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August 04 20172017-08-04A photograph of seated devotees performing a lamp ritual during a puja. In the foreground a young boy in white dhoti and pink-framed glasses holds a brass oil lamp and a small brass cup, with incense smoke curling beside him. A boy with a white forehead mark and rudraksha beads wears an orange garment and holds a lit lamp, and another boy in orange cloth sits behind him. Brass oil lamps with flames are arranged on the floor, and further back rows of people in saffron and orange robes sit in a hall with warm lights and pillars. Several lamps and incense sticks are visible in the scene.2017-08-04A young man with long dark hair tied back sits bare-chested in the foreground, holding a small brass oil lamp aloft in his right hand while looking toward it. He wears a thick rudraksha mala across his chest, a pendant on a chain, beaded bracelets, earrings, and white horizontal sacred markings on his chest and arms. Behind him, blurred figures in orange cloth sit in rows at a hall, with warm bokeh lights.2017-01-12August 04 20172017-08-04A young man with long dark hair tied back sits bare-chested at a puja, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand. He wears a red and beige beaded mala, a pendant necklace, a small hoop earring and a bracelet, with white sacred ash marks on his chest and forehead. Behind him, several other devotees in orange cloth sit in soft-focus, with warm bokeh lights and a blurred interior hall.2017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12June 07 20132013-06-07Close photo of two young boys in a crowded ritual setting, both wearing orange-saffron cloths draped over bare upper bodies. The boy in front has a shaved head, white ash markings on his forehead and body, a rudraksha bead on a cord around his neck, and holds a small brass oil lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other. The boy behind has curly dark hair, white markings on his forehead, and a white sacred thread. Other saffron-clad people sit blurred in the background with warm lamp light.2017-07-20January 12 20172017-01-12A photograph of a seated ritual gathering of young boys in orange-saffron dhoti-style wraps, many with white vibhuti marks on their foreheads and bodies. In the foreground a bare-chested boy with curly black hair and a thin white sacred cord sits cross-legged holding incense sticks, with smoke curling across his chest. Behind him other seated participants in orange cloth, and white clay offerings, small brass lamps and incense stands are arranged on the floor. The scene suggests a puja or homa-style observance, though no specific deity or a person presence is clearly visible.2017-08-04July 20 20172017-07-20March 06 20182018-03-06