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A temple ritual scene with several kalasha pots arranged on a gold-bordered maroon cloth. Each pot is a coconut topped with white jasmine garlands, set in colourful patterned bases, with green mango leaves at the rim. Behind them, several priests in white dhotis and white shawls sit cross-legged on the floor, one with a red thread on his wrist. Plates hold fruit, folded napkins, flowers and small brass vessels in the foreground, with a partly visible person at the left edge.

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March 11 2017

2017-03-11 +1 copies

A ritual setup on a white tiled floor. A large brass-and-silver stand holds a garland of yellow, red and white flowers draped over two small clay pots with coconut-shaped vessels. In front, a square fire-altar of stacked orange bricks, each painted with white, red and green patterns, surrounds a bowl of yellow liquid. Brass lamps, a coconut, apples, bananas, small bowls of kumkum and offerings sit on a silver tray and banana leaves. Seated behind on the floor, people in white dhotis and saffron-bordered cloth prepare the altar, with a glimpse of a pink sequined backdrop. The scene suggests a homa or yagna preparation.

A photograph of an outdoor ritual arrangement on bare reddish-brown ground. Central kalasha-style brass pots are draped with white and red flower garlands and sheaves of grass, set on a low brick platform with heaps of white rice and banana leaves. Around them are coconuts wrapped in white-and-blue checked cloth and netted, bunches of bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, two brass oil lamps and a small brass cup of liquid. No people are visible.

April 14 2018

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April 26 2018

2018-04-26 +1 copies

A photograph of a ritual offering table laid with a white cloth on sandy ground. In the foreground stands a polished silver pot with embossed floral patterns, topped with a conical mound of yellow turmeric paste decorated with yellow flowers and green leaves, and surrounded by a silver tray of yellow flowers. Beside it, a silver plate holds garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigold and red flowers. Behind them are coconuts, bananas, oranges, betel leaves, small brass cups and bowls, and a folded white cloth with gold borders. No people are clearly visible; the setting appears to be a temple-style puja arrangement.

Close view of a temple ritual with a person in a rust-red garment and a heavy white beaded necklace. Their hand holds a yellow turmeric-coated coconut above a row of three silver pots wrapped in white cloth with purple stripes. The pots are decorated with mango leaves, pink flowers and grass tied at their tops. Yellow turmeric blocks, fruit and white rice sit on a plate to the left, with a colourful striped mat behind. Only the lower body and hands of the person are visible, so no face is shown. The scene suggests kalasha puja offerings in a temple setting.

2018-04-26 +1 copies

Photograph of ritual offerings arranged on a stone surface: several coconuts wrapped with dried grass tied by strings, smeared with red kumkum, set in steel vessels covered with blue and white checked cloth and surrounded by green mango leaves and scattered pink flower petals. A blue-striped mat and a reddish wall are in the background. No people are visible.

A photograph of five silver kalasha pots arranged on a green banana leaf on a white cloth-covered table. Each pot is wrapped with white cotton thread in a net pattern and topped with a coconut wrapped in straw, with mango leaves fanned around the pots. The central, larger pot has a garland of white flowers on its coconut and a small red and black string tied at its neck. White rice grains are scattered at the base of the pots. Behind the table, blurred trays of flowers and rice suggest a ritual setting, with no people clearly visible.

March 15 2020

2020-03-15 +2 copies

Close-up photograph of ritual kalasha pots on a blue cloth. Two polished silver pots in the foreground and background each hold a coconut topped with green mango leaves, with red and yellow flowers, marigold-like blossoms and loose coconut husks scattered around. The background shows a white wall with red stripes. No people are visible, and no a person candidate appears in the frame.