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April 12 2013

A group of devotees performs an oil lamp offering at a brass tray filled with small silver bowls and flowers. A shaved-headed woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a red tilak holds a silver lamp with a lit flame. Beside her, an older man in a white kurta wears a rudraksha mala and holds another lamp. A woman in a white top and rudraksha mala holds a lit lamp, and a woman in a yellow top stands behind them. A person in orange robes is partly visible at the left edge.

A woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border sits in a ceremonial setting, holding a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame in her right hand while her left hand rests near a brass tray. She wears a rudraksha mala necklace, gold bangles, thin-framed glasses, a small red bindi and gold earrings. Behind her are an orange and maroon draped curtain and an ornate brass lamp stand. Another woman in similar red clothing with a rudraksha mala sits partially visible at left. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering.

November 24 2010

A woman with glasses and a red-brown sari with a gold border holds a lit oil lamp in her right hand while speaking, her left hand raised near it. She wears a rudraksha mala, a small bindi, earrings and gold bangles. Beside her, another person in a similar red sari with a rudraksha mala is partly visible at left, and brass lamp stands and a gold-covered table appear at right, with an orange cloth behind. The scene suggests a ritual or satsang setting.

A seated ritual scene during a pada puja-style worship. A man in the centre wears a white dhoti with an orange border, a white upper cloth, a shaved head with white vertical tilak and a red bindi, rimless glasses, and a long gold bead necklace; he holds a small silver vessel in both hands over a silver tray. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl and a dark rudraksha mala sits with her hands near the tray. Behind them a man in white with a rudraksha mala and a woman in a yellow-bordered sari look on. Silver bowls, a red apple and white offerings sit on the tray in front. Two men with shaved heads are partly visible at the lower right and a red cloth hangs at the left edge.

A photograph of two devotees seated on a white cloth in a home shrine setting. A woman in a red and gold silk sari with a white flower in her hair sits with palms pressed together in namaste, smiling. Beside her a man in a white shirt and grey trousers sits barefoot, gazing upward toward a white-draped table holding stacked books and a gold-fringed cloth. A red plastic chair stands at left, and a person in white stands partly visible at the top left. Scattered petals lie on the cloth.

A seated man in a white dhoti with gold-bordered edges and a rudraksha mala holds a small silver oil lamp in his cupped hands, lit by its flame, while looking upward. He has a red bindi and rimless glasses, and bare shoulders. To the right, a woman in white with a gold-bordered sari and bangles presses her palms together in anjali. Other people in white garments hold lit oil lamps at the edges, with a silver tray in the foreground. The reddish floor and dark backdrop complete the setting.

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A photograph of a ritual offering at a pada puja setting. A shaved-headed woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari with a red bindi and rudraksha mala holds a small lamp or dish, while a man in white kurta with a rudraksha mala and glasses holds a matching lamp beside her. A woman in a white top with a rudraksha mala and a woman in yellow with folded hands sit nearby. A silver and gold thali with small brass vessels, red fruit and flower petals is in front of them, and an incense stick smoke trail rises. A monk in orange robes stands at left beside a golden ornate pillar, and a lit oil lamp sits on a tray at top right against orange and red drapery.

A seated devotional gathering in a temple hall during a Pada Puja. In the centre, a man in a white kurta with a rudraksha mala and a small red tilak sits with palms pressed together and eyes closed, a wristwatch visible. Beside him a woman in a red and white bandhani-patterned sari, with a red bindi and bangles, also sits with hands joined and eyes closed. Behind them a bald man in white with a gold chain and dark mala sits near a microphone on a stand. At right, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits beside a gilded ornamental pillar. A bald man with a white-and-red tilak at left is seated with folded hands. Pink lotus flowers and silver plates with offerings lie in front of the seated devotees.