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September 30 2008

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January 01 20182018-01-01A woman in a red silk sari with gold border sits cross-legged on an orange mat, palms pressed together in prayer, facing a gilded throne draped in red fabric and piled with pink, red and white flowers. A man with short dark hair in white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala sits with his back to the camera, near brass plates holding fried sweets, a brass bell and a brass lamp. A woman in a peach head covering sits in the lower foreground beside the offerings. Polished black floor, tiled walls and brass lamps surround the scene.2008-10-23A seated woman in a red silk sari presses her palms together in anjali mudra, facing a small ornate gold-and-wood throne draped in red and pink fabric and heaped with pink and white flowers. In front of the throne on an orange mat are silver puja plates with fruit including apples, oranges and bananas, fried snacks, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a silver tray and a small bell. Part of a white-clad priest is visible at the left edge. The setting is a tiled temple room, consistent with a puja in progress.2008-10-23October 23 20082008-10-23Close-up photograph of a ritual offering being prepared on a gold-rimmed brass tray. A woman in a magenta sari and gold bangles, with reading glasses, reaches over the tray to pick up flower petals and offerings. Pink and red flowers, small glass bowls, and red fruit sit on the tray. In the foreground, two other women in red and green sari fabric hold their hands out toward the tray, and a bangled wrist is visible.2011-11-01October 23 20082008-10-23October 14 20082008-10-14July 09 20092009-07-09Women in an indoor room perform a devotional puja with hands folded in namaskar. Two women kneel in front in cream and gold-bordered saris, one with grey-streaked short hair and glasses, both wearing rudraksha-style beaded malas. Another woman seated at left wears a patterned cream sari and beaded necklaces. Standing behind are women in a red kurta, a white sari and a maroon top, and a young girl in a yellow blouse and turquoise skirt. On the floor at right sit a woman in an orange sari and a green woven mat, with a white cloth holding plates of offerings, fruit, flowers and kumkum and a brass lamp in the foreground. A green curtain and a wall clock are visible in the background.2009-08-20September 30 20082008-09-30A photograph inside a temple hall with yellow marigold garlands along metal railings and a crowd standing behind. A woman in a white saree with a wide gold-orange border and an orange shawl stands at left, holding a flower and looking down. Beside her a man in a white kurta with an orange shawl holds folded currency notes. In the foreground a woman in a red and white bandhani-patterned veil and red blouse bows low with her forehead touching a cream-covered seat, wearing heavy gold bangles, while petals and yellow flowers lie on a red cloth. The scene suggests a ritual blessing or wedding-related rite at a temple.2009-07-09KAILASA LOS ANGELES, USA on 8/9/20192019-08-09