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December 28 20112011-12-28December 28 20112011-12-28December 12 20112011-12-12A row of men seated on the floor in a hall performs a puja, holding small brass oil lamps and lit flames toward the front. Most wear orange or saffron robes with rudraksha malas, while the man in front left wears white dhoti and shawl with white ash markings and beads on his arms. Brass plates with fruit, oil lamps and small vessels sit on orange cloths before them. Several young boys sit behind them on the left, and a figure in white sits near the back. Red chairs and a red curtain line the room.2011-12-17A photograph of a group of men and boys seated cross-legged on mats in a bright hall performing a pada-puja or ritual lamp offering. Several men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, with white and orange sacred markings on their foreheads and arms, hold lit oil lamps and brass plates with flowers and offerings. Men in orange robes sit to the right, holding lamps and brass bells. A standing man in an orange robe and mala stands at the back between red curtains and chairs. Brass bowls, plates, and a small bell lie on the floor.2011-06-05December 17 20112011-12-17A seated group of devotees in a hall performs an aarti with small oil lamps held in their hands. Front left, a man in saffron-orange robes and a tilak on his forehead holds a lit lamp. Centre, a bespectacled man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a lamp in one hand and a brass plate in the other. Right, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti with a sacred thread and beads holds a lamp. Behind them, rows of people in white clothes and yellow shawls, including a woman with light hair in a yellow shawl, hold small lit lamps. Red curtains and windows form the background, and brass vessels sit on the floor.2011-08-02October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesNovember 06 20112011-11-06A photograph of a row of seated devotees in a bright hall performing a puja with lit oil lamps. In the foreground, several men and women in saffron and orange robes hold lit diyas and incense sticks toward a long line of brass plates and offering trays on the glossy white floor. Some wear white garments, and a bald man in front holds a flame. Behind them, rows of people in orange and white sit before more lamps, and a woman in white stands near pink walls and wooden doors. Brass stands and flower offerings sit on the floor, with smoke rising from the incense.2017-05-25A seated group of men performs a ritual with lit oil lamps in a hall. In the foreground, a bald man in saffron/orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits on an orange mat, holding a small lamp and an open book, with brass vessels and a brass lamp on the floor before him. Beside him, a younger man in orange with a mala holds a lamp. Behind them, rows of men in white dhotis and shawls hold lit lamps, some wearing rudraksha malas and sacred thread. A table with a striped cloth and a metal pot stands at the back. No single figure is clearly identifiable as a person, and the scene shows only ritual participants.2010-10-22 +2 copiesSeptember 22 20112011-09-22