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A photograph of a covered temple veranda with orange-washed walls and red-and-white striped railings. A woman in a cream sari with green border and an orange shawl, with long dark hair, carries a brass plate of offerings toward a seated group. Seated women in yellow, orange and white clothing sit on the floor, several with hands together or clapping. Another woman in a white sari with a rudraksha-style bead necklace stands at left holding a tray. A small red shrine-like structure with a gold finial stands at right. No a person candidate is visible, so a person is none.

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Outdoors in a sunlit courtyard against an orange wall, a woman in a white cream-bordered sari and an orange shawl stands bending forward and holds a metal plate of yellow and red offerings. One seated woman in an orange sari has her hand raised to her head, and a red-and-gold canopied shrine sits against the wall at right. Several women in saris and salwar kameez sit in a row on the floor. Visible people number roughly ten.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A photograph inside a hall with orange floor mats and red carpet, where a crowd of mostly women and some men sit on the floor in white clothes and saris. In the centre, a woman in a floral cream sari with red border bends forward holding a round plate of yellow-orange offerings, possibly an aarti or prasadam plate, as she moves among the seated devotees. Seated women in white tops, red shawls, green and blue saris and hair in braids and buns watch and clap their hands. Metal railings and white-clad men are visible in the background, and a yellow and purple hanging is at the top left. Text in the bottom right reads a pedia source line, which is omitted here2010-12-23A seated group of women in white and cream dhotis and saris with orange, saffron and yellow shawls performs a ritual, several holding small brass handbells and oil lamps. Brass plates with offerings of fruit, red kumkum and sweets sit on orange mats in front of them. Plastic containers and a tiled floor fill the room, with a few people in saffron behind and at the edge of the frame. One woman wears a rudraksha mala and sindoor. The setting appears to be a satsang or puja gathering in an ashram hall.2011-09-22A photograph of women in a bare white-walled hall serving food at a seated meal. In the foreground a woman in a cream sari with a yellow border and a red-orange shawl looks down, a red bindi on her forehead. Beside her a woman in a cream sari with green borders and an orange shawl holds food in her hands, and a woman with a long braid and orange shawl reaches forward to serve. Many women in cream and yellow-bordered saris with orange shawls stand along rows of banana-leaf plates and metal tumblers on the floor. Shaven-headed men in white dhotis appear in the background. Ceiling lights and small wall-mounted lamps light the room.2011-03-05August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesA seated group of women in a ritual gathering performs an offering with brass and gold-toned plates held in both palms. They wear white saris with red-orange borders and shawls; the woman at centre wears glasses and a red shawl, and a woman at right wears an orange robe with a white forehead mark. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, marigold and flower offerings and orange cloth sit on a mat in the foreground, with oil lamps burning. Behind them other seated devotees in white and orange are visible. A purple logo appears at top left.2010-09-12A photograph of a group seated closely in an ashram hall during an arati-style offering. In the foreground a woman in white sari with gold border leans in to hold a silver tray of lit oil lamps. Seated devotees around her wear white and cream clothing with orange-red shawls and scarves; a woman in a pale yellow-gold sari with a red bindi sits beside them, and a man in white with an orange shawl presses his palms together at the lower right. Behind them, many people in orange and saffron robes and malas sit in the background. Several seated people are visible, with a crowd of more than twenty in the hall.2017-03-14 +1 copiesA photograph of a group of women seated on the floor of an ashram courtyard during a puja, with brass and silver plates and small oil lamps arranged on a gold-coloured tray in the centre. A woman in white with a yellow shawl and a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl hold lamps or plates, while an older woman with glasses in yellow and orange sits at left. A shaven-headed man in a white dhoti sits with his back to the camera at the foreground left, and a woman with her hair tied back in the foreground right wears white and orange. Behind them, further women in orange and white sit near a red wall with a tall red-and-gold vessel and a potted plant.2010-10-30August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesPhotograph of a seated group ceremony in a hall with a tiled floor. In the foreground, a woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari leans forward holding a silver tray of lit oil lamps toward seated devotees. Beside her, a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari stands with her back to the camera, also holding a lamp. Seated devotees wear saffron-orange garments and rudraksha malas, and some have white head coverings. A man with glasses in the front row sits with his hands together. The scene suggests an arati or lamp offering during a satsang. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible. Approximately fifteen to twenty people are visible.2017-03-14Devotees seated on a floor during a ritual in a red and white painted hall. Several women wear white clothes with orange or yellow shawls and white sacred marks on their foreheads, some holding small oil lamps with flames in their hands while performing aarti. A large brass tray with lamps, flowers and offerings sits in front of them. In the foreground, a man in orange robes and a red turban is partly visible at left, and a shaved-headed man in white sits at lower right, with a bare-headed person in orange near the frame's edge. A woman with long hair in a white and green sari stands at upper right. No visible evidence identifies a specific named person.2010-08-07