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December 22 2016

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Close photo of hands offering a puja item during a ritual. A pair of hands in the foreground holds a small white offering decorated with orange marigold petals and green leaves, with a thin incense stick rising beside it. Behind, blurred figures in orange and red patterned clothing hold brass plates of similar offerings, with oil lamps visible on the plates. A plastic water bottle sits at the lower right. The scene suggests a Pratyaksha Pada Puja offering.2016-12-22Close photo of a woman's hands cupped together, holding a small white offering with an orange flower and green leaves, during a puja. Her wrist wears a red beaded bracelet and she wears a red sleeve. Blurred figures in orange and red robes sit behind, with brass puja plates holding lit oil lamps and incense sticks in the foreground. A water bottle sits at lower right.2016-12-22 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a woman's hands cupping a small white offering with a red flower and green grass blades. She wears a bracelet and an orange-red garment. Blurred in the background are other participants in orange and red clothing, with brass plates holding lamps and offerings.2016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22Close photo of a devotee's cupped hands holding a small white offering with a red flower bud and green leaves. The person wears an orange shawl with black Sanskrit script, a gold bangle, and white clothing. Other seated devotees in white and orange shawls are blurred in the background.2016-07-15Close photo of a puja offering. A silver tray holds a heap of pink and white flowers, red petals and green leaves, with a figure in orange clothing at the left edge. Behind it, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a flower or leaf between his fingers over small gold bowls. A woman in a dark-haired head is visible at the lower right, her hands cupped and holding green leaves. Gold bowls with red and yellow contents sit on a cloth in the background.2009-11-20May 02 20142014-05-02Close view of a ritual puja in progress at dusk. In the foreground a person in white clothing with a rudraksha mala and a bead bracelet holds a silver tray with pink flower petals, small brass bowls, a lit oil lamp, a camphor flame, incense sticks, and white flowers. Behind, another tray with lit oil lamps and offerings is held by a person in white. A second person in white with a dark mala sits at the right, and soft purple light and incense smoke fill the background.2018-01-03December 30 20112011-12-30December 28 20112011-12-28September 20 20112011-09-20