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Indoor group puja in a hall with patterned walls, where seated devotees hold small oil lamps and offering vessels on mats. In the centre, a bald man in white clothes and an orange shawl sits cross-legged with a diya, his hands near brass plates of offerings. Beside him a boy in a red tracksuit lights a lamp, and a young boy in white kurta holds a lamp. On the left, a man in white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala holds a spoon over a brass plate. Many others in orange shawls, white and orange clothes sit in rows behind them. Brass lamps and plates of fruit and sweets sit on the floor. Ritual participants, possibly satsang or puja, are shown; the centre man is an unconfirmed a person candidate in white with an orange shawl and rudraksha mala.

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July 17 20122012-07-17November 06 20112011-11-06September 22 20132013-09-22August 08 20142014-08-08A photograph of a ritual gathering in a hall with pink walls, red curtains and rows of red chairs. Seated on the floor in the foreground, many young men and boys wear saffron-orange robes, rudraksha malas, and white vertical forehead markings, sitting on red mats before small brass puja trays, lamps and offering plates. A few older men in white and orange robes sit among them, and a man in a white kurta stands at the upper right near the wall. Some participants handle objects on the trays. A bald, saffron-clad figure sits near the centre-left among the group; no figure is identified as a person.2013-07-30January 03 20132013-01-03A seated group of devotees performs a ritual in a large hall with red-and-white striped mats. Foreground boys in grey, white and blue shirts sit before brass plates, small lamps, bowls and a kalasha-like vessel with offerings. Behind them, a man in a maroon shirt and dark trousers sits with hands joined near a lamp. Several shaven-headed men in white dhoti-style garments with orange shawls sit in the middle row, and a seated man in a white shirt presses his palms together at right. Women in colourful saris sit at the back. The scene conveys a group puja or satsang with oil lamps and brass vessels arranged on the floor.2012-04-09November 20 20112011-11-20December 17 20112011-12-17A large seated congregation in white clothing and orange-red shawls holds small oil lamps with lit flames in a hall. In the foreground, several people sit on red mats: a shirtless man with tilak and an orange-red shawl raises a lamp, a bespectacled man in white with a rudraksha-style orange mala holds a flame, and a woman in white with an orange sash holds a lamp while others with orange lanyards sit nearby. Behind them, rows of devotees in white and orange clothing press palms together. A standing figure at upper left in white holds a lit lamp. No visible a person candidate can be confirmed from appearance.2016-09-30September 15 20142014-09-15May 31 20122012-05-31 +1 copies