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August 18 2011

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August 18 20112011-08-18November 25 20102010-11-25September 04 20112011-09-04 +1 copiesA seated group of shaved-headed men in white ritual dhotis and shawls with red borders performs a ceremony in a bright hall with peach walls and tall windows. Many hold small oil lamps flame-up and brass vessels, and some offer lamps toward the front. Brass plates with flower petals, fruit, and yellow offerings sit on orange cloth before them, and audience members in the background watch. Rudraksha malas are visible around several necks. Hanging red, yellow, and blue banners decorate the upper corners.2010-09-12September 04 20112011-09-04 +1 copiesA seated group of men in white dhotis and shawls perform an oil lamp ritual indoors. Many hold small brass lamps with lit flames, and brass plates, bowls and small copper vessels sit on orange mats before them. Most wear rudraksha malas and some have white sacred ash marks on their foreheads and arms. At lower right, a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes holds a lit lamp in his cupped hands. Blue plates with flowers and fruit and a folder rest on the floor, and a striped cloth hangs at upper right. Several men at the back raise lamps overhead.2010-10-22 +1 copiesA group of shaved-headed men in white dhotis and shawls with red borders sit on a floor covered with orange mats and cloth, holding small brass lamps or oil lamps and gesturing as if performing a ritual. A brass plate with flowers, a red-and-white offering, and a metal tray sit in front of them. Several men wear rudraksha malas and white-painted tripundra marks on their foreheads and arms. One man in saffron/orange cloth and a rudraksha mala sits at the front right with a small lamp, while behind the group standing figures and a chair appear in the background. Copyright overlay text appears at the lower right.2010-10-28October 25 20102010-10-25A group of shaved-headed men in white dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged on the floor of an indoor hall during a pada puja style ritual. Many hold lit oil lamps aloft while chanting, and some wear white and ochre tilak marks, rudraksha malas and wrist beads. Brass plates, small bowls, flowers and a red cloth with offerings lie on the floor in front. Behind them, a man in white holds a lamp, and red chairs and a white curtain fill the background. No one is identified as a person.2011-02-28June 05 20112011-06-05A photograph of a seated puja in a bright hall with pink walls and a golden throne-like seat with a red cushion in the background. Several men in white dhotis and white upper cloths sit cross-legged on orange mats, many with rudraksha malas and white and sandalwood tilak marks on their foreheads, holding lit oil lamps and offering flames with raised arms. Brass plates hold flowers, petals and small offerings, and a pink container sits in the foreground. Several sitters are visible, their faces partly turned toward the lamps. No identifiable a person candidate is present; the central figures are priests or devotees performing the lamp offering.2010-10-29November 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copies