A photograph of a seated group of women in white saris with yellow shawls performing a ritual with oil lamps in a covered hall. Several women hold lit lamps and small brass vessels; others sit before brass plates with red kumkum, flowers and offerings on a patterned mat. Smoke rises in the background, and bamboo matting fills the windows. No person in the frame is presented as the a person. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of a seated group of women in white saris with yellow shawls performing a ritual with oil lamps in a covered hall. Several women hold lit lamps and small brass vessels; others sit before brass plates with red kumkum, flowers and offerings on a patterned mat. Smoke rises in the background, and bamboo matting fills the windows. No person in the frame is presented as the a person.

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