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October 08 2007

October 08 2007

A seated guru puja ceremony in a hall with dark maroon drapes and a gold deity figure at the left edge. A young man in white kurta with an orange shawl kneels at left, washing or offering to the feet of a figure seated on a stack of cushioned seats, the figure wearing orange robes with the lower body and feet visible. Two devotees in orange and white kneel at right; one wears spectacles and the other has a beard. Brass and silver bowls, a pitcher, banana leaves, apples, oranges and a bowl of flowers are laid on a white cloth in front. The scene is an arati and padapuja style offering.

A photograph of a temple-style ritual inside a room with pink walls and a tiled floor. A bare-chested priest with white sacred markings on his arms and chest sits cross-legged in front of a steel plate of flowers and offerings, with an orange cloth and wooden seat nearby. Beside him a man in a blue-and-white shawl wears rudraksha beads and sits on the floor. Two brass oil lamps stand tall behind them, decorated with flowers, next to a small deity murti on a dark pedestal. Another bare-chested man in yellow-orange cloth stands at right, and a man in white dhoti and shirt stands at left. A colourful patterned pot sits on the floor in front.

October 08 2007

A photograph of a temple ritual in a pink-walled room with brass oil lamps on tall stands. Several men perform a puja. A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti with white sacred markings on his chest and arms sits before a large steel plate and a small wooden platform, with a flower garland and coconut in front of him. Beside him another man in orange and white reaches toward a lamp. A man in white dhoti sits at left, a man in a blue-and-white garment sits at right, and a man in orange dhoti and a pink cloth stands at far right adjusting his hair. Brass vessels and a decorated pot stand nearby.

September 06 2011

2011-09-06 +1 copies

Close photo of seated ritual participants during a puja with brass oil lamps lit on a low table. In the foreground a person in an orange-red garment and rudraksha bracelets holds a small brass lamp with a flame. Behind, a figure in white dhoti with yellow border sits beside others in cream and beige cloth. Brass plates hold yellow and orange flowers, rice, bowls and small brass vessels, and a brass kalasha-like vessel stands among them. Several other lamps burn across the table.

2017-01-06 +1 copies

August 09 2007

July 07 2014

2014-07-07 +1 copies

A row of seated men in white dhotis and shirts performs a ritual at brass and silver puja vessels on the floor of a hall. In the foreground a man with a red rudraksha mala and a yellow cloth holds a small offering, while a neighbour in a gold-bordered white dhoti pours or arranges items on a purple and green mat. Brass and silver lamps, bowls and a kalasha-style vessel sit on the cloths, and standing devotees in white fill the background. Several men wear white and yellow dhotis, bracelets and name badges on their shirts.

2015-11-22 +1 copies

A photograph of a ritual scene indoors on an orange cloth mat with a striped rug. A kneeling man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered yellow shawl and a red-beaded rudraksha mala holds a small leaf or offering in his hands while a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with a maroon-striped shawl kneels opposite him, extending his hands. Behind them a line of men in white dhotis and shawls stands along the wall, and a man in an orange robe stands further back. A bronze vessel, a metal bowl, and a garland of white flowers and red blossoms hang on a wooden stand near a microphone stand. A woman in a beige sari kneels at the lower left edge of the frame.