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August 09 2011

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August 09 20112011-08-09April 30 20122012-04-30 +2 copiesBoys sit cross-legged on mats during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, a boy with a white sacred ash mark across his forehead presses his palms together in anjali mudra with eyes closed, wearing a plaid short-sleeved shirt with a Mickey Mouse patch and a dark mala around his neck. Behind him, a boy in a striped yellow and blue polo with glasses sits with a brass bell and small brass vessels in front of him. Brass lamps, a brass plate with flowers, a brass kalasha-style vessel and a small brass bell lie on the mat, with a deity murti framed in a metal prabhavali at lower left. Other seated people and a bright orange cloth appear in the background.2011-08-09August 09 20112011-08-09July 20 20112011-07-20April 13 20122012-04-13 +2 copiesJuly 21 20112011-07-21April 10 20122012-04-10 +1 copiesSeptember 09 20112011-09-09May 02 20122012-05-02 +2 copiesA seated group of devotees takes part in a puja in a hall with pale walls and red curtains. In the foreground a young boy in a white shirt presses his palms together in anjali, and beside him a boy in a checked shirt sits with his eyes lowered. Behind them men and boys sit in rows, some in white dhotis with yellow borders. Brass puja vessels, small oil lamps with lit wicks, and offering plates with fruit and flowers are laid on a cloth on the floor along the row, and a green plastic basin sits at the left edge.2011-10-09A seated group of boys and young men on a cream floor during a ritual gathering. In the foreground, a boy in a white shirt and grey trousers leans forward over a small flame and brass lamp, while a young man in a white dhoti with maroon-bordered shawl sits beside him with hands extended over banana-leaf plates of offerings. Around them, boys in orange, red and striped shirts sit with eyes closed or watching, and an older man in white with a red-bordered cloth sits in the background. Plates of fruit, flowers and small vessels are arranged on colourful mats.2011-09-20