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December 21 2013

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Close-up photo of a ritual puja setup on a stone ledge. A hand holding a wooden stick with a straw-tied end dips into or stirs a brass vessel decorated with swastika motifs and a small oil lamp flame. Leaf bowls hold turmeric-yellow, orange, and red powders with yellow marigold petals and a red rose. A large brass bowl sits in the foreground, and yellow marigold garlands hang at the upper right. Red rudraksha beads are visible on a wrist at the top. Only a hand and forearm are visible; no face is shown.2013-12-21A photograph of a puja table covered with a red cloth. A large brass kalasha-style vessel with a wooden handle stands at the back. In the foreground a brass bowl holds red and yellow marigold and rose petals, and a brass tray holds green leaves. Around them are small brass bowls of kumkum, turmeric, and yellow powder, a lit oil lamp, a brass dish with flowers on a pedestal, a white cloth, and a twisted white thread. No people are visible.A photograph of a ritual puja setup on a red cloth in front of a gold draped backdrop. A brass pot holds a banana plant wrapped with white cloth, and nearby a brass vessel holds red and yellow flowers. Brass plates and bowls contain turmeric, kumkum, vibhuti, green leaves, rice and other offerings, with an oil lamp, incense sticks and a conch shell. A person in white dhoti-style clothing with a light shawl is partly visible at the left edge, reaching toward the offerings. No a person candidate is visible.January 13 20172017-01-13March 30 20172017-03-30January 22 20172017-01-22January 08 20172017-01-08Close-up photo of a puja arrangement on an orange cloth edged with gold. A hand pours liquid from a small brass cup onto a brass plate of yellow flower petals. Nearby are a conch shell with a yellow petal, brass bowls and cups holding kumkum, vermilion and other offerings, a red flower, green leaves, a brass bell, a brass plate and a rudraksha mala in a brass dish, with a small oil lamp flame in the background. No people are visible beyond the hand, and no a person candidate is visible.2017-01-08Close view of a puja table with a seated figure in orange robes whose hands hold incense sticks. On a silver-toned table sit a brass lamp with a lit flame and swastika cutouts, small bowls of red and yellow flower petals, a bowl of sweets, a brass cup with incense smoke, a brass pot, and a conch shell filled with red and yellow flowers. Only hands and orange cloth are visible, so no face is shown.2013-12-20Close view of a puja tray on a white tiled floor. A bare male hand, sleeve pushed back, reaches over the tray to light a wick of a brass oil lamp. Brass plates and bowls hold yellow marigold-type flowers, a red-tinged offering, rice or grain, a small brass lota with a spoon, a tall brass bell, and a white cloth-wrapped item. Lit oil lamps and an incense stick sit at the lower left, and a striped red and white cloth edges the right side. No face is visible, so the presence of a specific person cannot be confirmed.2017-01-26January 06 20172017-01-06Close-up photo of a puja setup on a red cloth with a gold zari border. A hand wearing rudraksha beads on the wrist holds a green leaf over a brass plate of red and yellow flower petals. Nearby are a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a brass bell, a small brass bowl of rice, a brass kalasha-style stand, incense sticks, scattered petals and a small brass cup of kumkum. The hand belongs to an unseen person, so no identifiable face is shown.2017-01-06 +1 copies