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October 10 2011

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October 10 20112011-10-10Several young people sit cross-legged in a long row on mats during a ritual, with eyes closed or lowered and hands folded in front of them. The girl on the left wears round glasses and a teal top; the boy beside her wears a patterned green kurta and a beaded mala. Others wear saffron, teal, yellow and red salwar-style clothes and gold bangles. Before them on the floor are brass puja plates with flower garlands, fruit, incense sticks, small oil lamps and brass kalasha-style vessels. A row of lit lamps glows in the background. Visible copyright and attribution text appears on the photo.2011-10-02May 11 20132013-05-11April 17 20132013-04-17 +2 copiesMarch 27 20132013-03-27October 09 20112011-10-09A seated group of devotees performs a pada puja-style ritual in a hall with a red and white draped backdrop. In the foreground, a woman in orange robes with a red shawl holds a brass handbell and a small lamp, sitting beside another woman in orange with glasses who holds a brass bell. Beside them, a girl in a purple dress with a yellow hair band rings a small bell, and a girl in a purple outfit holds a brass object. Behind them, rows of women and girls in white, yellow, and turquoise garments hold lit oil lamps and brass items, with brass plates and flower petals on the floor. A table with audio equipment sits at the back.2011-12-12October 16 20102010-10-16Photograph of a long row of devotees seated on the floor in white clothes, performing a puja with brass plates of yellow flowers, small brass lamps, bells and conch-shaped vessels set on blue and red woven mats. Several women in white saris and a young boy in a white shirt hold bells or reach toward lit oil lamps; one woman in the foreground wears a red bindi and a wristwatch. An orange cone-shaped cloth and a blue-and-yellow hanging decorate the white tent-like hall behind them.2009-11-07A seated group of women performs a padapuja-style ritual in a hall with a white floor. Rows of brass oil lamps and small brass vessels sit on orange and red mats in front of the participants. Foreground: a woman in saffron-orange sari with a maroon border sits with hands together, reading from an open book, and beside her women in white sarees with yellow or orange shawls chant from printed sheets. Some attendees wear white with green borders. Behind them, more devotees in white and yellow sit in rows near a green canopy and striped cloth. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-10-16April 17 20132013-04-17September 09 20132013-09-09