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Several women in orange-saffron sannyasi-style robes and rudraksha malas stand close together indoors, their faces and hair smeared with yellow turmeric paste. Two women at left and centre-right hold and apply the yellow paste, one holding a small offering in cupped hands. Dark hair is wound in high topknots and long braids. A blurred crowd and warm lamp-lit background fill the rear of the room.

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Several smiling women and girls in saffron-orange saris and rudraksha malas celebrate closely together, their faces and hands smeared with yellow turmeric paste. Two young girls in the foreground laugh while a woman with a dark braided updo and rudraksha bracelets presses paste from her hand. Others in the background hold handfuls of yellow paste and wear orange and gold clothing. The setting is an indoor ashram hall with gold decor.2019-01-01 +1 copiesApril 04 20182018-04-04September 30 20162016-09-30A crowd of women in saffron-orange sarees and rudraksha malas gathers indoors. In the foreground, a woman with a tilak on her forehead and gold bangles feeds a yellowish sweet or prasadam into the open mouth of a younger woman with a tilak, who wears gold earrings and a gold-bordered orange saree. An older woman in the background, with glasses and a rudraksha mala, also holds prasadam. Another woman's hands at the right edge hold more prasadam. Others stand blurred behind them.2016-09-30A photograph of several young women in orange and saffron saris and salwar-style outfits gathered closely in an indoor hall with wooden paneling. Some wear rudraksha malas and white vertical tilak marks on their foreheads. The woman in the centre foreground in a deep orange sari with a rudraksha mala reaches out and handles small white puffed grains or prasad, while others in the group also hold out handfuls of the same grains. One woman at right wears an orange flower in her hair and a mala, and a woman at left holds her hand toward another's forehead. No single figure is clearly a person; the scene shows devotees distributing prasad during a gathering.2016-07-12Women in orange sannyasini-style saris and long rudraksha malas share food in a hall. A woman in the foreground with a white forehead mark and gold bangles offers a yellow sweet to a younger girl who leans back with her mouth open to receive it. Other figures in orange and maroon robes, including a bare-chested man with a white dhoti at left, stand behind them. Several people hold yellow sweets in their hands.2016-09-30A photograph of devotees in orange robes with rudraksha malas sharing food. In the foreground, a woman in an orange saree with a red border and a white forehead mark feeds a young girl in an orange top with a rudraksha mala. The girl opens her mouth to receive a bite of yellow prasadam while holding more in her cupped hand. Behind them, other women in orange sarees and rudraksha malas hold handfuls of the same food, with a woman in the background wearing a white forehead mark. The setting appears to be an ashram hall with gold decorations behind them.2016-09-30December 18 20162016-12-18Two women in rust-red saris with gold borders and rudraksha malas feed a young girl in an orange kurta with a rudraksha mala. The woman on the left smiles and offers a small golden sweet to the girl's open mouth, while the girl holds out her other palm. Other women in red saris stand to the right with sweets, and a few people in white are blurred in the background on a pink floor.2016-09-30September 30 20162016-09-30A festive photograph of many people in a hall, centred on two young women in orange saris with rudraksha malas and gold jewellery. The woman on the right holds a leaf plate of yellow turmeric or sweet food and feeds the smiling woman before her, who has a white forehead mark and red bindi. Other orange-clad women stand around, and men in white dhotis with bare upper bodies move in the background. Framed photographs hang on the wall and orange curtains are visible. No appearance-based a person candidate is clearly visible.2019-01-01July 03 20172017-07-03 +1 copies