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A photograph of a Maheshwara Puja style ritual in a hall full of seated devotees. Two women in white saris with gold borders and white head caps stand at the centre, one holding a silver tray of lit oil lamps and the other tending a flame near a seated man. Both wear rudraksha malas and small kumkum marks. A shaved-headed seated devotee with white markings on his forehead and a rudraksha mala sits in front. Devotees in white and orange clothing fill the foreground and background, and an orange display board with framed photographs stands at the right.

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December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18December 18 20162016-12-18Photograph of a seated group ceremony in a hall with a tiled floor. In the foreground, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari leans forward holding a silver tray of lit oil lamps toward seated devotees. Beside her, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari stands with her back to the camera, also holding a lamp. Seated devotees wear saffron-orange garments and rudraksha malas, and some have white head coverings. A man with glasses in the front row sits with his hands together. The scene suggests an arati or lamp offering during a satsang. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible. Approximately fifteen to twenty people are visible.2017-03-14A crowded ritual gathering seen from the front, with many seated devotees in orange, saffron and white clothing. Two women in white and cream saris with orange borders and white head caps stand near the centre, one holding a lit oil lamp or fire vessel. A bald, bare-chested man with rudraksha malas sits with hands folded in namaskar on the right. Many people sit on mats and cloth, some wearing rudraksha beads, and a video camera on a tripod stands among them. The setting looks like a puja or homa with a sacred flame at its centre.2016-12-18A crowded ritual gathering of devotees seated on the floor during a puja. In the centre, a woman in a white sari with a white head covering bends forward holding a lit oil lamp, with her hands cupped toward a flame. To her left, a man in an orange dhoti with a rudraksha mala holds a brass tray of flowers and lamps. Nearby, a shaved-headed man with white tilak marks on his forehead sits with hands folded in anjali, and a woman in a teal sari and a woman in a blue top also pray with lit lamps. Behind them, a wall shows framed black-and-white photographs, and orange and red panels frame the room. Many seated devotees in saffron, white and bright saris fill the foreground.2016-12-18A photograph of a ritual gathering in a hall. Two women in white cloth with gold borders and light blue hair nets stand at the center, one holding a silver tray with a lit flame and the other tending it, while a third woman in a white sari stands at right. Seated men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, some with white and yellow body markings and rudraksha malas, sit on the floor in the foreground and middle, one holding a lamp. Behind them, seated women in saris and dupattas watch from rows of chairs with orange tablecloths, and people sit along the back of the hall. The scene reads as a Maheshwara Puja style fire ritual with oil lamps, with a light rudraksha-malaed man in the middle.2016-12-18January 08 20182018-01-08March 14 20172017-03-14A photograph of a group seated closely in an ashram hall during an arati-style offering. In the foreground a woman in white sari with gold border leans in to hold a silver tray of lit oil lamps. Seated devotees around her wear white and cream clothing with orange-red shawls and scarves; a woman in a pale yellow-gold sari with a red bindi sits beside them, and a man in white with an orange shawl presses his palms together at the lower right. Behind them, many people in orange and saffron robes and malas sit in the background. Several seated people are visible, with a crowd of more than twenty in the hall.2017-03-14 +1 copiesJanuary 08 20182018-01-08A woman in a white sari with a red-orange border and a white forehead mark carries a tray toward the front of a hall where many participants sit on the floor. She wears a rudraksha mala and a pendant, and holds a small framed picture of a seated saffron-robed figure on a decorated tray with a white miniature shrine-like structure. Around her, seated people in white clothes with orange-red shawls sit before small white altar pieces with lamps and offerings on a striped rug. The setting suggests a group ritual or satsang with offerings being distributed.2017-03-14