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November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09A large seated audience fills a bright white hall during an indoor programme, with many devotees sitting on the floor and facing a stage at the upper right. Several rows of people wear saris, kurtas and white shirts, and some have hands pressed together in prayer. Along the back wall stand a row of decorated deity murtis in red, orange and blue garments with crowns and garlands. A camera on a tripod stands at the right edge, and a woman in a green sari on the left moves through the crowd. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person in this view.2009-10-17A large seated congregation fills a bright white hall during a Hindu ceremony. In the foreground a woman in a yellow sari sits cross-legged with hands in her lap, beside a man in a blue t-shirt. A man in cream kurta with a rudraksha mala sits at lower left, and women in yellow, pink, orange and turquoise saris are seated among the rows. Behind them, a camera on a tripod records the scene. At the right front, brass ritual vessels stand near the stage. Along the back wall, several decorated deity murtis in red and gold garments, with crowns and garlands, stand on a raised platform. No a person candidate is visible.2009-10-17November 09 20072007-11-09A seated crowd fills a hall at a Los Angeles Lalita Trishati Puja gathering, with many attendees in saris, salwar kameez and kurtas in bright colours including yellow, pink, teal and orange. In the foreground, a man in a cream kurta and a woman in a yellow sari sit near a man in a light blue T-shirt. Behind them, a video camera on a tripod records the scene. Along the back wall stand several large decorated deity murtis in red, gold and green garments, and a golden figure of a deity sits on a raised platform at the left. The audience is seated on the floor in rows, with many people looking toward the front of the hall.2009-10-17A large hall with white walls holds a seated congregation of devotees, mostly in white kurtas and saris, with bright saris in red, orange and blue among them. In the foreground a man in a gold-toned kurta sits beside a woman in a red sari, and a child in striped blue and white sits at right near a black shivalinga-like object with a gold kalasha beside it. Behind them, colourful deity murtis stand on a raised platform, and a row of orange-and-black decorated items lines the right wall. A man in a white dhoti stands at a microphone stand near the murtis, and a loudspeaker is mounted high on the wall.2009-10-17A photograph of a devotional bhajan gathering in a hall with grey carpet. Seated devotees face a shrine decorated with garlands and red drapery, holding deity murtis including Rama, Sita and Lakshmana figures and a Hanuman statue on the left. A man in a maroon shirt sits at a harmonium-style setup, and a man in white and red sits with folded hands near the shrine. Women in salwar kameez and sarees, one in light blue holding a water bottle, sit on the floor, while a rack of small colourful figurines stands at the right. Overlay text reads , , Source , which is omitted here2008-07-13November 09 20072007-11-09November 09 20072007-11-09Indoor shrine room during a puja, with a large backdrop photo of a banyan-type tree behind an altar of ornate gold arches holding deity murtis and red flowers. Several people in white and saffron clothes stand near the altar on the left, and a woman in a red sari sits at the centre. A dense seated crowd of devotees in white, red and purple clothing fills the foreground, with a man in white at the front. Two framed photos hang on the left wall, and a cameraman in a light shirt stands near the right side of the altar. Yellow decorative streamers hang from the ceiling, and a garland of marigolds sits on the right. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible on the altar.2007-09-03