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A woman in an orange sari with a black beaded necklace and red bangles pours or offers from a small silver bowl onto a large ornate gold tray. The tray holds many small silver cups and dishes, some filled with white liquid, pink lotus flowers and green leaves, and a red fruit at the lower edge. Other people's dark-haired heads are blurred in the foreground. No a person candidate is visible.

Close-up of a puja ritual on a brass thali. A hand pours liquid from a small brass vessel over a flower-filled bowl. The tray holds orange and red flowers, green leaves, incense sticks, a small lit oil lamp, brass cups and a white shell. Blurred figures in red and orange garments sit in the background, with more brass trays and lamps glowing behind them. The scene suggests Pratyaksha Pada Puja offering at the feet of the teacher.

Close photograph of an abhishekam offering. A young woman in an orange sari with red and gold bangles pours milk from a small silver-and-gold bowl over an offering. Golden and silver trays hold red apples, pink flowers and green leaves, and a silver bowl of white liquid sits nearby. Blurred dark-haired heads and a beige sleeve frame the foreground, with a second hand holding a silver lid. The scene is a temple abhishekam ritual.

A group of women seated closely together in a devotional setting, many wearing orange and maroon saris. In the centre, a woman in an orange sari with a red bindi and white forehead markings holds a silver tray of small silver lamps and vessels, with a lit flame visible. A woman in front, in an orange sari with multiple gold bangles, reaches toward the tray with one hand. Others around them have hands folded in prayer or are chanting, and a woman at right in a yellow sari also has folded hands. Silver dishes with fruit and offerings sit in the lower left foreground. The scene suggests puja or aarti, with smoke and light rising from the lamps.

Close photo of ritual offering preparation on a gold-decorated altar. Two women in red saris with gold borders hold small silver vessels, one pouring or offering from a silver cup, over a silver tray of pink and red flower petals and silver bowls. A bare-armed woman in a red blouse with gold-embroidered sleeve, bangles and a bracelet reaches in from the left, and a blurred figure with long dark hair in a pale top stands at the right edge. Gold ornate carved surfaces fill the background.

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A photograph of a ceremony with a young woman in the foreground wearing a cream sari with a green, red and orange striped border and an orange blouse, sitting and gazing upward while holding a pink lotus blossom in a small silver dish with both hands. Behind her, another woman in a yellow sari with an orange border holds a small object. In the left foreground, a large ornate gold tray holds a polished silver tray with small silver bowls of offerings. Other partially visible people sit nearby, including one with blonde hair at the right edge. No prominent figure matching the a person description is clearly visible.

Devotees seated in rows during a ritual in a hall, several holding brass oil lamps and small plates with lit flames. In the foreground a woman in orange robes with a rudraksha-style mala and orange tilak on her forehead looks forward. Beside her a short-haired blonde woman in white top and a red-brown rudraksha mala raises a lit lamp. Behind them other participants in orange and maroon robes, tilaks and malas hold flames, with a golden ornate frame and red banner visible on the wall. No individual clearly matches the ceremonial presentation cues needed for a person identification, so no candidate is marked.