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October 17 20072007-10-17A photograph of a hall with a corrugated metal roof strung with paper birds and hanging cloth banners, where many people sit cross-legged on striped mats facing a stage. Most attendees wear white clothes, with several young girls in white dresses at the front right. On the stage, a large backdrop shows a painted deity murti pair in blue and gold, and a projector screen displays an image to the left, with string lights and a decorated pillar framing the stage.2007-10-17Indoor evening photograph of a devotional gathering in a tented hall at AadiKailaasa, Bengaluru. Thirty to forty seated devotees in white clothes, many with saffron-orange shawls, sit on colourful striped mats facing a decorated altar with a deity murti under lights and a kalasha-like painted pillar. At the far left front, a single standing figure in saffron-orange robes stands near a small podium, possibly addressing the group. Hanging paper decorations and fairy lights decorate the ceiling, and a white screen is set up beside the altar.2007-10-16October 17 20072007-10-17October 17 20072007-10-17Indoor evening scene in a metal-roofed hall decorated for Navaratri, with paper birds and deer hanging from the rafters and tall striped pillars along the walls. A large stage at the back holds an illuminated deity murti with two figures seated on a throne, one in red and one in orange garments, flanked by colourful lamps and a purple drape. A projection screen to the left shows blue imagery. A dense audience of roughly 60 people sits on the floor and in white plastic chairs, mostly in white clothing, watching the stage. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible in the scene.2007-10-16October 16 20072007-10-16Photo of a Navaratri evening gathering in a plain hall with a corrugated metal roof and strings of fairy lights. Devotees sit on the floor in rows facing a decorated stage with a seated deity murti or figure framed by a painted backdrop of trees, a small kalasha-like display and a lit lamp frame. Two people in white sit on plastic chairs at the front-left and front-right, one wearing an orange garment. Patterned banners hang on the pillars. Many devotees wear white and pastel or orange clothing. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2007-10-12Interior of a covered hall at night decorated with strings of small lights along the metal roof frame and walls. Many seated devotees in white clothes sit on mats facing a central shrine area with a deity murti and framed pictures on the back wall. Two figures in orange robes sit near the front, one at the shrine performing a puja while another stands beside the altar. Decorative blue and red striped pillar cloths with floral motifs frame the hall. Shelves display small murtis and offerings, and the rows of people fill the floor.2007-10-13Wide view of a large hall with a white draped ceiling and colourful cloth-wrapped pillars, where a large crowd sits cross-legged on striped red-and-white and blue mats facing a stage. Many seated devotees wear white, orange, and pastel clothes, with children among them. On the right, a large red backdrop shows a smiling figure in an orange turban and robe, and a bearded man in white stands near the stage edge. On the stage, a decorated deity murti sits beneath a painted backdrop. A projection screen hangs at the left, and a dark cloth-covered table sits by the wall.2010-12-22November 13 20102010-11-13November 25 20102010-11-25 +1 copies