at the far end of the hall beside a tripod-mounted camera. Overhead ceiling fans and a wall plaque complete the scene.2009-07-01July 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07July 07 20092009-07-07A large seated crowd of devotees fills a white tented hall with hanging yellow and blue patterned banners, many with hands pressed in prayer. Most wear white clothes, with some in orange, pink and green. A bald man with long grey-white hair and a rudraksha mala, in white with a yellow lanyard, sits prominently in the lower right, and another man in a maroon shirt sits behind. A large loudspeaker hangs from the tent frame. Lattice windows and an orange wall are visible behind the crowd.2009-07-01A photograph of a large seated congregation during a homa in a hall with white walls, ceiling fans, a wall clock and yellow and orange hanging decorations. In the foreground a man in a blue shirt and glasses sits with eyes lowered. A man in an orange t-shirt with a yellow lanyard sits with eyes closed. A young man in white with a yellow lanyard and a sandalwood forehead mark sits with hands folded in prayer. An older man with white hair in white clothes and a dark rudraksha-style necklace sits with palms pressed together. Rows of other devotees in white clothes are seated on striped mats, and a small oil lamp burns in the lower right near offerings.2009-07-01A large seated crowd of devotees in white clothing fills a white-tented hall with lattice windows during a homa in Anandasabha. In the foreground, several men in white shirts sit with palms pressed together in anjali, some wearing rudraksha malas and lanyards. Behind them, rows of women and men in white, yellow, orange and pink saris and kurtas sit attentively, with a few people visible near a ritual setup at the back. Hanging yellow and blue textile banners decorate the tent frame.2009-07-01A large indoor hall filled with seated devotees in white clothing, most with palms pressed together in namaste. Many sit on orange mats and some on red chairs at the right edge. Colorful woven hanging banners with yellow tassels line the white ceiling, and white fans and lights are visible. Several participants wear lanyards. In the foreground a man in a red shirt and a man in white sit with hands folded. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in the visible scene.2009-12-17