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Photograph of a row of young men seated on the floor of a hall, dressed in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. Several have palms pressed together in namaskar, and some wear rudraksha malas. In front of them, banana leaves hold portions of food with small steel cups and bowls set between them. Behind them, more seated people in white and a few standing figures are visible in an open tent-like hall with a chair at the right edge.

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December 27 20072007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesA seated group of devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls sits in rows on a red mat on a concrete floor during a ritual meal offering. Several people press their palms together in prayer, while others hold small brass vessels. In front of them, rows of banana-leaf plates hold rice, pieces of food and pappadam, each with small steel cups beside it. Wooden poles with orange and red cloth stand among the seated participants, and a large hall with more people in the background is visible. No one is identified as a person in the scene. +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesPhotograph of a seated group of devotees performing a ritual inside a tent-like hall with a red mat on the floor. In the foreground, several young men in white dhotis and white shirts with orange shawls sit cross-legged with eyes closed, hands folded in prayer or held in anjali. Brass kalasha pots and small metal cups stand before banana-leaf plates heaped with offerings of rice, sweets and fruit. Thin bamboo poles stand in the foreground. Behind them more devotees in white and orange sit in rows, and the background shows tent drapery and blue chairs. No a person candidate is clearly visible in this image. +1 copiesA photograph of a large group of devotees seated cross-legged on red and striped mats in a hall, performing a ritual. Most wear white dhotis or kurtas with orange shawls draped over their shoulders. In the foreground, a bearded man in the left foreground holds a small brass vessel, while others hold brass vessels and long bamboo or cane sticks upright. Before them on the floor are green banana leaves heaped with rice and yellow food, with small brass bowls around them. A woman in an orange sari sits at the upper left. The crowd is large and extends into the background. +1 copiesA row of devotees sits cross-legged on a red-and-black striped mat on a concrete floor, facing a line of banana-leaf plates set with rice, pappadam-like wafers and small steel cups. The seated people wear white garments with orange-saffron shawls draped over their shoulders. Most have hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. A yellow line runs along the floor, and more people sit in the background beneath a canopy with blue plastic chairs on a table. Several people appear to be women and men in matching white and orange attire. +1 copiesA night-time group ritual on a bare concrete floor. Devotees in white dhotis and white kurtas with orange shawls sit in rows, several with hands pressed in anjali, while others kneel behind plantain-leaf thalis set with small metal bowls, lamps and brass vessels. Standing attendants in white move between them, and tall bamboo poles with orange cloth pennants rise around the space. Fans and a lit backdrop frame the scene. +1 copiesA photograph of a row of men seated cross-legged on the floor of an open pavilion, eating from banana-leaf plates of rice, sides and sweets. They wear white dhotis and kurta-style shirts with orange saffron shawls draped over the shoulders. The nearest man on the right has long hair, a full beard and a wristwatch and is seated with hands folded. Brass oil lamps and kalasha-like vessels stand along the row, and spectators sit on red benches in the background. The scene resembles a communal meal following a ritual, shown in a sacred-arts style setting.2006-11-20A photograph inside a large hall where many people sit in rows on the floor, palms pressed together in prayer, facing toward the front. In the foreground a shaved-headed man in orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded, beside a seated man in white dhoti and shawl with red border, and a seated man in white with orange waist cloth. Rows of seated participants in orange, white and yellow clothing extend back toward a stage area with a painted backdrop of a deity and a white draped table. Leaf plates with fruit and sweets, small cups and oil lamps sit before the rows.2010-10-12A photograph of a whitewashed hall where devotees in white clothes with orange shawls sit in long rows on striped mats, facing a central seated figure at the far end. Plantain-leaf plates with food and small cups are set before them, and tall bamboo poles with orange streamers stand near the middle. A white chair and a framed picture sit on a white cloth at the front. Several seated men in orange and white are near the front, one wearing a shawl and beard, but identity cannot be confirmed from appearance.2007-06-22September 21 20162016-09-21