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Photograph of a dance performance at an indoor hall during Navaratri. In the foreground, a young girl in an orange blouse and matching orange shawl with a gold border stands with a white forehead mark, holding a purple stick. A blurred dancer in orange with long dark hair moves in front of her. Behind them, women in pink and orange saris are visible, and a wall display of colourful panels and a red curtain frame the room.

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October 03 20162016-10-03A photograph of an indoor ashram gathering. In the foreground, a young boy with a close-cropped head wears a draped orange robe over one shoulder and a white beaded necklace, leaning forward with one hand touching the bare back of a seated man in a white dhoti with a yellow border. Behind them, blurred devotees in white and orange garments move and sit in a pink-walled hall with a golden ornamental wall panel on the right. The crowd is dense and partly out of focus.2017-07-09October 03 20162016-10-03A photograph of a line of young women in matching saffron-orange sarees with pink borders, standing in a hall with pale pink walls. Many wear rudraksha malas, white forehead markings and hair in buns. Several hold folded orange cloth bundles against their bodies. A white floor-standing air conditioner and a brass bell are visible on the left, and a dark maroon curtain hangs on the right.2014-07-10September 30 20162016-09-30October 03 20162016-10-03A photograph of a group of women in orange and maroon clothing performing an aarti ritual with oil lamps. In the centre, a young woman with a white vibhuti line across her forehead and a red kumkum dot holds a lit oil lamp aloft in her right hand and rings a brass bell in her left, with a rudraksha mala around her neck. Around her, other women in saffron and red garments hold lit diyas and lamps, several with white tripundra marks. A woman in a white and gold-bordered sari stands at the right holding a lamp. Soft warm light from the flames fills the scene, and the group appears to be in a devotional gathering.2013-09-18January 01 20192019-01-01A woman in a red and gold sari with rudraksha mala and gold necklace holds a black microphone and speaks while seated on the floor. Behind her, several women in saffron and orange clothing with rudraksha malas sit attentively, one with white-haired glasses, another with long dark hair and glasses smiling. A woman in a pink-and-teal sari with a tilak sits at the right edge. Vibhuti tilaks mark several foreheads. The setting is an ashram-style gathering with seated devotees in the background. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this frame.2016-09-30October 03 20162016-10-03October 03 20162016-10-03Two young girls in orange saffron robes with maroon-red borders stand in the foreground of a ceremony, one raising an incense stick and the other holding a small brass bell or lamp. Both have white vibhuti marks on their foreheads, and the nearer girl wears a long beaded necklace of gold-toned discs. Behind them, seated devotees in orange and maroon garments with white forehead markings sit before a red draped backdrop, with a blue-lidded container and a brass vessel in front. No a person figure is clearly visible.2013-07-29