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A photograph taken through a narrow doorway framed in green paint, showing a dim interior room. In the foreground a woman in a white sari with a gold border and an orange shawl stands with her palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a gold bangle. Behind her, another woman in a pale silver-gold sari and orange shawl stands facing inward, and a third person in white and orange is partly visible further inside. A cloth hangs from the low ceiling. The scene suggests devotees offering prayer at a shrine entrance.

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A small shrine niche with black tiled backing on a pale green wall. A framed portrait garlanded with white and orange flowers stands on a ledge with brass lamps and a small brass kalasha-like object. Three people face the shrine with hands folded in prayer: a woman on the left in a white sari with gold border and a long black braid with pink flowers, a woman in the centre in an orange garment with a red-and-white garland, and a person on the right in an orange robe and shawl with long dark hair. Two of them appear to be in the orange robes of renunciates. The portrait shows a man in orange with a beaded necklace and long dark hair, a depiction candidate for a person, though the appearance is only partly clear.2010-01-19January 03 20122012-01-03A line of women in white and cream saris, several with red or gold borders, queue along a whitewashed block wall in a dim interior toward a doorway glowing with lamplight. A man in an orange-saffron garment stands near the front of the line, facing the doorway. Women wear flowers in their hair and gold necklaces; one holds a folded garland. A red cloth hangs from the wall beside a white wooden box. The scene appears to be a temple or shrine visit during an evening observance.2007-02-16January 31 20102010-01-31November 01 20062006-11-01A photograph of several women standing in a line in a tiled room during a ritual. Most wear white or cream saris and salwar-style white dress with gold and orange borders, with one woman in a red and orange patterned top at the back. The woman on the right in a white kurta holds a lit oil lamp aloft on a silver stand, flames rising, and a second woman in a white sari with gold border holds a small metal vessel beside it. The women on the left and centre have hands folded in namaste and eyes lowered, one wearing glasses and a rudraksha mala. Smoke rises from the flame at the top right, and a wooden railing and door frame are visible at the right edge.August 14 20162016-08-14A woman in a white and gold-bordered cream sari with a checked pattern sits with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer. She wears a vertical tilak on her forehead, a dark beaded rudraksha-style mala, gold earrings, a ring and a gold bangle. Beside her, other women in white saris with gold borders also sit with hands folded, and blurred figures fill the background of a hall. No identifiable a person figure is visible in the frame.2012-10-25September 20 20122012-09-20Photograph of a crowded indoor satsang hall with devotees standing in prayer, hands pressed together in anjali mudra. In the foreground, a woman in white clothes and a white shawl stands on the left, a woman in white on the second row, and women in orange-saffron sarees with rudraksha malas stand on the right; one wears glasses. Other devotees in orange robes fill the background in a dim hall with scattered flowers and small items on the floor. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2014-10-02A photograph of several women standing in a row against a white wall and a blue-lit stage backdrop. The woman on the left wears a white sari with a gold border and an orange lanyard, and her hand rests on the wall. The woman in the centre wears a white sari with an orange border printed with blue circular emblems and a teal blouse, with her hands clasped at her waist. Other women with grey hair in white saris stand beside them, one with palms pressed together. Their posture suggests they are waiting in line at an event.2006-12-17October 27 20142014-10-27 +1 copies