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May 08 20152015-05-08A group ritual with several people holding lit oil lamps (aarti) over brass and glass offering trays filled with flowers, fruit and food. A shaved-headed man in the centre wears a gold beaded necklace and a white dhoti with a pink border, and is lighting a lamp. To the left, a man in white kurta with a name badge holds a lamp aloft, and a woman in a green saree sits nearby with hands folded. Behind them a man in a white headband and white garment speaks into a microphone. Smoke rises from a lamp, and a figure in orange robes appears at the right edge. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible; the figures are devotees and priests in white ritual attire.2010-09-17A group puja in a hall with a pink wall and dark red curtain. Several men in white dhotis and gold necklaces sit on the floor holding oil lamps and performing aarti, one with a holy-ash mark on his forehead. A woman in white with folded hands sits nearby, and a woman with a yellow-bordered white sari kneels in prayer in the foreground. Brass trays hold pink flowers, fruit and a kalasha-like vessel, and a gold-trimmed altar stands at the right. A microphone is visible near a saffron-robed man. Whether any of these men is a person cannot be determined from appearance.2010-10-19A photograph of a ritual aarti scene indoors on an orange cloth. In the foreground, a woman in an orange shawl and white garment sits with palms pressed together, and a man in a white dhoti sits beside her. A bald priest with white tripundra markings on his forehead and a sacred thread waves a lit oil lamp in front of a woman in a yellow-and-white sari with folded hands. Another woman in a pink-bordered sari holds a small lamp, and a row of brass plates with oil lamps and offerings sits on the floor. Several other devotees in white, yellow and orange sit in the background, with a brass lamp stand and fruit on a table at the top right. a person, seated at right in orange robes, is partly visible at the edge of the frame, and his presence is uncertain.2010-11-30A photograph of a group puja in a hall with a dark maroon curtain and pink wall. Several people sit on the floor in white ritual clothes with red-and-white borders, many with white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. Two men in the centre hold lit oil lamps in cupped hands, and a woman in white with folded palms sits beside them. A young shaved-headed priest at right, wearing a gold necklace and holding a lamp, is seated before a golden tray holding apples, pink flowers, a kalasha-style offering and plates of food. At far right, an orange-robed figure stands near a gold-framed altar table with fruit. Smoke rises in the background. A woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl sits in the foreground, and a Western-looking woman in a cream top sits at left. Padapuja-style ritual with lamps and offerings.2010-10-19May 13 20132013-05-13A homa fire is burning inside a fire pit built of white stone blocks, decorated with pink flowers. A man in a white shirt and a woman in a yellow sari sit on the left and centre, while two girls in red and a boy in a checked shirt sit nearby. A young priest in orange robes sits in the right foreground, holding a ritual implement and near a brass plate of offerings. Behind them is a golden throne-like seat and framed photographs hang on the pillared hall wall.November 06 20112011-11-06February 26 20062006-02-26October 18 20122012-10-18A photograph of a homa fire ritual indoors on a speckled floor. A fire burns in a yellow-orange square fire pit decorated with pink flower garlands and white painted lines, with smoke rising from it. Seated around it, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a red forehead mark presses his palms together, and a woman in a white sari with gold border and a black beaded mala sits with folded hands. Other seated devotees in white clothes and rudraksha-style beads are nearby. Brass vessels, a ladle, a lamp and an open book rest beside the pit, and a person in an orange top holds ritual items at right. A timestamp reads 1 3 2006 in the corner.A homa performed on a white stone fire pit built in tiers, with pink and red flower petals scattered over the stones and small brass vessels and a copper cup set on the platform. A young priest in saffron-orange robes and a red-orange shawl sits at the right, holding a ladle and tending the fire, with thin smoke rising. Opposite him, a man in a white shirt sits behind a brass lamp and a flower-decorated tray, beside a woman in a mustard-yellow sari and a woman in a red sari. Several children sit in the background under a hall with white pillars and a hanging decorative strand.