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November 26 2011

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October 05 20112011-10-05November 26 20112011-11-26December 05 20112011-12-05November 24 20102010-11-24Close photograph of a puja offering table with a polished gold tray holding red and orange flowers, white petals, a small brass cup and a red apple in silver bowls. A woman in a teal top has her hand reaching over the tray, while a second pair of hands with bangles and a gold ring holds the offering, and a bare foot in a green-bordered sari stands at the right edge. Part of a white-clad figure with folded hands appears at the top, and a folded white card sits among the offerings.2011-10-05Close photo of a ritual offering being prepared on a large polished gold tray. Several hands reach in from the frame, one holding white flower petals and another arranging red and orange roses, marigolds and white blossoms around a small gold kalasha-like vessel and a red-beaded thread. A bangled wrist and a child's bare foot in a green and gold silk skirt appear at left, and a person in orange-red garments at top. Polished silver bowls and dishes surround the tray. No face of any person is visible, and no clearly identifiable a person figure appears in frame.2011-10-05Close-up photograph of a puja offering being made over a golden tray. A man in white clothing with a bangle and a beaded mala, seen from the shoulders down, pours from a small silver bowl. Hands of a woman wearing green sleeves and gold bangles and rings reach toward the tray, which holds silver vessels, pink lotus flowers and a red fruit. At right, a person in a white shirt and dark head covering is visible, and a figure in an orange garment stands behind. A gold-toned backdrop sits in the background. a person is not clearly visible here.2011-09-15A photograph of a padapuja ritual. A man in a white kurta with a dark cord around his neck washes the bare feet of a seated person, whose toes rest on a bed of flower petals in red, orange and pink. Ornate gold trays hold silver bowls, a conch-like shell and more petals. Other hands in orange, yellow and saffron sleeves and gold bangles reach into the scene, and out-of-focus heads frame the foreground.2011-11-20August 16 20092009-08-16December 05 20112011-12-05November 20 20112011-11-20Close-up photograph of hands working over ornate silver and gold ritual trays during a puja. A woman's bare arm, with silver bangles, holds a pink lotus flower above a silver bowl of white flowers and yellow turmeric or kumkum. Another hand in the frame reaches toward a small silver vessel, and a person in orange robes is partly visible at the top, seated behind the trays. A dark-haired head appears at the right edge. The shallow focus leaves the background soft, with more gold trays and offerings beyond. The scene suggests offerings being prepared for a ritual.2010-10-30