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August 10 2011

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A large hall with peach walls and red curtained windows holds a seated group performing pada puja. Rows of devotees sit on the floor before brass plates and small oil lamps with red and yellow offerings. Several men in white dhotis with orange-gold borders, some bare-chested, sit in front. Young boys in casual shirts sit among them. Framed portraits hang on the back wall, and a few people sit on chairs at the right. The floor has a white and blue mat strip, and the room is mostly full of seated participants.2011-07-26April AF 2012 +1 copiesA large hall with pink walls and red curtains in front of rows of windows, with framed portraits hanging on the walls. Many people sit cross-legged on mats in rows, facing the same direction, performing a pada-puja style ritual with small oil lamps (diyas) lit in front of them. Brass plates hold offerings and small brass vessels sit on the mats. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti and a red-bordered white shawl, holding a lit lamp in his hands. Next to him an older man in white clothing and a white shawl also holds a lamp. A man in an orange robe sits at the left edge, and children and young people watch from the right side. A projector screen is visible at the far left.2011-07-23December 13 20112011-12-13September 09 20112011-09-09January 25 20132013-01-25A photograph inside a marble-floored hall during a group puja. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis with gold borders sit cross-legged on mats, palms pressed together or hands moving over brass trays of offerings, small oil lamps and brass kalasha-style vessels. Behind them a seated audience of many young boys and men, some in shirts, some in white, sits in prayer posture, with red chairs lining the back of the hall. A few men at the rear sit upright with hands folded. Brass lamps, plates of fruit and sweets, and plastic containers sit on the floor. No readable name or person is identified; ritual participants are described by role only.2012-04-09May 15 20122012-05-15May 08 20122012-05-08A photograph of a large hall where many seated participants sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, with brass puja plates holding oil lamps and offerings in front of them. In the foreground, a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders, a rudraksha mala and white tilak marks sits with palms pressed together in prayer, while a row of men in white dhotis sits beside him. Behind them, many boys and young men in colourful shirts, including red, green, orange and blue, sit on mats. A woman in an orange sari stands near the back of the hall, and a red curtain and a framed picture hang on the walls. The scene looks like a group prayer or satsang session.2012-05-08May 10 20122012-05-10July 23 20112011-07-23