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A photograph of a devotional offering scene. In the foreground, a large gold tray is filled with silver bowls of food and flower-decorated offerings. Several people hold gold garlands and beaded strands. A woman in a cream sari with a green border and a mangalsutra-style necklace sits at center, holding a gold garland. A young girl in a yellow and orange outfit sits to the left, and a person in a white shirt on the left holds a gold garland. Behind them, a figure in saffron-orange robes sits at the left edge. Several more people in white and yellow clothing are visible in the background. The scene suggests a puja with padapuja-style offerings.

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Women devotees in yellow shawls prepare offerings on a large golden tray filled with silver bowls, small gold bells, and green leaves with white flowers. In the foreground at left, a person in orange robes sits beside the tray, and at lower right a partly visible hand reaches toward the offerings. A woman at center wears a white sari with a yellow shawl and gold bangles, while a woman at right wears glasses, a white forehead mark, and a yellow shawl. The setting is an open floor with a woven mat at right.2010-08-01Close-up photo of a woman in a red and orange saree with a red border, wearing gold earrings and a bangle, holding two small silver cups with spouts and flower-like finials over a tray of offerings. A second woman on the left in a yellow shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Silver bowls holding white flower petals and small offerings sit on a brass tray with a lit oil lamp in the foreground. A small name tag is pinned to the saree.2009-12-07August 15 20132013-08-15November 10 20102010-11-10A photograph of women seated on the floor at a long low table set with brass and steel thalis and bowls of food, flowers and sweets, during an offering. Several women in cream and off-white saris with red and maroon shawls hold small brass cups and handle offerings. The women on the left wear white-and-red sacred thread or shawls with tilak marks on their foreheads, and a woman in the centre wears a rudraksha mala and glasses. Rows of seated devotees fill the background, and a man in white with an orange-trimmed cloth sits at the lower right. A warm, dim hall setting.2016-07-19June 07 20132013-06-07A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a red and yellow flower garland sits on an ornate gold throne in a pavilion-like setting with a gold-and-white draped backdrop. Before him, a devotee in orange holds a plate, while a woman in a yellow-bordered white sari and a man in white shirt and dhoti stand in a seated devotional line offering prasad and plates of fruit and sweets. Round brass bowls of food and offerings sit on the floor, and an apples-and-fruit tray stands at left beside gold lion-form ornaments. Several seated devotees in white, yellow and purple clothing watch from the sides.2009-11-17A seated group of women and children at a devotional offering. In the foreground, golden plates hold sliced apples, pink flowers, and white offerings, with a small child in a teal-and-orange outfit bowing with palms pressed together. Behind them, a woman in a white sari with a gold border and a black bead mala meditates with eyes closed, a sadhvi in saffron wears an orange shawl, and another woman in white and yellow sits with a red tilak. A girl in a pink dotted top watches the offering. Gold ornaments and a dark curtain frame the hall. Two stripes of a red-clad figure appear at the left edge.2010-11-20A photograph of a ritual offering at a puja. Silver bowls and trays hold red rose petals, white and pink flowers, and small silver cups of liquid. A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala and round glasses arranges items on a tray, while a young boy in white with a red-beaded mala stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Another person in white with a beaded mala is partly visible at the top. A figure in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti stands at left, showing bare feet, with a gold-embellished throne or altar behind. Hands of other participants reach into the trays.2014-04-13Indoor satsang or darshan setting with a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes and a white flower garland seated at left, his upper arm wrapped in a rudraksha-style bead band. Beside him a woman in a white and gold sari, with a dark bead necklace, holds a silver tray of sweets wrapped in packets. A boy in a white shirt with an orange lanyard leans forward, and other people in white clothes and orange lanyards stand behind, including a young woman in a pink hoodie. A black speaker and pale curtains are in the background. Several people are partly visible at the edges.2012-12-10May 05 20162016-05-05January 04 20152015-01-04