A photograph of two shaved-headed priests in white dhotis with maroon-red borders, seen from behind, performing a puja at a shrine. The nearer priest, bare-shouldered with a rudraksha mala, reaches forward with a lit oil lamp or flame toward an altar set on a green cloth. Brass pots, a banana, flowers and open ritual books lie on the floor beside them, and a black metal cabinet stands at right. - Nithyanandapedia

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A photograph of two shaved-headed priests in white dhotis with maroon-red borders, seen from behind, performing a puja at a shrine. The nearer priest, bare-shouldered with a rudraksha mala, reaches forward with a lit oil lamp or flame toward an altar set on a green cloth. Brass pots, a banana, flowers and open ritual books lie on the floor beside them, and a black metal cabinet stands at right.

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