But due diligence for Summa--which makes plastic components like filters, valves and conveyor belts for lighting, electrical devices and food processing--is a devotional exercise.

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But due diligence for Summa--which makes such plastic components as filters, valves and conveyor belts for lighting, electrical devices and food processing--is a devotional exercise.

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Somehow, Donatello transforms a traditional devotional form into a potent evocation of an individual, pointing the way to the vividly personal paintings and sculptures of demure women and powerful men in subsequent galleries.

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"All the monastics living at the temple get up at 3.30 am, there's a morning ceremony of lamps, and they sing devotional songs and meditate, then we have a philosophical lecture with a vegetarian meal, then it's a working day for everyone" says Gauri Das.

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She gets paid a few coins for singing devotional songs in the temples.

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Worshippers pray for prosperity and well being for the year that lies ahead, with fireworks and firecrackers proffering plenty of raucous razzle-dazzle when devotional formalities come to a close.

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The youngest of three children, he recalls singing devotional songs as well as hearing a lot of Bollywood music on his father's reel-to-reel tape player.

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There are inlaid camel-head benches and painted peacock-and-lion chairs from Rajasthan, a table made from a traditional Indian four-poster bed decorated with embroidered cloth of gold, Hindu devotional paintings, showcases housing exquisite jewellery and carved peasant objects.

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He sang where he could, too, in the early years: bhajans, or devotional songs, for All India Radio's Lucknow station for 25 rupees a day, and occasional songs for films later.

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