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A face-painting activity at a community event. A woman in a blue apron with colourful patterned top and butterfly face paint holds a paint palette and brush, working on a table covered in green cloth with orange flowers. A young girl in a pink hoodie holds the palette steadily while a girl in a navy sweatshirt with a braid has a purple and pink butterfly design painted on her face. A person's hand holds a small device at the right edge. Paint jars and brushes sit on the table; no a person depiction is visible.

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A young girl with a long dark braid sits while a hand holds a fine brush to paint a purple and pink butterfly design around her eye on her cheek. She wears a dark blue top and a small gold stud earring. In the blurred foreground, another child with curly hair is partly visible at left. The setting appears to be an indoor event with warm reddish furnishings in the background.2008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28April 28 20082008-04-28A seated group of about ten women in colourful saris and salwar kameez sits on floor mats in a ritual setting before a row of deity murtis dressed in colourful garments. In the foreground a woman in a green sari with a red blouse and rudraksha mala sits with a brass plate of offerings, next to a brass kalasha and a pink flower on a stand. Women in pink, red, teal and black sit behind her. A man in white kurta sits among them near the murtis, which stand on a red-draped platform with silver and white drapery. The scene suggests a puja or satsang, with women holding offering plates before the deities.March 22 20082008-03-22October 13 20132013-10-13May 13 20082008-05-13Indoor home puja gathering in a living room with a crowd of seated devotees on floor mats. In the foreground a young woman in a turquoise-blue kurta and yellow trousers carries a silver tray of white and pink flower petals and offerings toward the seated group. Behind her a man in orange robes sits near a deity murti decorated with a blue and gold cloth backdrop. Red velvet throne-like chairs, paintings, a fireplace and a brass dancing Nataraja-style figure decorate the room. Many people in saris, kurtas and casual clothes sit listening.April 28 20082008-04-28July 10 20122012-07-10A photograph of a healing darshan in an indoor hall. A man with long swept-back dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange sleeveless top and a rudraksha mala, reaches out with his right hand toward a seated woman in dark clothing, while holding a white card. Beside him a man in an orange robe with a lanyard sits nearby. Several young men in white shirts and a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl stand behind the group. A table with flowers, a red-and-white floral arrangement and offering plates is visible in the background, along with a trident on a white stand at right. Several people in the foreground lean in, one holding banknotes.2008-03-23A photograph inside a living room set up for a home puja. In the foreground a woman in a blue sari holds a grey cloth-wrapped bundle or small deity figure with both hands in a devotional pose, while a woman in a dark red sari sits cross-legged on a blue mat beside a brass plate and flower garlands. A standing woman in a pink salwar kameez and a younger girl in pink watch nearby, and a line of onlookers in saris and dark clothing stands along the back wall next to a bookshelf holding brass deity figures. A cameraman with a video camera on a tripod stands at the right. Garlanded framed images and draped blue and purple silk cloth decorate the left side. About ten people are visible.