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Close-up photo of a priest's hands performing a ritual over silver puja vessels. The man wears white dhoti and upper cloth with red-and-white striped borders and a heavy gold bead necklace, plus a gold bangle on his wrist. His hands are held together over a cupped palm, with white flowers or cloth between his fingers. On the lower left, a red apple and small silver bowls sit on a silver tray, and a gold-embossed tray lies below. Part of a person in a yellow garment is visible at the left edge. Ritual activity with silver bowls suggests puja offerings.

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Close-up photograph of a person in white ritual clothing with a red-bordered cloth, seated at a puja. Their hands, adorned with rudraksha mala bracelets and white ash stripes on the forearms, hold white flower petals over an arrangement of ornate silver bowls and vessels. A heavy gold necklace with round gold beads hangs from the neck, with a small oval pendant showing a printed portrait of a person with reddish-orange clothing. Fresh green leaves, a red apple and white flowers lie on the silver trays in the foreground. The image is a photo of a physical person performing a padapuja-style offering, and the printed pendant portrait is not a physical person.2010-09-08October 29 20102010-10-29September 08 20102010-09-08 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a priest in white ritual dress with a red-and-white border, seated at a silver puja tray. Both hands hold white flower petals over silver bowls, with fruit, green leaves and a red cloth on the tray. A gold necklace with a large pendant holding a small photograph of a person hangs at the chest, and the priest wears rudraksha beads on the wrist and white ash stripes on the arms. The scene appears to be a padapuja offering, with the priest's hand placed on the tray.2010-09-08November 02 20102010-11-02November 24 20102010-11-24A close photograph of a shaven-headed priest in a white dhoti and maroon-bordered cloth, bare-chested and marked with white ash stripes on his forehead and arms, with a red dot on his brow. He wears a gold bead necklace and a rudraksha bracelet, and pours water from a silver vessel over a silver plate during a ritual. Another man's hands and a bald head appear in the foreground, and silver and gold ritual vessels fill the lower frame.2010-09-08October 23 20102010-10-23 +1 copiesA bald man with white sacred ash markings on his forehead and arms sits on the ground, bare-chested under a white dhoti with a red border. He wears a gold bead necklace and rudraksha mala on his wrist, and he is pouring from or handing over silver bowls onto a large silver tray filled with offerings, including a red apple and green leaves. Another person's hands reach in from the right to take bowls, and a bare-armed person in white is visible at the top edge. The setting is an outdoor paved area during a ritual serving.2010-09-08Close view of a person in a white dhoti-style garment with a thin maroon border performing a puja. Their hands, one resting over the other, hold white flower petals over a silver tray. Silver bowls and dishes with engraved rims sit on the tray, with a red apple and green leaves at the lower edge. The person wears a heavy gold necklace with bead-shaped links and a pendant containing a small framed portrait, and a bracelet of rudraksha beads on one wrist. White ash markings streak the forearm. The setting is an outdoor ritual with a silver kalasha-style vessel at the left edge.2010-09-08November 14 20102010-11-14A man with a shaved head and tilak on his forehead sits cross-legged on a patterned cushion on an orange cloth, hands pressed together in anjali mudra with eyes closed. He wears a white dhoti and shawl with red borders, a gold bead necklace and a gold bangle. In front of him on a silver tray are brass kalasha, a conch shell, small silver bowls of colored powders and rice, brass cups and incense sticks in a glass holder. Behind him are orange cloths and a drum, with a banner partly visible at left.2010-12-14