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A photograph of a ritual preparation on a red and blue patterned rug. A woman's hand, wearing silver bangles, holds incense sticks over a silver tray holding small silver bowls and a silver candelabra with several lit oil lamps. Folded orange and red silk cloths lie beside the tray. Partly visible at right is a person in a white and green sari with gold border. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering arranged on the floor.

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A close photo of a puja set-up on a red and blue patterned mat. A woman kneels at left in a cream sari with a green border, her bare forearm and silver bangles visible as she holds a lit incense stick over a silver tray of small oil lamps, several of them burning. Beside the tray lie folded orange cloths. At lower right a partly visible person in white clothing sits, cropped at the edge of the frame.2010-10-19A photograph of a ritual setup on an orange cloth. A silver tray holds several silver oil lamps lit with flames, incense sticks standing upright, and small silver cups. A woman in a pale pink sari with gold border sits cross-legged at the top, her hands handling incense sticks. Folded orange and red silk cloths with gold borders lie beside the tray, and a metal bowl sits at the right edge.2010-10-26November 02 20102010-11-02Close photo of a devotee's hands holding a small brass cup with a lit incense stick over a silver puja thali. The thali holds orange and red flowers, green leaves, brass cups, a small brass lamp and a white shell. In the blurred background, other devotees in red and orange clothing hold similar thalis with lit lamps. The scene suggests a pada puja offering.2016-12-22 +1 copiesNovember 02 20102010-11-02October 02 20112011-10-02October 27 20102010-10-27Close-up photo of a puja at a gold-decorated altar. Two people sit on an orange cloth: on the left, a man in white dhoti and white upper cloth with white tilak-like markings on his arm and a gold ring, holding a silver oil lamp (deepa) with a lit flame; on the right, a woman in cream and patterned clothing with bangles and a ring, placing incense sticks and a silver bowl. A silver tray holds a pink item and small silver vessels, with silver trays on the orange cloth at the bottom. Behind them is an ornate gold-finished altar with a lit lamp at the top. Only the hands, arms and lower bodies of the two people are visible.2011-02-13January 12 20172017-01-12Close photograph of a polished silver puja tray on a reddish-brown cloth. Several lit oil lamps with flames sit among silver cups and a small silver jug, with thin incense sticks burning upright in a holder and wisps of smoke rising. A patterned rug and a draped fabric are blurred in the background. No people are visible.2010-11-30Close view of a ritual worship scene. Two people sit cross-legged on an orange cloth in white garments: the figure on the left wears a white dhoti with a maroon border and gold bangles, with white sandalwood paste on the arm, and holds a silver lamp stand with a lit flame; the figure on the right wears cream and white robes with a bangle and ring, and holds a small silver vessel. Between them sits a silver tray with a pink fruit, a small silver bowl and incense sticks. Silver trays with orange cloth lie in the foreground, and an ornate gold-coloured altar stands behind.2011-02-13Close-up of a ritual arrangement on a silver tray: two silver oil lamps with lit wicks stand at left and centre, with white sugar crystals placed beside the base of the central lamp. A hand wearing a ring with a small round emblem and a beaded bracelet holds an incense stick toward the flame. Behind is a hammered copper bowl with engraved floral patterns, and the surface beneath is draped in orange-red cloth. The scene suggests a puja offering being prepared, with no visible faces.2010-08-28