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November 16 2015

A woman in an orange saffron sari with a red border stands in the dark holding a woven tray of offerings: halved white coconuts and a small bunch of ripe bananas. She wears a white vertical tilak on her forehead, a dark rudraksha mala draped around her neck, a red kumkum dot, and glasses, and she smiles upward. Beside her, two women in orange saris with rudraksha malas also stand, one wearing a red bindi and a gold necklace, and the other partly visible in white. The background is black.

A woman in an orange saree with a red border and a long rudraksha mala stands at night holding a brass tray of fruit with a red flower, while a girl in a white dress with lace sleeves and a red thread necklace stands beside her with hands folded. The woman wears glasses and a tilak on her forehead. Her saffron-toned saree and the sacred beads suggest a devotional offering, though the setting is dark with only faint rain streaks visible.

A photograph of several women seated indoors during a devotional gathering. A smiling woman with a white tilak on her forehead wears a white sari with a floral border and an orange shawl, gesturing with raised hands. Beside her, a woman in a white top holds a steel plate of round yellow sweets, smiling, with a beaded necklace and bangles. In the left foreground, a woman in an orange sari sits with palms pressed together in namaste, and another in orange with dark hair faces away. Behind them stand polished brass and silver vessels with fruit and offerings on a raised platform. Four people are visible.

May 28 2013

A photograph of devotees seated closely together in a hall, many in white clothes with orange or saffron shawls and yellow borders. A woman on the right with a white tilak on her forehead holds a round yellow sweet in her fingers and offers it toward a companion, while another woman in front holds a steel plate piled with yellow laddus. Other women in white and orange sit behind them, some holding small steel bowls. No a person candidate is visibly present in this frame.

Night-time photo of women in saffron and red traditional dress with rudraksha malas, making an offering. In the centre a woman in orange sari with a white and red forehead marking holds a brass tray of bananas, fruit and other offerings. Beside her a woman in red sari with a shawl stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Two more women in orange stand behind, one holding a tray of fruit. Colourful string lights hang overhead against a dark background.

November 16 2015

Night ritual photograph. In the foreground a woman in an orange-yellow sari with a red border and a rudraksha mala holds a brass tray of offerings: bananas, a halved coconut and a whole coconut. She has a white-painted forehead with a red kumkum dot and gazes upward. Behind her a woman in a red-brown sari with a shawl claps her hands in devotion. At the right edge another woman in orange sari stands. At left, a seated figure in white cloth rests beside an ornately carved wooden seat or peetha. Colourful string lights hang across the dark background.