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A photograph of a hall with a young girl kneeling at the front with palms pressed together, wearing an orange saree and rudraksha mala, with a vertical sacred mark on her forehead. Beside her is a brass plate of flowers in yellow, white and purple, with brass vessels. Three women in orange sarees stand behind her with hands folded in namaskar, one wearing a rudraksha mala. A yellow-draped basket holds nuts or fruit at the right edge. An audience sits in the background and orange lamps hang along the walls under a maroon canopy. No swami figure is clearly identifiable in this frame.

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January 05 20192019-01-05A photograph of a young woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala arranging brass pots filled with yellow and purple marigold flowers on a table in a hall. Behind her, several women in orange saris stand in a line, and a large yellow cloth bin holds dried fruit or nuts. The background shows a seated crowd in a warmly lit hall with red drapes and banners.2019-01-05January 05 20192019-01-05Two women in devotional dress sit beside a brass kalasha-style vessel set on a red-and-silver tray, decorated with yellow and white chrysanthemums and purple flowers. The woman on the left wears an orange sari, beaded necklaces, gold bangles and a bindi, and reaches toward the tray. The woman on the right wears a rust-red sari with a gold neckline, holds her palms together in namaskar, and has white vibhuti on her forehead. Behind them, other women in orange and white saris stand and sit in a hall with red curtains and gold-framed ornate shrines.2019-01-05A satsang gathering of devotees seated on the floor of a hall, mostly in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white vibhuti marks on their foreheads. In the foreground, three young girls sit cross-legged behind brass plates of flowers, brass cups, small oil lamps and a lit candle; the girl in the centre sings or chants with palms joined. Behind them, older women in orange and a bespectacled woman in saffron with a rudraksha mala sit among other devotees in the background. No individual is identifiable as a person in this image; the seated figures are devotees and participants.2013-09-18January 05 20192019-01-05Photograph of a seated group in a hall during a meditative ritual. In the foreground, three women with closed eyes and palms pressed together in anjali sit on the floor. The left and right women wear orange saffron robes with white tilak on their foreheads, and the right one wears a rudraksha mala. The centre woman wears a rust-brown sari with a gold border, bangles and a rudraksha mala, with a red bindi. Brass vessels and white flowers lie before them, and more devotees in orange and brown sit behind. No candidate for a person is visible in the frame, so the page's claim cannot be confirmed from the image.2013-09-13A group of women in saffron-orange saris with red and gold borders sit cross-legged on the floor during a seated ritual. Several wear rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. The young woman in front, with a rudraksha mala, sits with eyes closed and chants while holding a small stick between her hands near brass bowls and an oil lamp. Other women beside her pray with palms pressed together or sit with eyes lowered, and brass vessels and a red-tinted floor cloth lie in front of them. Behind them, more participants in white and red clothing sit in a hall with red drapes.2013-09-20August 11 20162016-08-11A photograph of several women in orange and saffron sarees with red borders and rudraksha malas, standing in a row and holding small brass plates or offerings of flowers and grains in their hands during a ritual. The woman on the right has a white tilak on her forehead and holds a bundle of yellow petals. Behind them, an ornate pink and gold canopy and a red backdrop suggest a temple-like hall, with other devotees in orange moving in the background. No appearance-based a person candidate is visible in the frame.2015-10-23October 27 20142014-10-27A group ceremony with many women and girls seated closely in orange and saffron clothing. In the foreground a young girl in a gold-bordered gold blouse and rudraksha mala raises a small oil lamp with her right hand, a white vertical mark on her forehead and a red bindi. Around her other seated participants in orange saris with gold borders hold lamps and offerings; oil lamps flicker on the floor and a framed deity image hangs at upper right. The setting is a white-walled hall with a wooden door.2016-08-16