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August 29 20172017-08-29Close-up photograph of a polished brass bowl filled with fresh green leaves and stems, set on a grey stone floor beside an ornate silver-coloured stand or table with repoussé scrollwork and carved feet. A leopard-print cloth edge and a partly visible grey object appear at the left edge. The bowl of herbs suggests an aushada preparation, a sacred herbal offering used in ritual work. No people are visible in the frame.2017-08-29Close-up of ritual items arranged on a green cloth for a homa or puja, with no people visible. In the foreground a round silver bowl with embossed deity figures holds fresh green leaves, and a silver plate and a small silver dish of red powder sit nearby. Behind them stands a brass pot filled with white liquid, and a silver container and a stack of yellow blocks topped with white and pink petals. Scattered red and pink flower petals lie across the cloth and the bowls.2016-07-02August 29 20172017-08-29December 19 20162016-12-19August 29 20172017-08-29Close-up photo of a polished silver bowl filled with fine pale grey-white powder. Behind it sit a small brass dish containing red kumkum and a gleaming golden ritual vessel with fluted sides. No people are visible; the setting suggests a puja arrangement with sacred powder offerings.2012-04-17Close view of a ritual setup on a patterned cloth. A seated person in a rust-orange garment with red bangles and a gold necklace reaches toward a stone mortar holding dark liquid. A silver oil lamp with a pink-tinted stem and a lit flame stands in front, beside a bronze deity figure holding a lit oil lamp on a lotus base. Silver vessels with lidded containers sit at left and a silver stand at right. Partial people and objects only; the visible hands are the only physical people.2017-10-08September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesA close photograph of ritual items arranged on a table for worship. In the foreground is an ornate silver five-branched lamp stand holding small cups of white camphor or salt-like material. Behind it is a silver vessel with yellow and maroon flowers, a silver spouted pot with a handle, a silver tray of white granules, and a heap of green leaves, possibly betel leaves. No people are visible, so this shows only ritual objects.2011-12-08Close-up photo of a puja in progress. A steel tray filled with green betel leaves rests on an ornate gold-toned base in the foreground. Behind it, a brass vessel with a lifted lid and a small brass bowl sit on a red cloth. A person wearing an orange cloth draped over the body reaches in to pick up a single green leaf, and only their hands and orange-clad torso are visible. Soft warm light and a blurred white-clad figure appear at the left edge.2015-10-23October 08 20172017-10-08