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August 08 2010

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A woman sits cross-legged on a mat before an orange cloth laid with brass ritual vessels. She wears a white garment with a yellow shawl draped over her shoulders and a red bindi, and reaches toward a brass plate of white and red flowers. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style pot, a small brass cup and a bowl of petals sit on the cloth beside a plastic water bottle, against an orange wall. This appears to be a puja setup with flowers and lamps being arranged.

Close photograph of a puja set-up on an orange cloth spread over a concrete floor. A person in white clothing, with a bangled wrist, holds a marigold petal over a brass plate filled with orange flowers. Nearby are brass plates, a small brass lamp with a lit wick, a brass cup, a brass bell, and a white conch-like shell with a green leaf. A brass incense or lamp holder sits at the bottom edge. The scene appears to be a Hindu puja offering. No face is visible, so no identification is made.

A woman sits cross-legged on an orange cloth, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in her right hand while ringing a brass bell in her left. She wears a cream sari with green and gold borders, an orange shawl over one shoulder, white sacred ash on her forehead and a red bindi, plus glass bangles. In front of her are brass plates holding yellow flower petals, a banana, a coconut-shaped vessel, a conch shell, small brass cups and a brass pot on an orange cloth. Behind her, other devotees sit on orange mats with more oil lamps lit, in a ritual puja setting.

November 20 2009

A photograph of a puja setup on a white marble floor, shot from above and slightly blurred. A seated person in white clothing with a gold border and an orange cloth draped near their lap reaches toward brass plates and bowls arranged on a dark woven mat. A brass plate holds a small lingam-shaped object, and another brass plate holds pink and white flower petals. A lit brass oil lamp burns at right, and a small framed picture of a seated saint with a white beard sits beside the plate. A glass bottle and incense sticks are visible at the back. The person wears gold bangles and a dark wrist band.

A photograph of several women seated on the floor in a courtyard, dressed in white saris and dhotis-style white clothing with yellow and orange shawls. They sit before orange mats and brass plates holding fruit, sweets and small brass vessels, with oil lamps and spoons arranged in front of them, consistent with a padha pooja offering. One woman in the foreground wears a yellow shawl and serves from a brass plate. A green bag and a teal plate sit in the background beside red walls and a potted plant. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.

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Close-up photo of a puja setup on an orange cloth. A seated person in white clothing and orange garments, wearing gold bangles, holds a small brass spoon over a large brass plate holding a smaller bowl of orange flowers and green leaves. Nearby are a brass bell, brass cups, a white conch shell, a brass incense holder with incense sticks, and a small brass oil lamp. Another person in white sits at the top edge.

A close view of a puja ritual on a woven mat. A hand with gold bangles pours liquid from a small brass vessel over a brass plate holding a banana, white coconut pieces, yellow flowers and a green leaf. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks sit nearby, with small dishes of white and yellow flowers at the lower left. Seated people in white dhotis with gold borders are blurred in the background, and a pink container and green plate sit to the side.

A woman in a white sari with a gold border sits with eyes closed, holding a silver tray with folded orange cloths. She wears a black beaded mala necklace, a red bindi, silver bangles and gold bangles. Behind her, another person in white sits with hands folded in prayer. In front, an ornate silver puja thali with small bowls and flower petals rests on a gold-carved base beside a gold pillar.

Three women in white dresses with yellow shawls sit cross-legged in a row on a mat, eyes closed in prayer, hands folded in their laps. Before them on the floor lie brass plates and cups, small oil lamps, bowls of sweets and fruit, red flower petals and an open blue tray of flowers, in a puja arrangement. A white-clad figure sits at the left edge. Rudraksha malas hang around the necks of two women, and one wears gold bangles. A red wall and plastic containers sit behind them. The setting suggests a devotional ritual, such as a puja.

A woman sits on a mat outdoors in front of a red and white striped wall, wearing a white sari-style garment with a gold border, a yellow shawl and a dark rudraksha mala. She holds a small brass oil lamp in one hand and extends her other hand toward a second lamp, with a lit flame visible. Another person's hand holding a brass lamp appears at the lower right, and an older person in white is partly visible at the right edge. A plastic water bottle and a pink and green patterned mat lie on the ground.

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