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Crowded interior of a temple colonnade with tall stone pillars, devotees pressing forward in bright light from an open doorway. Foreground: a young girl with wet hair in a green and yellow sari, and a woman in a black sari with rudraksha mala. A man in white wet clothing and a rudraksha pendant stands at right beside a person in an orange robe. Several devotees wear white or orange clothes, some with hands folded in namaskar. Many people appear damp. A plain description with no visible deity murti or name signage.

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A photograph of a seated crowd inside a stone temple hall with tall carved pillars and a polished wooden floor. Many devotees sit cross-legged in rows; a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari and a woman in a lavender sari sit near the front, several girls wear maroon and gold dresses and beaded necklaces, a man wears an orange shirt, and several men wear white shirts and white dhotis. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti kneels at the right edge. The gathering appears attentive, facing toward the left of the frame.2012-06-05A photograph of a crowded temple hall where many devotees sit cross-legged on a wooden floor beside a carved stone pillar. Women in white saris with gold borders and maroon-clad young women with jasmine-style ornaments and beaded necklaces sit close together, some reading a small book. A bare-chested man with white vibhuti on his forehead and a rudraksha-style bead necklace sits in white dhoti at right, while men in orange and white shirts sit behind. A red-draped table stands at left. No one in the frame is clearly identifiable as a person; the scene shows seated devotees listening to a discourse.2012-06-05A dense crowd of devotees sits on the floor of a stone temple hall with carved pink-grey granite pillars, one carved with floral and geometric motifs in the foreground. A woman at left in an orange-red sari with a white garland and folded palms sits near the front, and many women in white and orange-red saris with kumkum bindis sit and stand with palms joined in prayer. Men in white dhotis and shirts and several in orange-red stand in the background among orange and green festoons hung from the pillars. A woman at lower centre in a yellow-green sari speaks while gesturing, and a green cloth bundle lies at left. The scene suggests a satsang or temple gathering, with no visible deity or a person figure clearly identified.2012-06-05A photograph of a crowded seated satsang audience inside an ornate temple hall with carved orange-brown pillars and a golden trident-topped finial. Many devotees sit on the floor and on low benches, facing left toward an unseen speaker. Foreground figures include a man in a grey shirt with a red-orange shawl, a bald man in orange, a woman in a bright patterned top, and a woman in a yellow sari and a green blouse. Others wear saffron, pink, and white saris and kurtas. Water bottles and a steel jug sit on a ledge at right, and a small table holds brass items at left.2016-11-07A dense crowd presses into a narrow, carved stone temple doorway lit by warm yellow light. A figure in a saffron-orange robe with a long flower garland of white and pink blossoms stands at the center-left, one hand raised. A shaved-headed man in orange cloth and gold necklace stands nearby, and a bald man in orange robes raises his hands in front of the crowd. Devotees in saffron and white saris, a woman with a long braid, and young men in checked shirts surround them. Carved pillars, a wall-mounted clock and an electric wire frame the scene. a person appearance is uncertain; the central figures are visible as priests or devotees in orange and white.2012-05-18Photograph of a seated congregation filling a stone-pillared hall, with a large brass trishula standing among them. Many devotees sit close together on the floor and along a low stone ledge, including women in saris and salwar kameez in yellow, orange, blue and green, a man in a grey shirt with a tilak on his forehead, a bald man in white with an orange shawl in the foreground, and a man with long dreadlocks in white. Water bottles, a steel flask and a white mug sit on the ledge, and a brass deity murti and oil lamps are at the left. Roughly thirty people are visible. No one is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so the figures are shown as devotees in the crowd.2016-11-07June 01 20122012-06-01A crowded photograph inside a stone temple corridor with weathered carved pillars and a sunlit doorway behind. A man in white dhoti and shirt on the left holds a metal bucket on a rope. A cluster of devotees fills the passage: two young men in white with yellow scarves at centre, women in saris and salwar kameez, and a man in an orange shirt with a rudraksha mala in the lower right, partly visible and wearing glasses.2009-07-13July 19 20162016-07-19July 31 20152015-07-31June 05 20122012-06-05October 26 20152015-10-26