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A large hall with a striped multicolour mat covering the floor, where many devotees sit cross-legged in rows facing a painted backdrop of a forest scene with a deity image. Most men wear white dhotis and white kurtas with yellow lanyards, while some wear maroon or brown shirts. Brass plates with lamps and offerings sit in front of them. Overhead hang colourful patterned banners and a saffron cloth, with white fans on the ceiling and white chairs at the back.

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August 30 20092009-08-30August 30 20092009-08-30July 06 20092009-07-06 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesJuly 07 20092009-07-07 +1 copiesA large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and colourful hanging pillar banners holds a seated ritual gathering of many devotees on mats in rows. Most sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer, dressed in white kurtas and dhotis, with yellow lanyards around their necks. A few wear orange or blue clothing. Brass plates and small oil lamps sit on the mats before them, and a shrine with a deity murti stands at the left against the wall. The scene suggests a homa or tharpanam offering.2009-07-01A large hall filled with a seated congregation in white ritual clothing, many wearing white kurtas and dhotis with lanyards, sitting on mats before brass plates and small copper or steel offering vessels. Ceremonial bunting in red, yellow and blue hangs from the ceiling, and a painted deity image appears on the left wall. Several men in orange or saffron robes are visible among the rows, and some seated devotees hold papers and pens. The scene suggests a homa or tharpanam ritual session in a temple hall.2009-07-01August 30 20092009-08-30August 30 20092009-08-30A large hall filled with rows of seated devotees in white clothing, many wearing dark red or maroon lanyards, sitting cross-legged on blue mats before small brass plates and offerings. Colourful decorative hanging cloths with elephant motifs, white ceiling fans and a white canopy fill the space. On the left wall a painted deity mural is visible. Several people in the front rows press their palms together in prayer or meditation. The setting appears to be a satsang or puja gathering in a temple hall.2009-07-07 +1 copiesAugust 30 20092009-08-30Large indoor hall with a white tented ceiling and hanging colourful fabric tassels, filled with rows of seated devotees in white clothes and orange or yellow garlands during a homa ritual. Men in white kurtas and dhotis sit cross-legged on mats with hands folded in namaste, while a man in a blue shirt and rudraksha mala sits in the foreground with eyes closed. Brass plates and small oil lamps with offerings sit before them. On the left wall hangs a painted deity image, and a framed picture of a deity hangs on the right side of the hall.2009-07-01