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A photograph of a devotional padapuja-style ritual indoors. In the centre, an older man with grey hair, a red bindi and a rudraksha mala around his neck, wears a white shirt and holds a small silver cup with both hands while bowing forward. Beside him a young woman in a yellow shawl and a yellow-and-blue sari presses her palms together in prayer. Behind them, several people in white garments stand or sit, and in the foreground silver trays of flowers, fruit and offerings sit on a cloth. At the right, a seated figure in an orange robe is partly visible in front of a red cushioned gold-trimmed throne. The setting is a plain pink-walled hall.

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A photo of a seated man with grey hair, glasses and a grey moustache, wearing a white kurta and a rudraksha mala, holding a small silver vessel and a stick in his hands over a silver tray of offerings with a red apple. Two people in the foreground are partly visible with their heads turned away, one in a yellow shawl at right. Behind him a large ornate gold-embossed panel and a figure in orange and red cloth at left suggest a ritual setting.2010-10-10December 02 20112011-12-02October 26 20102010-10-26A photograph of a ritual scene indoors. In the centre, an older man with glasses and short grey hair, wearing a white shirt and a wristwatch, holds a small silver vessel in his right hand over a brass plate. At the left edge, a figure in saffron-orange robes is partly visible. Behind him, a younger man in white with a yellow shawl sits by a microphone stand, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow shawl sits beside him. A woman in a purple top with hands folded in namaskar sits in the upper background, and a brass plate of offerings rests on a red ledge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam in progress, with a green cloth drape behind.2009-12-06September 12 20102010-09-12August 16 20102010-08-16A ritual puja scene in a hall with a gold-trimmed throne and a seated figure in orange robes at left, whose lower body and feet are visible. Several devotees in white and yellow sit around a gold-edged tray holding silver bowls, oil lamps and offering plates. A grey-haired man in white with a rudraksha mala holds a small silver cup, a bald man in white with a mala and glasses reaches toward the offerings, and a man in a white shirt with folded hands sits nearby. A woman in a yellow shawl and a standing older man in white with folded hands are at the back. Pale walls and a wooden cabinet with gold ornamentation frame the scene.2010-10-10A photograph of devotees seated on the floor of a temple hall during a puja. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti and a pale yellow shirt sits with his back partly turned, beside a silver tray with a small brass vessel. Beside him, a man with a shaved head and bare upper body wears a white dhoti and a striped shawl and holds a small silver vessel toward the centre. Next to them a woman in a yellow shawl with a mala-style necklace holds a silver pot. A young woman in a green and blue sari with a silver-tipped pot sits at left, another woman with hands folded in anjali wears a yellow and green sari at right, and a woman in a red shawl and white blouse sits in front. Behind them stands a red and orange draped curtain and a red and white striped canopy, with a plastic bowl and a blue plate on the floor.2010-09-22A devotional puja scene before a gold-decorated murti with yellow marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt with a black rudraksha-style bead mala and a gold bangle holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand, looking down toward a silver tray of offerings. A woman with a red bindi and a dark necklace sits at left, and a second man in white stands behind them. At right, the orange-robed legs and hand of a seated figure are visible, but no face is shown.2010-10-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotional ritual with a seated man in a white collared shirt holding a small silver bowl in both hands, reading from or chanting near silver puja vessels and fruit on a tray in front. Behind him a young boy in white kurta with a red thread around his neck watches, and a woman in a pink sari with folded hands stands nearby. A man in an orange-saffron robe with ornate gold-beaded necklaces and tripundra marks on his forehead stands at a microphone behind them. On the right, an orange and maroon cloth drapes over a gilded golden throne or seat. Other people are partly visible in the foreground, including a woman in a dark sari.2010-11-10November 02 20102010-11-02October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copies