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April 30 2012

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October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesApril 30 20122012-04-30Several children in white shirts and white dhotis sit cross-legged on a red mat during a ritual. A boy in the foreground holds a silver plate with ash or powder, dipping his fingers into it while a red shawl printed with repeated a person script hangs beside a standing figure in white dhoti on the right. Other seated participants, some with wrist threads, sit behind them in a meditative group setting.2016-02-20 +1 copiesFebruary 20 20162016-02-20 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual aarti offering. A man in a white dhoti with a maroon border holds a silver tray bearing a lit oil lamp with a visible flame and a small silver bell. A second person in an orange garment, wearing a gold beaded necklace with a small framed portrait pendant, reaches to ring the bell and holds an orange cloth. Gold and silver bangles adorn the wrists, and a second gold-beaded necklace with a small portrait pendant hangs on the left. Smoke rises from the lamp against a blurred background of other devotees in white and orange.2010-12-19 +1 copiesA photograph of devotees at a ritual, with a man in white shirt and rudraksha mala holding an ornate silver bowl with a rim, and another man in white shirt wearing glasses and a mala on the left. A smiling woman in a white sari with a bindi and tilak and a woman in a green sari are visible in the background, with a blurred crowd around them. Offering bowls suggest prasadam or abhishekam service. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible in the frame.2011-12-08Close view of a large ornate metal vessel with a hammered, checkered pattern and embossed rim, filled with white grains or rice. A hand with bangles and a beaded bracelet holds a shallow silver-toned plate partly over the vessel, while another hand in the background sprinkles or adjusts the contents. A white cloth with a red border and an orange cloth lie beneath. No face of any person is visible, so the scene reads as a ritual preparation such as an offering or grain-filling step.2012-04-30October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesClose view of a ritual offering being prepared on a gold tray. A woman in a magenta sari with gold bangles and red and gold glass bangles pours liquid from a small silver cup into a silver bowl. Several silver bowls hold red and white flowers, red apples and rose petals. A shirtless blurred person in white sits in the foreground, and another person's dark clothing appears at the lower right. The background is gold-toned.2011-11-01Close-up of a pair of hands pouring or scooping fine pale grain from a small ornate silver-coloured plate into a large engraved metal bucket filled with the same grain. The bucket has a repoussé scroll border and a woven basket-like pattern. Gold bangles are worn on the wrist. Behind, a person in a white garment with a maroon border stands on a dark floor beside an orange cloth. The scene looks like a ritual grain offering or measuring at a temple or ashram, with no visible crowd.2012-04-30October 28 20102010-10-28 +2 copiesClose photograph of a ritual offering on a gold tray. A man in a white shirt with a gold bangle and a dark beaded necklace reaches over silver bowls and a gold vessel. A woman's hand with gold bangles and rings holds a silver cup at left. Red and orange flowers, a small brass lamp and a red fruit sit among the silver dishes. A dark-haired head is in the lower foreground. Hindu puja offerings are being arranged.2011-10-05