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A long row of women seated in meditation or puja posture on white floor mats in a hall with red curtains and framed posters on the walls. The foreground women wear saffron-orange saris and rudraksha malas, with eyes closed and hands resting in their laps.

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December 13 20132013-12-13A photograph of a padukapuja ritual in a hall with cream walls and red curtains. Rows of young women in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas sit on the floor with white forehead markings, holding flowers and small brass puja vessels. A white-draped ritual table holds brass lamps, plates of yellow flowers and a blue container of marigolds. Several seated figures in red behind them. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2013-12-12A photograph of a large hall where rows of young women and girls in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on white ritual mats, with brass lamps, small brass vessels, and plates of flowers and fruit arranged on low tables before them. Several wear rudraksha malas and sacred ash marks on their foreheads, and some are pouring or handling items from the brass vessels as part of a puja. Red curtains and framed religious pictures line the walls, and a small statuette sits among the flower offerings in the foreground. The setting suggests a group ritual or padapuja in an ashram hall.2013-12-13August 05 20132013-08-05A photograph of a seated group of young women and girls in orange and red saris with rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, performing a ritual on silver trays with brass lamps, small plates of offerings and a lit oil lamp held by the foreground girl. Behind them, rows of seated devotees in white and orange sit on a white floor with ropes separating the rows.2014-02-05December 13 20132013-12-13December 11 20132013-12-11December 10 20132013-12-10December 11 20132013-12-11November 12 20132013-11-12December 05 20132013-12-05Photo 11736153