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December 16 2013

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A man in white ritual clothes holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, eyes closed and smiling. He wears a long rudraksha mala, a pendant with a small portrait, and a name badge reading Inner Awakening. Vibhuti marks cover his forehead. Behind him, many seated devotees in white clothes sit with palms pressed together in namaskar, indicating a ceremony such as a puja or aarti at an indoor event.2013-12-07A man seated cross-legged on a patterned carpet performs an aarti, holding a small brass lamp with a lit flame aloft in his right hand and a bell in his left. He wears white kurta and pajama, a rudraksha mala with a bead pendant, and glasses, with a name badge on his chest. Behind him, several seated devotees in white clothes sit with palms pressed together in prayer. A small framed image sits at the lower left. The scene suggests a devotional puja gathering.2013-12-01A seated man in a white kurta with an orange-and-white lanyard-style garland and a rudraksha mala holds an incense stick and a small brass bell while performing a ritual in a hall of seated devotees. He has white tripundra markings and a red bindi on his forehead and wears a silver wristwatch and a ring. Behind and around him, many people sit in white and cream clothing with orange lanyards and name badges, several with hands in anjali. A small white container and yellow flowers sit on the floor in front.2013-12-13A seated man in a white dhoti with gold border and a bare upper torso holds a lit oil lamp flame toward the camera, with a rudraksha mala around his neck and a pendant necklace. Behind him, a large group of seated men in white shirts and white dhotis, many wearing event lanyards, hold small lamps and open prayer sheets. Some people in the background wear orange and white clothing, and a few women are visible near the top right.2012-09-03A photograph of a temple-style puja with several people seated before a raised offering table. In the centre, a bald man with a white tilak, moustache, white kurta and rudraksha malas holds a small oil lamp in cupped hands while gazing upward. Beside him, a woman in a white and green sari with a gold-rimmed border holds a brass lamp and joins her palms. Behind them, a priest wearing an orange shawl, a long mala and sandalwood marks on his arms sits near a microphone stand, and another man in white with a mala stands at right. Fruits and flower-decorated trays rest on a table at the top right, and more oil lamps glow in the foreground beside a silver offering plate of fruit and flowers.2010-10-22 +1 copiesMay 24 20132013-05-24May 24 20132013-05-24December 01 20132013-12-01December 17 20132013-12-17April 12 20142014-04-12 +1 copiesMen in white ritual dhotis perform an aarti with small brass oil lamps held outstretched. The foreground man, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala across his chest and a brass bangle on his wrist, faces left holding one lamp. Behind him a man with white horizontal tilak stripes on his forehead and arms holds a second lit lamp. Another man at left edge is partly visible. A green and gold draped structure and a red tray with offerings sit at the lower right. The scene suggests a devotional lamp offering. The foreground man's bare chest and mala are visible, but his face is not distinctively marked by the qualifying cues required for a probable identification, so his identity is unsure.2010-11-30Several men sit cross-legged in white kurtas and dhotis at a padapuja or satsang, each wearing red-and-white ID lanyards with rudraksha malas. The central man, with a white tilak on his forehead, presses his palms together in prayer and holds a small white item. Before them on the floor are brass oil lamps and yellow flower offerings with incense sticks. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2013-12-12