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A photograph inside a tent decorated with gold and mirrored fabric panels and red-and-orange embroidered hangings. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a white garment and a rudraksha-style necklace, sits cross-legged holding a small brass vessel near a flame at a ritual setup. Pink flowers stand in vases at the sides, and a decorated ritual arrangement with a lit flame sits on a low table. In the foreground, a bare-headed person in orange clothing sits facing the altar, and the back of another seated figure is visible at the lower left. The scene appears to be a fire ritual or puja.

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A figure with long dark hair, bare-shouldered in a white wrap over a yellow garment and wearing a rudraksha-style necklace, sits behind a white-draped table set with brass ritual vessels and small lamps. The figure extends both hands forward holding a silver bowl. Behind the table, an orange-robed person with short hair sits with hands folded. Two seated devotees are visible at the lower edge. The backdrop is gold fabric with diamond-pattern patterns, decorated with ornate red and gold hanging panels. a person (long hair, white and yellow clothing, rudraksha necklace) is performing an offering at the table in a satsang-style gathering.2005-05-25May 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copiesMay 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copiesA seated woman with long dark hair and a white garment pours liquid from a silver vessel into a large silver bowl on a white-draped table, a ritual abhishekam-style offering. Behind her, gold-coloured draped fabric is decorated with mirrored diamond patterns and two ornate red-and-gold canopy panels, with pink lotus flowers in a vase at right. A man in an orange-saffron robe sits at the right edge, and several people's heads are visible in the lower foreground, facing the table.2005-05-25May 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copiesMay 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copiesA woman with long dark hair, wearing a white sari with a gold border, stands at left holding a brass lamp or arati plate in a puja setting. Behind her, another woman in white sits near a decorated ceremonial umbrella with a fringed, colourful canopy. On the right, a small altar draped in an orange cloth holds flowers, a pink and white decorated deity murti, brass vessels and offerings. The back wall is covered with a brightly patterned textile hanging with embroidered bands. A third person in white is partly visible at the far left edge. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja at a home or temporary shrine.2005-05-25A photograph of a temple-like indoor puja. On the right, a deity murti or image adorned with pink and white flower garlands sits on an orange cloth-draped platform in front of a decorated backdrop with colourful patterned hangings. In the centre-left, a standing person in a white dhoti-style garment with a long dark braid waves a white flowing cloth or chamara-like whisk above the altar, while another figure in orange robes stands behind. A colourful fringed parasol canopy is visible behind them, and a few other people in white clothing are partly visible at the left edge. Brass lamps and a small plate sit near the altar.2005-05-25A ritual scene in an indoor hall with pale walls and hanging lights. On the right, a decorated altar is draped in orange cloth with colourful embroidered borders and a striped canopy overhead. A garlanded image sits on a pink-and-white floral decoration atop a small wooden table. A long-haired figure in white with orange-gold borders stands at the centre holding a silver vessel, while a woman in white beside her holds a second vessel. Seated devotees in white and sarees line the lower left, and a few people stand in the background. Flower petals are scattered on the floor.2005-05-25May 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copiesMay 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copiesMay 25 20052005-05-25 +1 copies