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A photograph of three women in profile at a gold-ornamented shrine, palms pressed together in namaste and eyes closed in prayer. The woman in the center wears a cream shawl with a blue border over a yellow garment, and the woman on the left wears a yellow shawl with a red bindi and gold bangles. The woman on the right, partly visible at the edge, wears a yellow garment and a stud earring. Behind them is an ornately carved gold-colored panel with floral scrollwork, and a gold figure of a bird-like ornament stands at the left edge. The setting suggests a puja or darshan moment.

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A photograph, rotated sideways, of devotees lying prostrate in pranam before an ornate gold-embossed altar or throne. Three devotees are visible in yellow garments: a woman in the foreground with a cream and red-striped sari border, her hands pressed together in anjali, and a man and another figure lying behind her. A figure in white dhoti with a golden border appears at the upper left and another at the lower left edge. Incense smoke rises near the gilded backdrop, and a brass vessel is held in the hands.2010-08-25Close side-profile photograph of two women with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes closed in prayer. The woman in front wears a pale yellow-cream garment with a blue-edged border and a small gold drop earring. The woman behind wears a yellow top and has a red bindi and vertical tilak on her forehead, with bangles on her wrist. The background is a blurred gold, sparkling surface.2010-08-25Close photo of devotees seated in prayer with palms pressed together at chest level. In the foreground a girl in a pink dress wears a black bead mala and gold bangles, her lips parted as if chanting. Beside her a woman in a white sari with a white tilak on her forehead and gold earrings and bangles keeps her eyes lowered. At the right a woman in a yellow shawl folds her hands, and at the upper right a bald man with a red bindi and a rudraksha mala sits with eyes closed. A woman with a red bindi and white tilak sits behind them in a yellow garment. Sunlit stone floor and white pillars suggest an ashram puja gathering.2010-08-26July 08 20122012-07-08A group of devotees sits with palms pressed together in namaskar during a devotional gathering. In the foreground, a young girl in a pink kurta wears a long black mala and a pendant with a small portrait. Beside her, a woman in a white top with a yellow shawl and gold bangles bows her head, wearing a pendant portrait. At right, a woman in a yellow shawl with hair in a bun prays with eyes lowered. Behind them, a bald man in white with a red bindi and rudraksha mala and another woman with a tilak are seated in prayer.2010-08-26A photograph of several young women seated in a row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, eyes lowered in prayer or meditation. They wear orange-red shawls draped over their shoulders; the foreground woman wears a yellow and white patterned blouse with a braid, small earrings and a bindi, and a wristwatch. Women in white and cream traditional dress sit beside and behind them, and the background is softly blurred with more seated devotees.2011-02-02May 04 20142014-05-04A photograph of devotees seated in a row with palms pressed together in anjali mudra and heads bowed, apparently in prayer or meditation. In the foreground a woman in a yellow and cream patterned sari with a red-orange shawl, a braid down her back and a small bindi, eyes lowered. Beside her a woman wears glasses, a red-orange shawl over a cream and green-striped blouse, and a wristwatch. Further left, women in white garments with orange shawls sit similarly with hands folded. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with other participants at the edges.2011-02-02January 17 20102010-01-17November 04 20112011-11-04December 03 20112011-12-03August 05 20102010-08-05