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A photograph of a group puja in a hall with devotees seated around a brass tray of offerings, including gold-coloured sweets or prasad, flowers, and a red fruit. An older man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak holds a lit lamp and performs aarti. Beside him a woman in a cream sari with a blue border holds a lamp, and a younger woman in a yellow shawl with closed eyes holds a flame. Behind them women in white and yellow sit with hands folded, and a figure in saffron robes appears at the right edge near a gold-trimmed altar. Several people are visible in the foreground with hair pinned up, holding lamps or hands raised. The scene is an aarti and puja with oil lamps.

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A photograph of a devotional puja in a plain hall. In the foreground, several devotees hold lit oil lamps (aarti) and offer prayers, and a woman in a teal blouse and white saree with red beads holds a flame-lit lamp. A middle-aged man in a white shirt with a rudraksha mala and red tilak sits with hands folded near a silver plate of offerings. Behind them, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a red-cushioned, gold-carved throne beside a tray of apples and flowers. Women in white and yellow sarees and a man in white with a mala also pray with hands joined.2010-09-19A ritual aarti scene in an indoor hall. A bald priest with white tilak and white dhoti holds a silver lamp stand with lit oil lamps, beside a woman in a yellow shawl and white sari with palms pressed together in prayer. A woman in a red-bordered sari and pink blouse holds another lit lamp. Behind them a man in a white dhoti with rudraksha-style mala and a saffron-robed man speak into a microphone. On the right, a figure in orange robes and gold-bordered cloth sits near a silver tray of fruit, flowers, betel leaves and small bowls. Foreground women with dark hair in ponytails face the offering tray. Dhoopa smoke rises in the air.2010-11-30A group ritual with several people holding lit oil lamps (aarti) over brass and glass offering trays filled with flowers, fruit and food. A shaved-headed man in the centre wears a gold beaded necklace and a white dhoti with a pink border, and is lighting a lamp. To the left, a man in white kurta with a name badge holds a lamp aloft, and a woman in a green saree sits nearby with hands folded. Behind them a man in a white headband and white garment speaks into a microphone. Smoke rises from a lamp, and a figure in orange robes appears at the right edge. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible; the figures are devotees and priests in white ritual attire.2010-09-17A pada puja ritual in progress indoors. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border, wearing a gold necklace and white forehead markings, sits cross-legged before a golden tray of offerings holding a small oil lamp. Beside him a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron wrap holds a microphone and speaks. Several devotees in white, some with gold chains and rudraksha malas, sit around; a man on the left raises a multi-branched aarti lamp with flame, a woman on the left holds her hands in anjali, and a woman in white with a red bindi holds her palms together. Trays hold apples, flowers and brass vessels, and an orange-draped throne with gold trim stands at right beside a table of fruit and flowers. Two devotees in the foreground are seen from behind.2010-10-19October 08 20102010-10-08A photograph of devotees performing an offering ritual at a satsang. In the centre, a woman in a white dress with a yellow shawl and a vermilion bindi holds a silver plate with an orange cloth and white cloth pieces, eyes closed and chanting. To the right, a woman in white-and-gold saree with a dark beaded mala and red bindi stands with palms pressed together in namaste. Other women in yellow shawls and white clothes hold orange-wrapped trays at left, and silver bowls of fruit including a red apple and offerings sit in the foreground. A man with a white shirt and gold chain stands at the upper right, near a microphone.2010-11-10October 08 20102010-10-08November 10 20102010-11-10November 10 20102010-11-10A photograph of a padapuja-style ceremony in a hall. A long-haired man in an orange shawl and leopard-print top sits enthroned on a gold-carved red throne behind a wooden podium holding fruit and flowers; he is the page-described subject, and the appearance cues (long swept-back hair, saffron shawl, ornate gold throne) are present but uncertain. Seated devotees in front hold brass aarti lamps with lit oil lamps and a silver plate of offerings; women in saris in teal, yellow and white and a man in white shirt with a rudraksha mala take part.2010-09-19October 08 20102010-10-08November 24 20102010-11-24