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June 12 2004

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A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with a tiled floor. In the foreground, a bearded man in an orange-and-white garment sits on a striped blue-and-red mat beside brass oil lamps, a silver bowl, and a flower-garlanded wooden throne flanked by carved golden lion figures. On the right, a person wearing an orange head wrap and orange garment sits on the throne. Behind, many men in white dhotis and shirts sit in rows against the wall, several with palms pressed together, while a bearded man in white stands with hands folded and another man holds a camera. Garlands of white flowers hang on the throne and lions. The scene shows devotees gathered for a worship ceremony.2004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12A photograph of a puja in an indoor hall. A bald priest in white dhoti with a saffron-striped shawl bends over a silver lotus-shaped vessel with oil lamps and flowers, pouring from a small brass vessel. Seated at right on a red throne with carved wooden lion armrests, a figure in an orange turban and orange robes sits with palms pressed together, with long dark hair and rudraksha beads visible. A shirtless young man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged near the priest, and a cluster of standing devotees, several in white, with hands folded, watch from behind. Garlands drape the throne and the backdrop, and a green-and-white map hangs on the wall.2004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12March 16 20032003-03-16A puja is performed in a hall with a seated figure on a carved wooden throne with lion armrests, draped in garlands and wearing an orange-saffron garment and turban. The figure sits with palms joined in namaste. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left holding a lit flame on a long pole, with another white-clad man kneeling before a silver-rimmed ritual platform holding brass lamps and flowers. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and saris stand with hands folded, and a seated man with rudraksha beads sits at left. Brass bowls, a silver vessel with offerings and a small Tamil-labelled board are visible.2004-06-12June 12 20042004-06-12A photograph of a homa or yagna ceremony in a temple hall. A man in an orange saffron robe and orange turban sits cross-legged before a fire pit at the lower right, adding offerings with his hands; he wears a rudraksha mala and has white markings on his arms. Behind him, a seated man in a white dhoti and shirt holds a wooden ladle-like ritual implement, and other people in white clothes sit along the wall. A deity murti decorated with white flower garlands and an orange-and-gold canopy stand in the background, with lattice windows behind them. The priest's appearance is not clearly established from the image.2004-07-02July 21 20102010-07-21Indoor ritual scene at a temple-like hall during a puja. A figure on the left wears an orange turban and orange robe with a rudraksha mala, holding a brass bell in one hand and raising the other hand with white ash markings on the arm. Behind him a group of people in white clothing stand with hands folded and watch; one older man in white holds his hands together in namaste, and a woman in white with a mala stands at right. On a low stone platform draped in orange cloth sit brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot, a small oil lamp, and red and orange flower petals. A standing man in white robes at the right reaches toward a tall brass lamp decorated with a garland. A lattice wooden screen covers the back wall.2004-07-02Photograph of an indoor ritual in a white-draped room. A seated figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange robe, with a thick white jasmine garland and red flower garland, has his head touched by another person's hand. A man in white kneels before him wearing a red-bead rudraksha mala, hands folded at the chest. Behind them, people in white clothing stand and sit, one holding a steel plate of offerings, another raising a camera, and an elderly man sits cross-legged on a red floral rug. Fans, pink flowers and a bowl of red offerings stand nearby.February 14 20132013-02-14