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A woman with dark hair pulled back in a ponytail stands in a crowded indoor hall, wearing a white top and an orange shawl printed with mantra text. She holds her hands together and receives a small morsel from a woman in an orange-red patterned outfit who holds a silver tray with small steel bowls. Seated devotees in white and orange clothing fill the background, and a balcony with railings appears above. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

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December 10 20122012-12-10December 17 20122012-12-17A crowd of women in saffron-orange sarees and rudraksha malas gathers indoors. In the foreground, a woman with a tilak on her forehead and gold bangles feeds a yellowish sweet or prasadam into the open mouth of a younger woman with a tilak, who wears gold earrings and a gold-bordered orange saree. An older woman in the background, with glasses and a rudraksha mala, also holds prasadam. Another woman's hands at the right edge hold more prasadam. Others stand blurred behind them.2016-09-30May 26 20152015-05-26September 30 20162016-09-30October 23 20152015-10-23Close-up photo of a woman in a red and orange saree with a red border, wearing gold earrings and a bangle, holding two small silver cups with spouts and flower-like finials over a tray of offerings. A second woman on the left in a yellow shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Silver bowls holding white flower petals and small offerings sit on a brass tray with a lit oil lamp in the foreground. A small name tag is pinned to the saree.2009-12-07September 30 20162016-09-30A seated satsang gathering in a hall with steel railings and orange mats, where a woman in a cream floral sari with pink flowers leans forward to offer a brass plate of yellow flowers and turmeric-coloured offerings to a young woman in white, who extends her hands over it. Around them, devotees sit cross-legged on orange mats, many wearing white kurtas or tops and rudraksha malas, some in blue, red and yellow clothing. A saffron cloth hangs from the ceiling at the upper left.2010-12-23A photograph of a group ritual with many participants in white and cream clothing and rust-orange shawls. A man seated on the left wears an orange and gold cloth, a rudraksha necklace and a white forehead mark, and is scooping food from a silver bowl onto a green banana leaf. A woman in a cream sari and white hair net kneels at right, holding out her hands toward the bowl beside a steel pot. Other seated and standing devotees in white and orange fill the background, with a red-draped table and a gold-coloured seat at left. Appearance-based label: the seated man with the rudraksha necklace and orange cloth is a probable candidate for a person officiating the food offering, though his appearance is not conclusive.2015-07-15 +2 copiesJune 15 20152015-06-15 +1 copiesNight-time photo of a ritual exchange in an outdoor setting with a crowd watching behind. On the left, a man in a plain white shirt holds a tray of small oil lamps or offerings. Centre, a figure in white dhoti with gold border and a mala stands smiling, with a red tilak on the forehead. Right, a bare-chested man with long hair and a dark rudraksha mala with gold trim takes something from the tray, while a bare-chested man in orange cloth with a saffron shawl touches his face at the far right. Several onlookers in white, orange and red clothing watch and smile. The scene suggests a puja or offering being distributed, though the exact ritual is not clear.2013-07-13 +1 copies