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A standing man in a white dhoti with a wide gold border and a bare upper body holds a silver kalasha-style vessel with a lit oil lamp aloft during a puja. He wears a long rudraksha mala and a gold-toned necklace, and beaded wrist bands. Around him, a seated audience holds lit oil lamps and folds hands in prayer: women in white and saffron saris, a red-clad boy, a girl in yellow, a child in green, and monastic men in saffron robes with shaved heads in the foreground. A video camera on a tripod is visible. Behind them hang a large painting of a red-clad figure and a framed photo collage. The setting is a bright hall with a clear puja-style atmosphere.

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August 02 20162016-08-02May 24 20172017-05-24A photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain room with cream walls, a blue-lit ceiling and flower garlands on the walls. In the right foreground a man with long dark hair and a red forehead mark wears an orange saffron robe and a heavy gold necklace and rudraksha mala, holding a silver aarti lamp with lit oil lamps aloft in one hand and a small silver bell in the other, performing a maha arati. Behind and beside him, men in white shirts stand near the wall, and a large seated audience of about twenty people, many women in saris and salwar, sits on the floor facing him. Framed devotional paintings hang on the walls.2006-05-21August 02 20162016-08-02December 24 20092009-12-24A large indoor satsang hall with pink walls and a seated congregation on the floor. A man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala, wearing a rust-orange shawl, stands beside a silver throne with a red seat, reaching toward a tall silver ceremonial stand topped with a trident. Many devotees in white dhotis and orange-red shawls sit around him, some with hands folded, and a woman in orange sits on a striped rug in front. Framed paintings and a camera on a tripod are visible on the walls. Another person in white stands at a table in the back. Approximately 40 people are visible, most seated.2017-08-12 +1 copiesLarge indoor hall during a seated ritual gathering. Hundreds of devotees sit cross-legged on the tiled floor, many in saffron-orange and white garments, holding small oil lamps or palms pressed together in prayer. Several women wear saris and garlands, and a shirtless man in white dhoti sits near the front. Brass plates and small lamps sit on green leaves in the foreground. Colourful hanging cloth streamers decorate the walls, and at the far end a bright stage shows a lit altar area with a deity image and a person in white at the centre. Ceiling fans, chandeliers and framed photographs complete the room.2018-01-08December 24 20092009-12-24A ceremonial aarti scene in a plain brick hall. Several men in white kurtas with yellow shawls stand in the foreground, holding tiered brass oil lamp stands with multiple flames; the nearest man grips one lamp stand at chest height. Behind them, rows of seated devotees, many in white and yellow, sit on mats while others stand and watch. A man in a white outfit with a saffron shawl stands at right beside a video camera on a tripod, filming. Hanging saffron and yellow banners decorate the upper wall, and an orange-draped table with framed portraits and a small floral arrangement stands at right. Smoke rises in the background.2009-12-24November 12 20102010-11-12A priest in white dhoti and shawl with maroon borders, wearing a marigold garland, performs aarti with a lit flame in a metal lamp in his right hand and a handbell in his left. Seated devotees on orange and maroon mats in a white-walled hall with ceiling fans and white drapes watch and join palms in prayer; one man in an orange robe sits among them. At right a man in white dhoti photographs the scene beside a steel vessel table. A multicoloured pillar stands behind the priest.2010-11-12December 18 20162016-12-18