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May 02 20172017-05-02May 12 20172017-05-12January 10 20172017-01-10Photograph of a ritual scene with several men seated on white cloth, shown from behind, bare-backed and wearing white dhotis with orange borders and rudraksha malas. In the foreground, a man's hand rests near a brass ritual tray holding small brass oil lamps, a brass vessel and a red-clothed figure, with flower petals scattered nearby. Other devotees in orange and white sit in the background, and a television screen is visible at the upper right. Puja setup with brass lamps and a seated group suggests a ceremonial gathering.2018-04-28October 20 20102010-10-20 +1 copiesMay 12 20172017-05-12January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesA seated ritual scene with several people in plain white dhotis sitting on mats along a long row. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with curly black hair, a beard and red-rimmed glasses wears a long red-brown rudraksha mala and a thin white sacred cord, and reaches toward a brass puja plate with small oil lamps. Beside him, a shaved-headed man wearing a red cloth and white sandalwood marks on his forehead sits in the lower right. Brass plates with lamps and offerings line the floor, and a copper water bottle sits on the left. The setting suggests a puja or homa ritual, not a named event.2017-01-03 +1 copiesDecember 30 20162016-12-30Photo 11710672A photograph of seated priests performing a puja inside a hall with white marble floor and orange cloth mats. In the foreground a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border, wearing a rudraksha mala and white sacred ash marks on his forehead and arms, sits before a brass puja plate on an orange cloth holding a small brass lamp, a bowl of kumkum, flowers and a bell. Behind him several other men in white dhotis sit on orange mats, some wearing rudraksha malas, with brass plates and vessels beside them. A brass lamp stand and gold-coloured deity decorations are visible in the background. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is present.2010-11-05July 23 20172017-07-23