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A seated man in white ritual clothes and a yellow sacred thread sits cross-legged on a purple mat, eyes closed in meditation, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a white vertical mark on his forehead. Brass puja plates, a small brass lamp, brass bowls and a bell lie on the floor before him, alongside plastic containers and a teal lid. Several other people sit on mats around the hall in white and grey clothing, some with hands folded in meditation. The scene shows a group meditation program with puja items.

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August 29 20092009-08-29August 29 20092009-08-29A man sits cross-legged on a dark blue mat in a white hall, wearing white kurta and dhoti with a yellow sash and dark rudraksha mala. He has a white vertical mark on his forehead, eyes closed, hands held in a meditation mudra on his lap. Brass puja items lie on the floor before him: a plate with red kumkum, a small brass bell, a brass cup and a lamp. Other seated people in white and grey clothing meditate on mats in the background.2009-08-29May 09 20132013-05-09 +1 copiesSeated devotees in white ritual clothing and yellow-orange garlands and rudraksha malas sit in a hall during a homa or tharpanam ritual. Brass lamps, bowls and kalasha-style vessels are arranged on the floor before them. A painted mural of figures and trees is on the wall behind. Several men in front have eyes closed in meditation or prayer, and the image is cropped at the edges with more people visible beyond the frame.2009-07-01July 06 20132013-07-06August 29 20092009-08-29Seated devotees in white ritual clothes sit on orange cloth mats in a hall during a puja or satsang. Several men wear white kurtas and dhotis with black-and-white beaded malas and pendants, and bare-chested young men wear white dhotis bordered with red and tilaka marks on their foreheads and arms. The man at centre gestures with his hands in front of brass plates, small brass lamps and bowls of yellow offerings. Plastic containers and green bowls sit on the floor.2010-11-14May 18 20122012-05-18Several men sit cross-legged on a carpeted floor in an indoor hall, dressed in white kurtas with rudraksha malas, performing a ritual. The men in front hold small brass handbells and wave or touch brass puja vessels, lamps and a plate with offerings laid on a white cloth. Behind them, other seated participants in white clothes, some with palms joined, and a child in white watch, with a tall dark-clothed onlooker standing at the back. The scene resembles a padapuja or puja with bells and lamps, though no a person depiction is clearly identifiable.2013-12-09September 10 20102010-09-10A seated group ritual in a hall with pale cream walls and a cloth canopy overhead. In the foreground a grey-haired man in a white kurta sits cross-legged, wearing a white forehead mark, holding a small brass bell in his right hand and a brass implement in his left, eyes lowered. Beside him a bald man in white and another in white shirt and dhoti also hold brass ritual items. Along the floor in front, brass plates of food, small oil lamps with lit flames, a kalasha-style vessel and a conch shell sit on an orange cloth. Other seated devotees in white and striped shirts fill the row behind.2012-05-19