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July 08 2010

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Devotees sit in a temple hall during a ritual. In the foreground, a polished brass oil lamp with a tall stem stands on a metal table, with a brass bell and brass vessels nearby. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with an orange border, a gold necklace, and a red bindi, and holds a child on her lap. Behind her, another woman in red sits beside a woman with a red bindi. On the left, a woman with her palms pressed together in namaste looks toward the altar. A white wall with a red floral border and a blue sign behind them. No deity murti or a person candidate is clearly visible.2010-07-08July 08 20102010-07-08February 16 20092009-02-16Several women sit in a row in an indoor hall during a ritual offering, with warm lamplight and a brass oil lamp with curved spout in the background. The woman at left in a cream and gold-bordered sari holds a small brass vessel. The central woman in a red-orange sari holds a small brass cup. The woman at right in a cream and gold sari with a dark necklace holds a brass plate of flowers, fruit and offerings. A man in white shirt sits at left edge, partly visible. Ritual offering with brass plates and devotees seated on the floor.2016-07-19A 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.2014-08-24A photograph of women seated on mats in a hall performing a puja with hands pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground, a woman in a cream sari with green border and yellow shawl sits with eyes closed, and beside her a woman in a white sari with yellow shawl sits with hands folded. Brass plates with yellow flowers, small lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and bell-like brass items sit on orange cloths before them. Behind, more seated devotees in white and orange, some wearing rudraksha malas, fill the room, with a metal railing and red carpet at right. No identifiable a person is visible; the scene shows devotees in a patha puja setting.2010-09-03November 10 20102010-11-10A seated figure in an orange saffron robe with long swept-back hair sits on a red and gold throne-like seat, hands folded in namaste, while brass thalis with offerings and fruit sit before a gathered group. Probable Swamiji with long hair and saffron robe, seated on the throne as the receiving figure. Around him, devotees in white and yellow clothing sit cross-legged with hands joined in prayer; a bald man in white with a rudraksha mala kneels near brass plates, and a woman in a yellow shawl and a man in white sit nearby. Orange walls, a potted plant and a blue sign reading 'Silence please' complete the ashram hall setting.2010-08-03A padapuja-style ritual in a hall with red-orange walls and a steel railing. In the foreground, a woman in white with an orange shawl and glasses sits beside a younger woman in white with an orange shawl, who tends brass puja plates holding flowers, fruit and oil lamps on orange cloths. Behind them, rows of seated men in white dhotis and orange robes, and more people in the back, sit on mats and red carpeting. On the far right, a shaved-headed man in an orange robe with rudraksha malas sits facing the ritual. Several people are present, and the scene is an ordinary photograph without any visible text.2010-10-02March 10 20132013-03-10A seated group of women in cream and white saris with orange-red borders and orange shawls, wearing rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, in a bright hall with blurred golden pillars and a statue in the background. In the foreground, a woman with eyes closed holds a small flat object and sits in meditation, while others seated beside her also wear rudraksha malas and white vibhuti marks.2017-04-26February 18 20132013-02-18