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Close photo of a ritual in progress on a red mat. A person in white clothing with a yellow-bordered cloth and a floral-patterned bag beside them holds a small silver lamp with a lit oil flame. Their other hand, adorned with bangles, holds a silver-tone pot with a lotus-patterned base. Beside them stands a silver lamp stand with curling arms and a silver vessel. A saffron cloth lies under the items. The scene suggests a puja with oil lamps and sacred vessels. Only hands and forearms of one person are visible.

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Close photo of a person's hands performing a ritual with a lit oil lamp held over a polished silver vessel with embossed lotus-petal patterns. The wrist wears silver bangles. A silver lamp stand with curled arms holds the flame. Nearby, another person sits in white clothing beside an orange cloth bag with a floral red and brown print. The seating area has a deep red mat over orange and yellow woven cloth. The setting suggests a puja, with the oil lamp and silver vessel as the main offerings.2010-09-13Close-up photograph of a ritual being performed. In the foreground, a hand with a gold bangle holds a small silver lamp with a lit flame, its wick and oil cup visible. Behind it, a blurred arm in white clothing and silver ritual vessels fill the frame, and at right a person with long light-brown hair is out of focus. The setting appears to be a puja or aarti with an oil lamp.2010-10-28 +1 copiesClose-up photo of an aarti ritual: a priest in a white dhoti holds a silver camphor lamp with a large open flame in his right hand, while his left hand holds a small silver vessel. Only his hands, arms and lower body are visible, with a gold bangle on his wrist and a gold chain at his neck. He wears an orange shawl draped over the left side. The background is blurred with red and white striped pillars. Smoke rises from the flame.2010-12-19 +1 copiesOctober 27 20102010-10-27A blurred, washed-out close-up of a ritual scene with a lit flame at left and a silver ritual vessel with a curved handle at center. A hand holding a silver item rises from the upper right, next to a person in white and a figure in orange and white draped clothing. Another hand grips a beaded strand near the bottom. Visible people include a child in white at left, a woman with glasses and a bindi-marked forehead at upper right, and a partially visible person in yellow. The scene suggests a puja or aarti with a fire lamp. No one can be confidently identified as a person from appearance.2010-09-08Close-up photograph of a hand holding a silver oil lamp with a flame burning in its bowl. The hand wears a silver bangle and is raised in front of blurred ritual items, including silver plates and pink flowers. In the soft background a person in a yellow-green top is partly visible. The scene suggests a ritual lamp offering during a puja setting.2011-01-29October 10 20102010-10-10 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a ritual scene on an orange cloth. Silver oil lamps with flames and burning incense sticks sit on a silver stand and on silver dishes. Several people in white clothes are visible at the edges, their hands reaching toward the lamps, and scattered yellow petals lie on the cloth. A colourful striped mat and an orange-and-gold fabric appear at the right. No face is visible and no one can be identified.2010-08-06August 08 20102010-08-08 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual aarti scene with several people holding small silver oil lamps with lit flames. In the foreground, a hand reaches toward a silver lamp with a flickering flame, while a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and white shawl with a red bindi holds a lamp near his face. Behind him, people in orange and saffron shawls hold lamps as well. A silver plate with lamps and offerings sits in the lower left. The setting appears to be a devotional gathering with lamp offerings.2010-09-08December 16 20162016-12-16May 24 20132013-05-24