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May 09 20122012-05-09Photo 11680124May 09 20122012-05-09 +2 copiesSeptember 23 20102010-09-23A photograph of a home puja set up in a bright room with large windows and a wall of textured brown tiles. Around a central altar draped in pink and white flowers and a tall floral garland, a seated priest in a saffron-orange garment performs the rite while others sit on a patterned red rug. Brass and silver trays hold fruit, sweets, flower offerings and small lamps arranged in a circle. On the right, a figure in a magenta silk sari sits near a pink cushioned chair. A man in white kurta sits at left, and women in orange, yellow and red saris and children in white and yellow attend the ceremony. The setting appears to be a family puja with flower garlands, kalasha-style offerings and devotees seated on the floor.2008-07-29September 22 20092009-09-22 +1 copiesMay 07 20122012-05-07 +1 copiesSeptember 23 20102010-09-23A temple puja in progress: a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with rudraksha mala kneels on a red-and-orange striped cloth, offering a silver plate of flowers, fruit and sweets toward a woman in a green salwar kameez with a face mask. Brass lamps, kumkum and flower bowls surround them. Behind, gold-clad deity murti stand before a yellow wall with garlands. No visible person matches the a person candidate criteria, so the priest is described by role only.2021-08-08Four-panel collage of temple and ashram ritual scenes. Top-left: a long hall with rows of seated devotees in white and green clothes, several women in saris with flower garlands, and a banner on the wall. Top-right: a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl performs worship before an adorned deity murti decorated with flower garlands, with a tall temple gopuram and banana-plant decorations. Bottom-left: a priest in saffron-orange robes holds a lit lamp near a fire, with trays of flowers and fruit before a seated figure in white. Bottom-right: a shaved-headed priest in white with a rudraksha mala raises a flame as an assistant in saffron sits beside him; trays of marigold petals, coconuts and brass vessels lie on the floor. Collage of ritual scenes; no individual is clearly identifiable as a specific person.2011-11-29 +2 copiesNovember 12 20102010-11-12 +1 copiesNovember 07 20112011-11-07 +1 copies