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A large seated ritual gathering of devotees in orange and maroon robes with rudraksha malas, many with white tilak on their foreheads. Rows of people sit on mats before metal trays holding small brass and steel bowls, lamps and offerings. Several participants hold tall brass cones or horns, apparently performing an abhishekam-style offering. A man in orange clothing at the right, with glasses and a rudraksha mala, is seated among them. Behind the rows, more seated attendees in white and colourful saris watch. Attribution: the visible people are devotees and ritual participants; no one is identified as a person in this image.

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A large group of women and girls in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged on mats during a ritual, each holding a long brass horn-shaped vessel. Metal plates and bowls with small pots, lamps and offerings sit before them on silver trays. Many wear rudraksha malas and white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. Behind them, rows of seated spectators in colourful saris watch from a red-curtained hall.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16September 09 20132013-09-09A large group of women and girls in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on the floor in a hall, performing a ritual. Many hold their palms together in namaskar or cupped gestures, and several have white or red tilak marks on their foreheads and wear rudraksha malas. Silver and brass vessels, kalasha-style pots, and small metal bowls with offerings are arranged on silver trays before them, with golden cone-shaped lamps placed among them. Some participants hold a small printed card. A few visitors in white and yellow sit at the left edge, and a man in red-brown robes sits near the top of the frame. The scene suggests a puja or satsang gathering.2013-09-23A large hall with a polished floor where many women in saffron and orange-red saris sit cross-legged on mats, most with rudraksha malas around their necks and white or red forehead markings. Several are seated in rows with brass puja plates, small offering trays and flower petals in front of them, some with hands folded in prayer and others holding items. Behind them, women in yellow, cream and green saris sit or stand near the walls, and a hanging banner stretches across the upper area. No central figure is clearly visible, and the scene appears to be a group devotional ritual with puja offerings.2019-05-18August 22 20062006-08-22May 19 20132013-05-19March 03 20142014-03-03September 09 20132013-09-09Night ritual at a square stone fire pit (homa) with smoke and flames rising from the wood. A figure with long dark swept-back hair, wearing saffron-orange clothing, multiple beaded malas and ornate gold necklaces, sits on a leopard-print cushioned seat with a silver-framed backdrop, pouring liquid from a metal vessel into the fire. Around the pit, about a dozen women in matching orange-red saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas sit or stand holding offerings, with a few men in white and orange behind. Brass bowls, oil lamps and ritual items sit on the stone ledge. a person is seated centrally, identified by long swept hair, saffron clothing and layered malas and gold necklaces.2013-03-10January 01 20192019-01-01A photograph of a seated group of women at a gathering, mostly dressed in saffron-orange clothing with rudraksha malas. In the centre, a woman in white salwar kameez with a white dupatta sits cross-legged with a rudraksha mala, touching a silver ritual tray holding small oil lamps, a small framed picture, and pink flowers. To the left, a woman in orange bends her head in prayer. Behind them, more seated women in orange and maroon garments fill the hall. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2014-04-04