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August 27 2012

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January 13 20172017-01-13March 25 20172017-03-25Close view of a puja ritual on a white floor. A hand holding a small brass spoon pours or offers from a brass vessel over a brass puja plate holding a brass lingam-shaped stand, yellow and orange flowers, a brass kalasha-style cup, and brass oil lamps. Another hand in the upper right rings a brass handbell. A person in white ritual cloth sits on a striped rug with pink, green and purple bands, wearing a gold wristwatch and red and white bracelets. Lit oil lamps, flower petals and incense sticks are visible. A green-garmented lap and orange cloth appear at the lower right. Only hands and partial bodies are visible; no face is shown.2017-01-25January 10 20172017-01-10January 24 20172017-01-24A row of brass puja trays on silver-edged stands stretches across a hall, each with oil lamps, pink and white flowers, a conch shell, brass bells and small copper cups on orange cloth. Several people in saffron-orange robes sit along the table, one hand reaching toward a flower plate. The lamps glow warmly in the dim room. No one's face is visible, and no one is identified as a person.2013-04-12 +2 copiesOctober 24 20122012-10-24January 07 20172017-01-07January 15 20172017-01-15A seated Varalakshmi Vratham puja on a striped woven floor mat. In the foreground a brass multi-wick oil lamp burns on a silver plate heaped with pink rose petals and white flowers, with a copper bowl of petals behind it, brass bells, a copper cup, betel leaves, a banana, a small oil lamp and incense sticks nearby. At the right edge a woman in a white sari with a gold border sits and performs the rite, with a rudraksha mala at her neck. Behind her, other seated participants in yellow and orange garments sit on the mats near more lamps, a steel jug and flower plates. Brass trays of petals and sweets sit on the edges of the scene.2024-11-28January 22 20172017-01-22January 24 20122012-01-24