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December 15 20092009-12-15A photograph of a seated group performing a puja on a polished floor in a hall with large windows. In the foreground a row of people sit cross-legged behind plates of offerings, including bananas, flowers, sliced fruit, small oil lamps and brass bowls. A young girl in a pink patterned top and a woman in a red top, glasses and a dark ponytail hold small brass items and ring a bell. Other devotees in orange and white saris sit further back. Plastic containers of food, a water bottle and a small lit oil lamp rest on the floor near the offerings.2011-07-29September 25 20112011-09-25Several young people sit cross-legged in a long row on mats during a ritual, with eyes closed or lowered and hands folded in front of them. The girl on the left wears round glasses and a teal top; the boy beside her wears a patterned green kurta and a beaded mala. Others wear saffron, teal, yellow and red salwar-style clothes and gold bangles. Before them on the floor are brass puja plates with flower garlands, fruit, incense sticks, small oil lamps and brass kalasha-style vessels. A row of lit lamps glows in the background. Visible copyright and attribution text appears on the photo.2011-10-02March 31 20122012-03-31September 22 20112011-09-22December 18 20102010-12-18December 15 20092009-12-15A seated group of devotees in a hall, viewed from the side. In the foreground a woman in a yellow top and white shawl, with a rudraksha mala around her neck, sits with eyes lowered. Beside her a young girl in a pink top with floral embroidery wears a dark bead necklace, and another girl in white with a long braid sits near a lanyard-wearing woman in white. At the right a boy in a navy and red jacket extends his hand toward a brass tray. Brass vessels and yellow flower petals lie on the floor in front. Several other seated people in white are visible in the background. No identifiable a person appearance is shown.2010-12-02September 26 20112011-09-26Indoor ritual scene with a seated group of girls and women performing puja on mats before brass implements. In the foreground, a girl in an orange top reaches toward a brass plate and kalasha-style vessels, while a girl in a grey top and another in a blue-and-white striped top sit close by. Behind them, rows of girls in pink, orange and white kurtas and women in cream and yellow saris sit on the floor, and a few adults sit on chairs at the back near red-upholstered seating. Many participants wear blue lanyards. Brass lamps, bowls, a gold-coloured shrine structure and a pink-lidded container fill the floor and background. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2010-12-02May 09 20132013-05-09 +1 copies