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November 07 2011

A candid photo of a seated group during an evening devotional gathering. In the foreground, a woman in a white shawl with a rudraksha mala and a white forehead mark holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, eyes closed as if chanting. Beside her, another woman in a white and blue-patterned top holds a lamp, and a few other hands with small lamps appear at the edge. Blurred at left, a person in a red-orange robe sits on a white plastic chair behind a wooden table with brass items and papers. Other seated attendees fill the lower frame. Oil lamps and a devotional lamp ritual are the central activity.

A photograph of a bright, whitewashed hall with tall windows, a ceiling fan, and rows of steel vessels on tables at the back. A standing woman in a grey-white sari and a beaded necklace holds a lit aarti lamp with a flame, while a few people sit on mats on the floor with palms pressed together in prayer. A young woman in an orange sari sits in front, and a man in white dhoti sits to the right. Two women in white with yellow shawls sit at the left, and two women in white sit at the bottom right. A small metal tray with offerings and a banana leaf with food sit on the floor in front of the group.

A priest in white dhoti and shawl with maroon borders, wearing a marigold garland, performs aarti with a lit flame in a metal lamp in his right hand and a handbell in his left. Seated devotees on orange and maroon mats in a white-walled hall with ceiling fans and white drapes watch and join palms in prayer; one man in an orange robe sits among them. At right a man in white dhoti photographs the scene beside a steel vessel table. A multicoloured pillar stands behind the priest.

A photograph of a group seated on the floor during a puja. In the foreground, a shaved-headed young woman in a teal saree with a blue border holds a lit lamp on a metal tray, and a man in a white dhoti with a red-striped cloth reaches toward a lamp. Behind them, devotees in yellow and pink sarees and yellow shawls sit with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, some wearing tilak on the forehead and rudraksha-style beaded malas. A striped red and white backdrop and a microphone stand are visible behind them. Five people are visible in the scene.

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A photograph of a Sri Chakra puja in progress. In the foreground, a man in an orange shirt with an orange shawl and gold ornaments is seated on the floor, holding a silver camphor lamp with a flame over a brass Sri Chakra meru. Fruit, a small bowl with red kumkum and a silver vessel sit on a wooden tray beside him. Behind him, several women in white saris with orange borders sit with palms pressed together in prayer, one holding a small orange-flame lamp. Other seated devotees, many in white, fill the background, and a red wall and orange cloth hang behind them.

A group of women seated on the floor performing an aarti with small brass oil lamps held in their hands. Several lamps are lit with flames visible. A woman on the left in an orange saree with a rudraksha-style necklace holds a brass bell. A woman in a black and white printed dress and gold bangles lifts a lit lamp. A woman in a cream saree with a blue beaded necklace holds a lamp and a small bell. A younger woman in a white saree with a yellow shawl holds a lamp in the foreground. Other women in yellow shawls and white clothes continue the ritual behind them. A small brass bell and offering plates sit on the floor. A man in white and orange sits in the background near a white wall. Plain hall setting with a red curtain at the upper right.

A row of women sits closely together holding small brass oil lamps with lit flames, raising them toward the front. The foreground woman, at right, wears a yellow sari with a white border, a gold bangle and a small earring, and her hair is pulled back. Women beside and behind her wear white and yellow garments and hold similar lamps, one lamp visible at upper right. The setting is a plain pale wall with blurred red chairs at left. No one appears to be a person; all visible people are devotees.

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