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A photograph of a seated devotional ritual in a courtyard with red walls. In the foreground, several silver thali trays hold small bowls of offerings, flowers, and red and yellow items, with a golden tray at the center. A bald man in white dhoti with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded in prayer, while beside him a bald man in white wears an orange shawl and a younger man in white with a rudraksha mala also sits with palms joined. Women in white and yellow saris with yellow shawls kneel in front with hands pressed together. On the right, a figure in orange robes sits on a raised golden seat beside decorated golden cabinets holding fruit. Several men in white dhotis sit at left, one holding a microphone. Seven or more people are visible.2010-08-04August 01 20102010-08-01A seated devotional puja scene with hands pressed in anjali. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti sits with palms together and a red bindi. Beside him a woman in a cream sari with red-and-gold border and bangles sits with palms joined, wearing a beaded mala. At left a bald priest with a white tripundra on his forehead and gold necklaces sits in white ritual clothes, hands together. Brass trays with small oil lamps and yellow flowers are in front, and a gold-carved wooden seat with red cushions stands at right. A figure in orange saffron robes sits on the right edge, and a golden-carved peetha is visible. A partly visible person sits at the bottom edge.2010-08-08December 27 20162016-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27August 07 20102010-08-07A photograph of a devotional puja where several devotees sit on the floor with hands joined in namaskar. In the foreground, silver thalis hold offerings of fruit, sweets, yellow and red flowers, and small bowls of food, arranged around a golden platform. At the left edge, a figure in an orange robe with bare feet reaches toward the offerings. Among the devotees, a young man in white with a rudraksha mala and gold bangle, a woman in a yellow shawl over white clothes, a woman in a white sari with a striped border and rudraksha mala, and a young man in white with a yellow shawl are visible, along with a bald man in white. Oil lamps and kumkum-marked trays sit on the mats behind them, consistent with a padapuja-style offering ceremony.2010-08-08August 01 20102010-08-01December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 27 20132013-12-27December 22 20162016-12-22