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A row of men sit cross-legged on mats in a hall, performing a puja. The foreground figure, a bald, grey-haired man with glasses, is bare-chested and wears a white dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala; he holds small items in his hands. Brass and lamp-lit offerings and oil lamps sit on the floor before them. Behind, a framed painting of a deity murti hangs on a pink wall, and other participants, some in white and orange garments, kneel nearby. Brass and oil lamps with flames are visible at left.

January 01 2017

A photograph of a seated group puja inside a hall with pink-beige walls and framed artwork. In the foreground, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold-rimmed watch and a wooden rudraksha mala holds a brass lamp with a lit flame and a small bell. Beside him, a younger man in orange cloth with a long rudraksha mala, white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, and a brass bell in his hand sits cross-legged with eyes closed. Behind them, many other bare-chested men in white and orange sit on mats, some with hands folded, and a brass plate, a small bowl and a plastic container of items rest on the floor in front.

A seated devotee in a white dhoti with gold border, bare-chested and marked with white vibhuti stripes on forehead and arms, presses his palms together in anjali while chanting, with rudraksha mala beads around his neck and gold bangles on his wrist. Behind him, rows of similarly dressed men sit cross-legged in a hall with pink walls, several with hands folded, and small oil lamps and brass puja vessels are visible in the foreground.

January 01 2017

A photograph of a seated puja in a hall with a cream floor. In the centre, a grey-haired man with glasses and white body markings sits with palms pressed together in anjali, wearing a white dhoti with a gold border, a bare upper body, several rudraksha malas and a pendant necklace. Around him, other men and women sit on mats in white and saffron cloths, many with white ash markings on their bodies. Brass plates with flowers, a small oil lamp and a book lie on the floor in front. A shaved-headed man at left also presses his palms together.

Several men sit cross-legged on red cushions in a hall, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with rudraksha malas, palms pressed together in anjali mudra. Ash or sandalwood markings show on their shoulders and arms. A brass puja thali with oil lamps and small brass vessels sits in front, with a clear plastic bottle and a container nearby. Blurred devotees in white and other colours sit behind.

January 08 2017

A row of men seated on the floor in a temple hall, performing a ritual with incense sticks held upright in their hands. Several bare-chested men wear white dhotis, rudraksha malas and sacred thread, with white and yellow cloth draped over their shoulders. Some have tilak markings on their foreheads. Tall gold stands line the foreground, and pink flower petals and small brass lamps sit on a tray below. Smoke rises from the incense in the background, where a deity murti is visible behind a curtain. One partially visible woman in a red-brown garment sits at the left edge. No single figure can be reliably identified as a person from appearance, so the a person field is unsure.