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A seated group of devotees, mostly women, performs a satsang or puja inside a hall with light walls and a stone ledge. In the foreground a woman in white with a tilak on her forehead chants with hands joined, and beside her a woman in orange and white sits cross-legged with a brass plate and small brass lamps before her. Others wear white, pink, teal and blue saris and salwar kameez, many with rudraksha malas and folded hands or hand gestures. Brass bowls, a tray of fruit and a kalasha-like vessel rest on the floor and mats. No central figure identifiable as a person is clearly visible.

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May 14 20122012-05-14May 08 20122012-05-08A large seated congregation of women and some men performs a group arati with small brass oil lamps held in their hands during a satsang hall gathering. Many wear white or cream sarees and kurtas with orange or red shawls, and rudraksha malas and kumkum on their foreheads. In the front row, a woman in a white saree with a red shawl holds a lit lamp, while another in a red-and-white saree and a woman in a green sari press their palms together. Brass plates with offerings, an orange cloth and a small book sit on the floor. Steel barriers line the right side and a water cooler stands in the background. No central figure is visible in the frame.2012-05-14A seated group of devotees, mostly women, sit on the floor of a hall with red curtains, holding brass plates of offerings and small lamps during a ritual. In the foreground a woman in an orange-red shawl bows over a plate, while a woman in a yellow-and-white sari holds a plate of white flowers and sweets. Others wear white, yellow, maroon and red saris, with some in white head coverings. Small oil lamps and brass vessels sit on mats in front of them.2012-02-09September 16 20142014-09-16June 01 20122012-06-01Devotees sit on red-striped floor mats in a hall during a satsang-style gathering. In the foreground a woman with curly reddish-brown hair wears a blue paisley kurta and presses her palms together in anjali. Beside her a fair-haired woman in an all-white outfit with a rudraksha-style mala chants with her hands cupped, and next to her a woman in white with a mala holds her hands open. Brass puja plates, a kalasha-like brass vessel, small oil lamps and offerings sit on an orange cloth at right, with a clear water bottle nearby. Other seated participants in colourful salwar and saris fill the background, and a few men in white shirts sit farther back.2010-10-26A seated group of devotees performs a puja inside a hall, many women in white traditional clothing with yellow or orange shawls and rudraksha malas. Several sit cross-legged on mats with brass plates holding flowers, small oil lamps and offerings in front of them. A woman in the foreground chants with eyes partly closed, a red-orange shawl over her white sari.2010-09-30April 03 20122012-04-03A photograph of a seated group in a large hall during a puja-style ritual. In the foreground, a woman in white with long hair holds a small brass bell and a lamp-like object, beside a woman in white clothes and a pendant necklace who holds a small bell over brass plates of offerings. A bespectacled woman in an orange top with a rudraksha mala sits at the right front. Behind them, rows of women and girls in orange and maroon garments with white forehead bands sit on the floor, some holding brass lamps and bells, with hands in anjali. Red and maroon floor cushions and a blurred deity murti are visible in the background. No clearly identifiable a person figure is present.2014-09-13December 30 20142014-12-30A seated congregation during a satsang in a hall with wooden panelling. Most attendees wear white or red-orange garments; several women wear rudraksha malas and have tilak marks on their foreheads. Front-row women in saffron-red saris hold japa beads and sit with hands clasped. A woman in a pale blue shawl and a lanyard holds a mala in her hands. Others in white sit with eyes closed, hands folded in prayer or holding notes. Background rows show more seated devotees and a red-clad man near the right. No speaker or deity is visible in frame.2014-01-10