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A photograph of a crowded devotional group at a doorway of a temple interior, the doorway framed by orange-painted wood and a carved metal door panel on the right. Devotees in white clothes with orange-red shawls printed with text press into the entrance; several women in front have hands folded in namaskar, and a young girl in the lower foreground looks up. One woman on the right wears a vertical orange tilak on her forehead. Hanging lamps and red pillars are visible inside.

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May 08 20152015-05-08A photograph taken at night in a narrow, crowded lane in Varanasi, with a line of devotees walking in procession. Several women in the foreground wear white clothing, red-orange shawls with printed text, and lanyards, and have yellow or orange tilak marks on their foreheads. A bare-chested man in white dhoti walks along the left, and older women and men follow behind under warm bulb lights and hanging signs.2015-05-08May 08 20152015-05-08May 08 20152015-05-08A crowd of devotees seated closely together in white clothing with red-orange shawls draped over their shoulders, many wearing red and white lanyards and rudraksha-style beaded malas. Foreground women have eyes closed or gazing forward in meditation, one with folded hands, and a young boy sits beside them. Behind them, more seated participants in white and red-orange, a man in a white shirt with his hands in a mudra-like posture, and a bald man in white. Warm lamp-lit setting suggests a satsang or meditation session. Watermarked archive photo of a group sitting session.2014-10-13Crowded temple corridor at night lit by hanging bulbs, with a illuminated shrine or ratha-like structure glowing in the background. A man in the center wears a saffron-orange robe, rudraksha mala and a white head band, with his hands folded at his chest. Around him are devotees in saffron and orange shawls, a woman in a maroon sari, a man in white dhoti and shirt holding a ceremonial staff, and a woman in white sari with a gold border and orange shawl and a tilak on her forehead. Stalls with garlands and colourful ribbons line the left side. Visible people appear to be walking in procession. Count shows over twenty people visible.2009-07-13May 09 20152015-05-09February 20 20162016-02-20 +1 copiesNight photo of a row of devotees in white clothing with red-and-orange shawls standing with palms pressed together in anjali mudra at an outdoor evening gathering. A woman at left raises folded hands near her face; a young girl in the center holds hands at her chest with eyes closed; a girl at left with mouth open holds hands clasped in prayer; a woman in a cream sari with a gold border stands at right beside others in white. Behind them stand more devotees and a stone pillar with a lamp-like base. a person is not visibly identifiable among the people shown.2016-02-07July 12 20162016-07-12October 24 20152015-10-24May 08 20122012-05-08