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A crowded indoor room in a house visit during the Tamil Nadu Vijaya Yatra, with many people seated and standing close together. In the foreground, a figure holds up a silver trident (trishul) toward the group. A woman in a white saree with gold border holds a small child in orange clothing, while other women wear saffron and orange saris and rudraksha malas, and men wear white shirts and dhotis, some with saffron shawls. A young woman in a white saree with folded hands sits at lower left beside a man in orange with a rudraksha mala. Many people are gathered in a domestic setting with cream walls and a wooden window grille at right.

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Crowded indoor photo of a house visit during a Tamil Nadu tour. Many devotees fill a small room with cream walls and a wooden window grille. Seated devotees in white dhotis and shirts press forward, and women wear white and cream sarees, one holding a small child in an orange outfit. Several monastics in saffron robes and rudraksha malas sit at the front, some with shaved heads. A raised silver trident is held up at right, and women in blue, orange and green sarees and garlands appear among the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues in this frame.2014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesA crowded indoor photograph in a plain cream-walled room with a wooden framed doorway and window grille. Packed tightly around the centre, many people press in and reach toward each other, some with raised arms. A young girl in a turquoise dress is held up on the left. In the centre, a shaved-headed man in a rust-red cloth with a rudraksha mala and an orange sash stands beside a woman in a white sari with a red border. On the right, a smiling person with long hair wears a red-orange robe and a beaded rudraksha mala, with a hand raised toward the group. Several people in orange and saffron garments stand among the crowd.2014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesJune 24 20142014-06-24June 21 20142014-06-21 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain-walled room. In the foreground, a woman in a beige sari sits on the floor holding an infant wrapped in a pale green cloth. Beside her, a man in white shirt and dhoti with a dark rudraksha-style mala stands looking down at the baby. A young man in white with a yellow shawl kneels at left, and a woman in orange and red garments with a green-fruit garland in her hair sits at lower right. Behind them, several women in white and cream saris with gold borders stand with hands pressed in anjali, and older men in white dhotis and shirts watch. No deity or swami is clearly visible; the central figure's appearance is not clearly identifiable.2009-08-08June 27 20142014-06-27A photograph of a pada puja held in a bright living room with white walls, teal curtains and a framed deity picture on the wall. A seated woman in an orange saffron garment with a red flower garland and gold bangles lifts a ceremonial vessel. A bald priest in orange and white kneels on the floor with a yellow flower garland and a small metal bowl before him. A crowd of around twenty devotees, mostly women in colourful saris and men in white shirts, sit and stand with palms pressed together in prayer. A ceremonial fan and a brass lamp stand are visible on the right.2014-06-26June 26 20142014-06-26A seated figure with long swept-back dark hair, wearing saffron-orange clothing and a multicoloured flower garland, holds an ornate silver trident aloft while a crowd of seated devotees, many with palms pressed together, gathers in a yellow-walled room. Probable Swamiji (probable) sits at right on a black cushioned seat, an appearance-based label from long hair, saffron clothing and a red-white-orange garland. A young child reaches toward a tray of rose petals and flowers, and a man in white with a camera stands near a white cooler. Several saffron-robed attendants and a bald priest in white with an orange shawl sit in front, one holding white flowers.2014-06-24 +1 copiesA house visit ritual in a small room with cream walls. A bald, saffron-robed priest with a white-tipped vertical tilak and a white-and-gold cloth stands at right, holding a silver trident aloft in one hand and a shaved-head assistant in white cloth beside him. Seated women in white and red saris and a man in a grey striped shirt sit or stand with palms pressed together, while a woman in white holds a lit oil lamp on a tray. A floral garland hangs on the priest seated at lower right. Several onlookers in white, orange and red clothing surround them.2014-06-27