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December 22 20162016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22Four women sit cross-legged on the floor in a puja, hands pressed in namaskar or holding brass plates. The woman at right wears white clothes with an orange shawl, a white forehead mark and rudraksha mala. The woman centre-right wears a white embroidered outfit with rudraksha beads and a wristwatch and bangles, holding a small plate of offerings. A woman in an orange shawl and pink sari sits beside them with hands joined. A woman at left in a blue patterned top keeps her head bowed. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and flower offerings lie on a yellow cloth at lower left.2013-10-30November 07 20142014-11-07Photo of a seated group of women in a padapuja or satsang-style ritual. Four prominent women sit close together: on the left, a woman in white with hands pressed in anjali; next, a woman in a white sari with a red-and-gold border and a red shawl, with a red bindi; then a younger woman in a dark patterned top with an offering; and on the right an older woman with glasses in a white sari with a red shawl and rudraksha-style beads, eyes closed and chanting. Red and white flower petals, small oil lamps and offering plates lie on the floor in front, with a large gong behind them.2013-12-13A seated group of devotees performs a puja in a row along a floor, with brass lamps, flowers and small oil lamps set on a low tray before them. A woman on the left wears white clothes and a long braid and sits with hands folded in her lap. Several women in maroon and gold-bordered cream saris and bangles fold their hands in prayer or hold offerings, and men in white shirts and dhotis sit at the right edge. The setting is an indoor hall with a plain pale wall.2014-08-24Women seated cross-legged on red floor cushions in a hall perform a puja with brass oil lamps and a small bell. Several wear white kurta-style tops, orange or red shawls and rudraksha malas; one has white tilak on her forehead and another in a pink and green sari has bangles. Brass plates hold flower petals, fruit and offerings, and a framed portrait sits on a tray at lower left. Behind them, other devotees sit in a room with red curtains and a wooden stool. No one in the scene is identified as a person.2013-10-30September 27 20132013-09-27A row of seated devotees in a hall performs a puja, each sitting on a pink mat before brass oil lamps and small ritual plates with flowers and offerings. Several men are bare-chested, wearing white and yellow dhotis or orange cloths, with white ash markings on their foreheads and arms and rudraksha malas around their necks. A bald man in the foreground wears an orange dhoti and holds an oil lamp, while others around him hold ritual items. Behind them more participants sit in rows, and a few people stand at the edges. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance alone.2017-01-06November 10 20132013-11-10 +1 copiesSeptember 13 20142014-09-13July 10 20142014-07-10