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A photograph of a seated puja ritual in an indoor hall with a glossy floor. In the foreground, two monks in saffron-orange robes with maroon borders sit cross-legged with palms pressed together in prayer; the nearer one is bald and wears glasses. Behind them a row of devotees in orange and white clothing sits with hands folded, some with white ash lines on their foreheads. Brass lamps with lit oil wicks, brass bowls, a plate of offerings and flower-like items sit on orange cloths along the floor. A tripod-mounted camera stands at upper right. Several people are visible in the scene.

Three men in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged in prayer with palms pressed together before a red curtain. The man in front wears rimless glasses, a long rudraksha mala and a gold bracelet. Behind him, two other men sit with hands folded in namaste; one wears white and orange cloth. Brass puja items, a bell, a small oil lamp, a brass plate and flower offerings sit on an orange cloth in the foreground, indicating a puja.

A row of seated men performing a puja on orange mats along a polished floor. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and white shawl wears a rudraksha mala and bands of white ash on his arms and forehead, holding his hands open in a mudra. Beside him men in orange robes sit with brass plates, small oil lamps and flower offerings arranged before them, and red drapes hang behind. Several other men in white and orange are seated further back.

A photograph of a seated ritual gathering indoors. In the foreground, two men in saffron-orange robes with maroon borders sit on the floor before brass puja vessels, one with a bald head and glasses pressing palms together, the other with a rudraksha-style bead necklace holding an offering. Behind them, a row of people in orange and white sits along the floor, some with white sacred ash on their foreheads and arms, hands folded in prayer. Small oil lamps and brass plates with offerings lie on an orange cloth. A woman in orange sari-style dress sits among the line. Other seated devotees fill the background near orange cushions.

A row of men seated on the floor in a ritual hall, hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed, in a pada puja or similar devotional rite. The foreground man wears a white dhoti with gold border, rudraksha mala and gold bangle. Behind them, men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white ash markings on their arms sit before small brass oil lamps and offering plates on red and green cloths. Soft lamplight glows in the background.

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September 15 2011

Seated devotees in orange and saffron robes perform a ritual in a hall with a deep red curtain behind them. In the foreground a man with a red tilak on his forehead and hands joined in namaskar chants with eyes closed, beside a man in glasses with hands folded. Further back a bald priest in saffron and a younger man with clasped hands sit before a low tray holding brass vessels and offerings. A child is partly visible at the left edge. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so the a person field is unsure.

A photograph of a seated group of men performing a puja on a polished white floor in a hall with red curtains. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes with a sacred thread and rudraksha mala sits with hands pressed together in prayer, his eyes closed. Beside him, another man in orange with glasses and a forehead mark sits with palms joined. To the right, men in white dhotis with maroon borders and bare upper bodies sit in prayer, one ringing a brass bell. Brass plates with flower offerings, small oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and an orange cloth are arranged on the floor in front of them. Devotees sit in the background.

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