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A 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.

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A photograph of a group seated on the floor during a ritual with silver lamps and brass vessels in front of them. A young man in the centre wears a white dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha mala and a striped sash, holding a small lit oil lamp toward a seated man in white. A woman in a yellow shawl holds a silver lamp beside him, and another woman in a green and cream sari with folded hands sits at right. A man in white with a bare shaved head holds a lamp in the foreground, and a woman in an orange shawl sits at lower right. Behind them is a red and white striped wall and draped orange curtains. No figure matches the a person candidate cues, so they are described by role only.2010-09-22A photograph of a seated group of devotees performing a puja in an open courtyard before a red-and-white striped backdrop and orange drapes. A shaved-headed young woman in a green and blue sari on the left holds a small brass lamp, while a woman in a yellow shawl beside her holds a small oil lamp. A man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and a shaved head holds a palm forward, and a man in a white cloth holds a hand out toward a brass plate. A woman with hands folded in namaskar on the right wears a yellow shawl and green sari. Brass plates of offerings sit on the floor at the lower left. Seven physical people are visible; no one displays distinctive a person cues, so the candidate is not present.2010-09-22A photograph of a group seated on the floor during a puja. In the foreground, a shaved-headed young woman in a teal saree with a blue border holds a lit lamp on a metal tray, and a man in a white dhoti with a red-striped cloth reaches toward a lamp. Behind them, devotees in yellow and pink sarees and yellow shawls sit with palms pressed together in anjali mudra, some wearing tilak on the forehead and rudraksha-style beaded malas. A striped red and white backdrop and a microphone stand are visible behind them. Five people are visible in the scene.2010-09-22November 02 20102010-11-02A photograph of a group of women seated on the floor of an ashram courtyard during a puja, with brass and silver plates and small oil lamps arranged on a gold-coloured tray in the centre. A woman in white with a yellow shawl and a woman in a white sari with an orange shawl hold lamps or plates, while an older woman with glasses in yellow and orange sits at left. A shaven-headed man in a white dhoti sits with his back to the camera at the foreground left, and a woman with her hair tied back in the foreground right wears white and orange. Behind them, further women in orange and white sit near a red wall with a tall red-and-gold vessel and a potted plant.2010-10-30A photograph of a group of devotees seated on a floor during a puja at a temple-style hall with red and white striped walls. A young woman on the left in a teal and blue sari holds a lit multi-wick brass aarti lamp with a flame, while beside her a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala sits with hands raised. Several women in yellow and green saris sit with palms pressed together in namaskar. A brass thali with offerings sits in the foreground. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person, so no candidate is claimed.2010-09-22August 16 20102010-08-16A photograph of a ritual gathering on an orange cloth in a hall with white tiled floor. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti with a gold necklace and a red-bordered cloth sits at center, receiving something from a woman in a white sari with gold border who holds out a hand. Beside them a shaved-headed man in white clothes with a gold chain sits on the orange cloth, and a woman in white with a red-bordered sari holds a silver tray with a small bowl of red kumkum and betel leaves. A man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala kneels in the foreground, and a woman with a yellow shawl and a foreign woman with long hair stand watching. Several white-clad people stand and sit in the background. No readable text is visible on the scene itself.2010-10-12A photograph of a temple-style ritual in an orange-walled courtyard. At left, a man with long swept-back dark hair and a rudraksha mala sits on a wooden seat wearing an orange garment, with a red cushion behind him; the appearance cues are mixed and not sufficient for an identification, so he is described only by role. Women in orange and white saris and a woman in a yellow shawl hold lit oil lamps and silver aarti plates raised in front of them, and a bald man in a white dhoti sits at a brass tray laden with silver bowls and offerings. A man in white dhoti walks in the background past an open doorway, and a kalasha sits on a red-draped stand at right. The scene reads as an aarti offering before a seated figure.2010-10-30A seated group of devotees performs an aarti with oil lamps on a gold-trimmed silver tray in an orange-walled hall. Women and men in white clothing wear yellow and orange shawls, and several hold small lamps. A man in orange robes stands at the left edge beside the tray, and a visible silver platter holds flowers and fruit. Some devotees sit with palms pressed together in prayer, and a young child in blue sits on the right beside an orange mat. A white-clad figure stands in the upper left, partly cropped by the frame.2010-08-16A photograph of a ritual puja at an ashram. Several devotees sit cross-legged around a golden tray filled with silver bowls of offerings, including what appear to be sweets and flower petals. Women in white and yellow-bordered clothes with yellow shawls and a man in white with a yellow shawl hold lit flames and small brass lamps over the offerings, while a woman with long dark hair in yellow attire presses her palms together in prayer. A partly visible figure in saffron robes sits at the left edge, and another devotee in an orange shawl appears at the upper right. Orange and red cloth hangs in the background beside a potted plant and a small blue tray.2010-08-19May 19 20122012-05-19