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September 14 2015

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A close photograph of a ritual lit with a flame. Hands in orange saffron robes and red-and-gold garments hold a lit wick or lamp over a metal plate heaped with rose petals and yellow marigold flowers, with a red cloth beneath. Orange cloth dominates the left side and a red garment with gold border the right. Offerings and a flame suggest an aarti or puja. No faces are visible; the figures are seen only from the hands down.2015-09-14A photo of a padapuja-style offering: a figure in orange cloth sits on a gold-framed seat with red and white flower garlands draped over the orange garment. In the foreground, a silver tray holds red roses, white jasmine-type flowers, green leaves and gold-coloured fruit or bead-like offerings, beside a lit silver oil lamp with a flame. Two hands in white or cream sleeves hold a small silver vessel and reach toward the tray. Only hands and partial limbs of people are visible. The scene is set on a red cloth with a gold chair in the background.2009-12-08September 14 20152015-09-14September 14 20152015-09-14June 27 20142014-06-27December 07 20092009-12-07September 14 20152015-09-14A padapuja ritual with a devotee's bare foot resting on a brass plate heaped with white jasmine, pink petals and green leaves. In the foreground, a figure in a rust-red robe with a gold border and white jasmine garland kneels or sits over the plate. Behind, a woman in a teal sari sits with palms pressed together in namaskar, and a figure in orange robes wears rudraksha beads and a bracelet. Scattered petals cover the red floor and a white cloth lies at lower left.2014-06-27 +1 copiesClose photo of seated ritual participants during a puja with brass oil lamps lit on a low table. In the foreground a person in an orange-red garment and rudraksha bracelets holds a small brass lamp with a flame. Behind, a figure in white dhoti with yellow border sits beside others in cream and beige cloth. Brass plates hold yellow and orange flowers, rice, bowls and small brass vessels, and a brass kalasha-like vessel stands among them. Several other lamps burn across the table.2017-01-06 +1 copiesDecember 03 20092009-12-03November 20 20112011-11-20May 24 20182018-05-24 +1 copies