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September 09 2011

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A photograph of a row of young boys and men seated cross-legged on the floor during a puja. Brass pooja plates, small brass lamps with lit wicks, bowls of bananas, and incense sticks are laid out on mats along a long table. Several boys raise brass bells and offering vessels, and one wears a white shirt with a red tilak mark on the forehead. Smoke from incense rises in the background, with other participants in white and yellow garments seated behind them.2011-09-09Rows of people seated on woven mats perform a puja with brass plates, oil lamps, incense sticks, bananas, coconut and flowers. In the foreground a boy in a red kurta with white sacred ash on his forehead holds a small lamp to a brass dish. Other boys in striped and white clothing sit beside him, and a few figures in white dhotis with coloured borders are visible at the left, with warm lamplight throughout the hall.2011-09-09May 20 20132013-05-20 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20112011-09-09Photo of a row of young boys in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on the floor during a puja. Several have white vertical tilaka and wide rudraksha malas around their necks, and some wear wristwatches or yellow bands. Before them on red and green mats sit brass plates, bowls, small oil lamps and flower petals, and they hold bells and small ritual vessels. Behind them, adults in white and saffron stand watching in a hall with red curtains.2013-03-27A large indoor hall where rows of young men in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on white floor mats before brass ritual trays holding small oil lamps, bowls, bells and flowers. Several seated ascetics wear rudraksha malas and white-painted forehead and arm markings, and one at the front right holds a folded-hand pose beside a tray with a lamp. Behind them, devotees in white dhotis and shirts sit on the floor and chairs, and a few people stand near the back of the room. The scene looks like a group puja or ritual gathering.2013-04-06Several young boys in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on mats during a ritual in a hall with red curtains. The boy in front holds a small brass vessel and a sprig of green leaves, with flowers and brass plates of petals and offerings arranged on silver trays nearby. Behind them, adults in orange and white sit in rows, and an older man on the right with a shaved head, white forehead markings, a rudraksha mala and orange robes speaks. Silver poles with cords divide the seating area.2013-09-29April 05 20132013-04-05 +1 copiesSeptember 28 20132013-09-28August 09 20162016-08-09 +2 copiesSeptember 22 20112011-09-22September 21 20132013-09-21