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Women seated cross-legged on red floor cushions in a hall perform a puja with brass oil lamps and a small bell. Several wear white kurta-style tops, orange or red shawls and rudraksha malas; one has white tilak on her forehead and another in a pink and green sari has bangles. Brass plates hold flower petals, fruit and offerings, and a framed portrait sits on a tray at lower left. Behind them, other devotees sit in a room with red curtains and a wooden stool. No one in the scene is identified as a person.

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Four women sit cross-legged on the floor in a puja, hands pressed in namaskar or holding brass plates. The woman at right wears white clothes with an orange shawl, a white forehead mark and rudraksha mala. The woman centre-right wears a white embroidered outfit with rudraksha beads and a wristwatch and bangles, holding a small plate of offerings. A woman in an orange shawl and pink sari sits beside them with hands joined. A woman at left in a blue patterned top keeps her head bowed. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and flower offerings lie on a yellow cloth at lower left.2013-10-30November 07 20142014-11-07September 27 20132013-09-27September 11 20132013-09-11August 02 20132013-08-02July 10 20142014-07-10A photograph of a group ceremony where devotees hold lit oil lamps (diyas) in a seated gathering. In the foreground, several women in white ritual clothes with rudraksha malas and white and red forehead markings hold lamps toward the viewer. Behind them, rows of people wear orange and saffron garments and white forehead marks, some with beaded necklaces, while others sit with their hands raised. The setting appears to be a temple or ashram hall with a tiled floor and a small tray of offerings at lower left, consistent with an aarti or puja. No individual in the scene is clearly recognizable as a person; the visible figures are devotees and ritual participants.2014-09-16A seated group of devotees in a hall with red curtains performs a pada-puja, with eyes closed and hands folded. A woman in the foreground wears white with a rudraksha mala, glasses and white vibhuti on her forehead. Beside her, a woman in a red head wrap and white garment with a red-and-black beaded necklace sits with hands folded, and a woman in an orange shawl sits further right. Offering plates with flowers, a steel water bottle and a sanitiser bottle sit on the floor in front of them. Several other participants in white sit in the background.2013-07-26Photo of a seated group of women in a padapuja or satsang-style ritual. Four prominent women sit close together: on the left, a woman in white with hands pressed in anjali; next, a woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold border and a red shawl, with a red bindi; then a younger woman in a dark patterned top with an offering; and on the right an older woman with glasses in a white sari with a red shawl and rudraksha-style beads, eyes closed and chanting. Red and white flower petals, small oil lamps and offering plates lie on the floor in front, with a large gong behind them.2013-12-13December 16 20132013-12-16A photograph of a row of women seated on the floor during a pada puja ritual, with brass oil lamps, lit diyas, and offering plates with bananas and flowers arranged on orange and blue cloths in front of them. The women wear white and cream saris with red and yellow shawls, and several hold incense sticks or small ritual items in their hands. Other people sit blurred in the background, and a figure in white is partly visible at the far left edge of the frame.2011-12-31A seated group of women in a ritual gathering performs an offering with brass and gold-toned plates held in both palms. They wear white saris with red-orange borders and shawls; the woman at centre wears glasses and a red shawl, and a woman at right wears an orange robe with a white forehead mark. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, marigold and flower offerings and orange cloth sit on a mat in the foreground, with oil lamps burning. Behind them other seated devotees in white and orange are visible. A purple logo appears at top left.2010-09-12