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September 21 2010

A padapuja-style ritual on a golden platform. Several women in orange and white saris, some wearing rudraksha malas, kneel around silver plates filled with fruit, pink lotus flowers, and white flower petals. The woman in the centre wears an orange shawl and holds a small silver vessel in one hand while extending her other hand toward a pink lotus. A seated figure in orange robes sits on a red-cushioned gold throne at the right, with another person in the foreground and a woman seated in white further back. The setting is a courtyard with red and white walls.

A group of devotees sits on the floor in a red-walled hall, preparing a puja. Several people lean over a long brass tray holding pink flowers, white jasmine-like blossoms, small brass bowls and a red fruit. A bare-chested man in white dhoti and shawl with red-and-gold border, and a shaved-headed young man in white dhoti, reach toward the flowers. Women wear yellow and green saris, rudraksha malas and forehead marks. A woman in orange sari stands in the background beside a lamp.

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A photograph of a Hindu ritual scene in a hall. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds small oil lamps with lit flames above a golden tray of offerings. Around him, several people sit on the floor: a bare-chested priest with a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, a woman in a white and green sari with a black beaded necklace, a woman in orange, and a child. Other participants in white dhotis sit with their backs to the camera. To the right, a golden seat is decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands, and a figure in orange robes sits on it, partly cropped. Golden ritual vessels and marigold garlands fill the frame.

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A photograph of a seated man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala on a gilded, red-cushioned throne, hands folded, eyes closed, with long swept-back hair. a person, seated on the throne as the central figure. In front of the throne, a row of devotees kneel and sit on the floor: a woman in a green sari and a man in cream-white dhoti-style clothing with folded hands, a shaven-headed priest in white, and women in yellow and dark clothing in the foreground. Before them stand silver trays with pink lotus flowers and offerings, and a small tray of apples sits on the carved wooden stand beside the throne.

A padapuja scene in an ashram courtyard. Seated on the left, a figure in an orange robe with an ornate gold throne behind them is partly visible, with a large garland of red roses and white flowers draped over the seat. In the centre, a woman in a white sari with a magenta border holds a gold object above a gold tray of fruit, pink cloth, brass bowls and small containers. Beside her, a man in a white dhoti with a striped border and rudraksha mala holds a gold vessel. Several women in white and yellow clothing surround the tray, and one woman in orange sits in the foreground with her long dark hair visible. The setting is an open courtyard with a red-and-white striped wall at the top right.

September 07 2009

A seated man in a white kurta with a dark rudraksha mala and a small pendant holds a pink lotus over a small silver vessel with both hands, eyes closed, with white and red tilak on his forehead and wire-rimmed glasses. Beside him a woman in a cream sari with green border and black beaded necklace sits with hands folded and eyes closed. In the foreground silver bowls hold apple slices, shredded white vegetable, and a whole red apple, with a figure in orange robes and bare feet seated at the right edge. The setting suggests a ritual offering with silver puja plates.