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A large hall with cream walls and a tiled floor holds a seated congregation performing a group ritual. In the foreground, several women and girls wear yellow and cream saris and hold small oil lamps and brass plates. One woman on the left wears an orange sari and sits with hands folded. Other participants wear red, green and orange saris. Plates of fruit, sweets and flower offerings sit on banana leaves and cloth, with steel bowls nearby. Framed portraits hang along the back wall, and orange cloth hangs at the far right. Some people are standing in the background. The scene resembles a satsang or puja with oil lamp offerings.

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A large hall with cream walls and framed portraits hanging high on the wall, with red-and-gold drapes at the windows. Dozens of women and girls sit cross-legged on woven mats in rows, many holding small lit oil lamps (diyas) and offering plates with flowers, fruit and food on the floor before them. Most wear saffron-orange, yellow, red-bordered cream, and white saris or dhotis-style clothing. In the foreground a woman in orange sari holds a lamp, while others in yellow shawls and white attire perform a lamp-lit puja or aarti ceremony. Plastic containers, brass plates and kumkum-marked offerings sit on the floor.2011-09-01August 22 20112011-08-22A photograph of a large hall with a glossy white tiled floor where a seated group of women and girls performs a ritual with small oil lamps (diyas) in their hands. Most wear white or cream sarees with yellow or red shawls, and several in front wear yellow and red dupattas. Plates of offerings, fruit and flowers sit before them on mats and cloths. Framed portraits hang on the pale pink walls above the windows, showing a bearded man in saffron and a woman in orange and white clothing; the portraits are pictures, not people. Deity murti are not visible. A few women in saffron robes sit at the left edge.2011-09-01September 01 20112011-09-01August 30 20112011-08-30December 30 20112011-12-30April 04 20122012-04-04 +1 copiesAugust 30 20112011-08-30A photograph of a large hall where many women sit cross-legged on mats for a pada puja-style worship. In the foreground a woman in a pale yellow sari with a yellow shawl sits with hands joined near brass vessels, and beside her a woman in a white dress wears an orange scarf. Small brass lamps, flowers and steel containers are arranged on the floor mats. Behind them rows of seated devotees in white and coloured saris and a few girls in orange fill the room, with framed portraits and deity pictures on the pale walls.2011-09-04 +1 copiesPhotograph of a large hall where many devotees sit cross-legged on the floor performing an aarti with lit oil lamps held in their hands. Most wear white or cream clothes, while some women wear saffron, yellow, green and purple saris. Several young men in white kurtas wear red scarves over their shoulders. Behind them, seated guests on red chairs watch the ritual. Framed deity pictures hang on the pale wall above red curtained windows, and trays of offerings and plastic water bottles sit on the floor. The swami is not clearly visible in this image.2012-04-08A photograph of a seated group of women in a plain room with pale pink walls and large windows, performing a ritual with lit oil lamps. Most wear cream and white sarees with red, orange or yellow shawls; several hold small brass lamps in cupped hands. Brass plates with fruit, offerings and small dishes lie on the floor in front of them. A woman in white stands at a small side table at upper left, also holding a lamp. Pink plastic containers and steel vessels sit along the floor, and a small deity murti is visible at the far right edge.2011-08-17April 08 20122012-04-08