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Indoor ashram gathering with a woman in an orange blouse and maroon-trimmed sari feeding or offering something to a young woman in a white dress with a red bindi and beaded mala. Around them, young men in white kurtas with yellow shawls and women in cream and orange saris stand watching; a woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha-style mala and red pendant smiles at right. Colorful hanging pillar decorations and a white ceiling frame the hall, with a few more people in the background.

November 01 2011

Indoor photo in a plain shed with a corrugated roof and tube lights. A woman in a cream saree with red and gold border and gold bangles stands at left, looking down at a silver plate. A man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala feeds a sweet to a man in white clothes, who has his mouth open. The feeding man wears an orange shawl and has curly hair. Other people in white are visible at right and in the background, and a speaker hangs on the wall. The image is a photo of people in a room; a person identification is not established from appearance.

A man in an orange saffron sannyasi robe stands with palms pressed together in namaskar on a striped cotton mat inside an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and red curtains. Behind and to his left, a group of women in white saris with gold borders, several wearing yellow shawls, stand in a line with hands folded in prayer. A tray with brass items and a small offering sits on the mat near the group, and a small table with flowers stands at the right. The man has shoulder-length dark hair and a tilak mark on his forehead. He is the only figure in saffron; the group appears to be devotees.

A photograph taken under a open-sided thatched shelter with a metal frame. A figure seen from behind, with long dark hair and a bare upper body wrapped in an orange shawl, faces a group of about a dozen smiling people. Most are in white ritual clothing with orange shawls, and several wear rudraksha malas. A woman in the centre wears a white sari with a gold border and is gesturing with her hands. A microphone stands in the lower right corner, and a small table with a basket and bowls sits at the right edge.

November 24 2009

Three women in an indoor hall share an offering from a stainless steel plate of yellow prasadam. The woman at left, in a white sari with a gold-patterned border and an orange shawl, leans forward and serves the food with her right hand. The woman in the centre wears white with a gold border, an orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and glasses, and holds the plate. At right, a woman in an orange sari with a maroon border and rudraksha beads kneels with her palms joined. Behind them, others in white and orange move through the hall, and a black speaker stands at the right edge.

Indoor tent-hall gathering at an evening programme. A man with long dark swept-back hair wears an orange saffron top and reaches forward to greet or bless a young woman in white, whose hand is extended toward him. Behind them a boy in a white shirt and a young man in white kurta with a yellow shawl and a rudraksha mala stand watching, with older men in white and a man in orange garments further back. Ornate gold and blue-embellished items sit on a table in the foreground. A woven textile hangs on a pole behind, with draped maroon curtains and a ceiling fan overhead. Visible people: about six.

2009-11-17 +1 copies

Photograph of a group of women and a young boy gathered at a red-brick doorway. In the foreground a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari and a rudraksha mala pours or distributes from a small metal vessel into the outstretched hand of a child in a blue top. Behind them, several women wear saffron-orange robes with maroon borders, rudraksha malas and white forehead markings. A young woman at right in an orange robe raises her hand near her face. A woman in white with embroidered kurta stands center. Wooden poles are visible at the upper edges. Several people appear in the scene, including a boy and five or six women.

A photograph of a ceremonial moment at a person ashram event. A figure seated with his back to the camera wears a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with bare shoulders and arms, and his dark hair is swept back; he is handing a small object to a young boy in a striped collared shirt with a name badge. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a yellow border and a bindi stands near a gold-and-orange decorated seat. On the right a man in a white shirt raises an open palm toward the scene, and behind them a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari and an older woman in white with a gold necklace look on, with metal truss structures visible overhead.

October 25 2012

A photograph of a ritual scene indoors with orange-painted walls and a doorway. In the foreground, a seated man with a shaved head wears a white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth and a gold chain, and extends his hand toward a woman kneeling in white with a yellow shawl. Beside her, another woman in white with a long braid bows low with her hands folded. A man in white with a dark rudraksha-style pendant necklace stands between them, holding something small in his hands. Behind them, several people in white clothing and yellow or orange shawls stand and sit, and a cameraman in white holds a video camera at the upper right. The setting suggests a ceremonial initiation or puja.