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A large hall with cream walls and multicolored hanging tassels shows a seated congregation performing a puja. Many boys and young men sit cross-legged on the tiled floor in maroon and saffron-trimmed robes and dark shirts, with brass plates, lamps and small offering trays arranged on mats in front of them. Adults in white clothes sit in rows behind them. A striped mat and an orange backpack lie in the foreground, and a visible deity murti sits on a small plate near a lower-left mat.

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A wide indoor hall with pink-framed windows and colourful tasselled bunting hanging from the ceiling. Dozens of men and boys sit in rows on mats, many bare-chested or in white dhotis with yellow borders and orange-red cloths, with brass thalis, oil lamps and small offering plates set before them. Some have hands folded in prayer, and a few lean forward in concentration. Numerous seated devotees in the background wear white, pink and dark clothing. Ropes on posts divide the seating area, and a decorated altar with a small deity murti stands at the right edge. This appears to be a group puja or satsang with ritual offerings.2013-02-03A group of about thirty people sit cross-legged on mats in a bright hall during a ritual. Front left, a man with a shaved head wears an orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala, holding a lit lamp. Beside him another saffron-robed man holds a lamp. Behind them, young boys in black and dark clothes sit, and several men in white dhotis with gold borders, some bare-chested with sandalwood marks, hold lamps and offerings. Brass plates with fruit, flowers and small lamps sit on red and orange cloths, and a wooden stand with a book rests among them. A large gold-and-red throne stands at the back right, and a sofa is beside it.2013-02-04May 16 20132013-05-16March 07 20132013-03-07May 16 20132013-05-16A large hall with pink walls and framed portraits of deities and saints hung high above rows of seated participants. In the foreground, several young boys in saffron-orange robes and bright white forehead bands sit on mats with brass oil lamps, bowls and offering plates arranged before them. Behind them, older men in orange and white robes and rudraksha malas sit in rows, and many people in red and white clothing fill the floor. Red curtains and white ceiling fans frame the room, and a vertical bank of brass oil lamps and kalasha-style vessels stands among the seated groups.2013-07-07February 03 20132013-02-03May 16 20132013-05-16March 10 20132013-03-10A large hall at an ashram where many seated people perform a ritual with brass plates and small oil lamps on mats in front of them. Most participants are boys and young men in colourful t-shirts and shirts, with several adults in saffron and orange robes and white dhotis near the front. Some people hold their palms together in anjali, and plates hold fruit, flowers and small dishes. Red curtains, framed pictures on the walls and wide windows frame the room.2012-04-04A large hall with many seated participants in a ritual setting. In the foreground, several shaved-headed priests in saffron-orange robes sit on mats with rudraksha malas, beside brass puja plates, small bells, lamps and fruit offerings. Behind them rows of boys in maroon-red robes with white forehead bands sit cross-legged, several with folded hands, some wearing rudraksha malas. Further back, adults in white clothes sit on the floor, and portrait frames hang on the wall above red curtains, while people in white stand along the rear. Pale walls and ceiling fans complete the scene.2013-07-07October 24 20122012-10-24