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A large hall with pink walls, a fabric-draped ceiling and tall decorative pillars wrapped in colourful patterned bands with orange tassels. Dozens of women and girls sit cross-legged on mats across the floor, many holding small oil lamps or brass plates with offerings, performing a lamp-lit puja. Most wear white, orange or blue saris and salwar kameez. Chairs are stacked along the walls and a few people stand in the background near windows with red curtains. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible in this image.

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A large hall with a pale pink wall and a grey draped fabric ceiling hung with tall multicoloured cylindrical banners. Rows of devotees sit cross-legged on a white-tiled floor, many women in red and orange saris and men in white kurtas. In front of them are brass plates with lit oil lamps and offerings, and a small raised area holds a framed portrait on the far wall. Some people in white sit near a row of orange cushions, and a few people stand at the back of the room. This appears to be a group satsang or puja with lamps and offering trays.2013-01-19A large hall with a polished white floor and a draped white ceiling hung with colourful striped pillar decorations. Many devotees sit cross-legged on mats in rows, most wearing white, orange, red, and yellow saris and kurtas, with oil lamps lit on small plates in front of them and brass plates of offerings. A few women in white garments sit at the front left, and a woman in orange works near the lamps. Framed pictures hang on the back wall, and a small shrine area with a deity murti appears at the far left. Some people are seated near a microphone stand at the right.2012-05-09A large indoor hall filled with a dense crowd of seated devotees, most dressed in white, while many women wear orange and red saris and some sit with brass puja plates holding small oil lamps and offerings before them. Tall decorated cylindrical pillars with colourful geometric patterns hang from a draped white fabric ceiling, and a framed picture hangs on the pale pink wall at the back near a small shrine area. The floor is tiled and reflects the lamp light. Many people appear seated in meditative or prayer postures.2013-01-20May 08 20122012-05-08May 01 20122012-05-01A large hall with a tented white ceiling and tall pillars wrapped in colourful patterned fabric, with orange tassels, where many people sit cross-legged on a polished floor. In the foreground, women in orange and red saris and salwar kameez sit before small brass plates with oil lamps and offerings, some holding flowers and prayer items. Behind them rows of children and adults sit attentively facing the front, with a framed portrait on the far wall and red curtains at the windows.2012-05-08A large hall filled with a dense crowd of devotees seated on orange and blue mats, mostly women in white and colourful saris with long braids, many holding small brass or plastic cups and oil lamps before them. Hanging decorative tassels in red, yellow and blue decorate the ceiling. On the stage at the far end are ornate golden deity murtis and decorated altars with flowers, and a golden throne stands at the left side of the hall. No individual figure on the stage is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance, so no candidate is named. A crowd of many dozens of people is visible.2010-11-13A large hall during a seated group puja, with a crowd of roughly 100 people sitting on mats on the floor facing a central area. Women in orange and saffron saris sit in the front rows with brass plates, oil lamps and small offering dishes arranged on orange cloths before them. A woman in white sits centrally, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and a headband sits at the right front with brass items. Children and young people in colourful shirts fill the middle and back rows. Tall brass lamp stands and a row of ornate multicoloured hanging decorations line the high white ceiling, and red curtains hang on the side walls. A golden throne-like seat is visible at the far end of the hall.2012-05-12A large hall with pink walls and red curtains holds a seated congregation of women in orange-red saris with yellow borders and rudraksha malas, many holding small oil lamps lit with flames. Brass plates with lamps and offerings sit before them on the floor. Behind them, a larger group in white clothing sits among people in white sarees and white shirts. Colourful woven hangings line the upper walls, and a framed portrait hangs high on the left wall. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly present in the scene. Some participants wear kumkum or vibhuti on their foreheads.2013-03-17May 08 20122012-05-08April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesJanuary 20 20132013-01-20