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January 03 2008

Photograph of a seated group ceremony in a whitewashed hall with tube lights and a ceiling fan. Rows of devotees in white clothes with orange shawls sit on leaf-plate mats on the floor, with brass kalasha-style vessels and small steel cups set along the mats. Tall bamboo poles with orange pennants stand between the rows. At the far end, a man in orange robes and a beaded necklace sits in front of a framed portrait and a brass lamp; a banner on the wall shows a red-robed figure. A woman in peach clothes is at the left edge, and a few other participants in orange sit along the right. Visible people: about 25.

A night-time ceremony in a plain whitewashed hall with a concrete floor. A woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron sari and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, sits cross-legged on a striped mat with her eyes lowered. In front of her a man in white kneels and bows low, touching the floor near a small brass vessel. Two standing men in white dhotis with orange shawls hold a brass plate, one holding an offering tray toward the seated woman. Behind them, several seated devotees in white and orange shawls sit with hands folded, and a standing man in white is at the far right. Colourful cloth hangs on the left wall, and a dark doorway with a grille is visible on the right.

January 12 2008

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March 24 2008

A large hall with a corrugated metal roof and exposed steel trusses hosts a seated gathering of roughly a hundred people dressed mostly in white with orange shawls. Several people in front sit on mats on the concrete floor, while a woman in saffron/orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on a raised white-draped platform at the right, facing a seated devotee in white with an orange shawl who sits close beside her. Brass lamps and vessels sit on the floor at left, and tall decorative pillars painted with red, yellow and blue motifs stand along the walls. A wall sign shows partial text and framed photographs line the left side.

A photograph of a covered hall with a corrugated roof and white walls, where a seated group of many people in white and yellow clothing sits on the floor in rows. Several rows of seated devotees, many in white with yellow shawls, face a raised seat at the right. A figure in orange robes sits on a red cushioned seat with hands joined, while a woman in white kneels before him with folded hands. Brass bells and lamps are arranged on a mat in front of the seated group, and vertical decorative banners with floral patterns hang from the ceiling. A person in white stands at the right taking photographs.

Photograph inside a plain white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof and a raised red-tiled platform on the right. A man with long swept-back dark hair, a rudraksha mala and an orange saffron robe walks barefoot toward the camera, looking up. Behind him, four men in orange and saffron robes and one man in white dhoti with an orange shawl follow through a doorway. Brass oil lamps stand on the platform beside a row of orange cloth banners hanging on the wall. A framed photograph of a city at night hangs on the left wall.

A man with long dark hair pulled back, wearing a flowing saffron-orange robe draped over one shoulder, walks across a bare concrete floor in a large white-walled hall with a corrugated roof and exposed steel trusses. Behind him, many people in white clothes with orange and yellow scarves sit at metal tables with blue plastic chairs, eating from plates. Ceiling fans, wall-mounted speakers and bright windows light the room. Several people in the background are visible, partially obscured in places.

October 04 2008

A photograph of a pradosha puja in a bright white hall at night. Many devotees in plain white clothes sit on the floor in rows, while several men in orange-saffron garments kneel and bow low with their foreheads to the ground in prostration. Brass oil lamps with lit flames stand on the floor, and a large round brass plate holds offerings of fruit and flowers on a white cloth. A figure lying on a bed or cushion beside the offerings is draped in white with flower garlands nearby. A tall red-and-silver ceremonial pillar stands along the wall, with ceremonial banners hanging from the upper wall.