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April 10 20132013-04-10April 10 20132013-04-10A photograph of a ritual puja with two people holding small silver oil lamps lit with flames, raising them upward. A woman on the left wears a white sari with a gold border, a white forehead mark, and beaded necklaces. A man on the right, bare-shouldered with a white cloth and gold trim, wears a rudraksha mala and bangles and holds a lit lamp. Before them on a gold-embossed table are many silver bowls and trays holding red and white flowers, green leaves, bottles of oil, and offerings, with additional lamps burning in the foreground. Two people are visible; a hand with a tattoo appears at the lower left edge.2013-04-10April 10 20132013-04-10September 16 20132013-09-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a Hindu puja ritual with several people seated on the floor around a gold tray. A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and shawl, with a tripundra on his forehead and rudraksha mala around his neck, holds a small white box with a red flower and offers it to a woman in a cream sari with gold border. Silver bowls on the gold tray hold apples, flowers and other offerings. Another priest in white with yellow-bordered dhoti sits to the right holding a flower-topped offering. Foreground devotees in white and yellow clothing look on, one holding a printed booklet. The priest in the center does not qualify as an appearance-based candidate for a person.2010-10-20December 05 20112011-12-05May 25 20132013-05-25May 24 20172017-05-24Women in white and gold-bordered saris perform a ritual offering at a gilded altar. Silver trays hold apples, flowers, sliced white vegetables and small silver bowls, and a woman in the foreground holds a red flower near a silver vessel. Ornate gold wood surfaces line the altar on the right, with a garland hanging at the top right and a metal pot at the left.2010-09-30Dim photograph of a ritual offering in progress. A large round golden tray holds many small silver bowls filled with offerings, including red fruit, flower petals, and sweets. Two people stand behind the tray holding white flowers: a person in white clothing at upper left and a woman in a white sari with a dark beaded necklace at upper right. A person in dark saffron-toned clothing reaches toward the tray at left. Flower petals and white blossoms are scattered across the tray.2015-03-11April 22 20132013-04-22