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Close photo of a puja set-up on an orange cloth: a hand with bangles and a ring pours from a small brass spoon onto a brass tray of pink flower petals. Nearby are brass bowls of petals and grain, a brass cup, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a white conch shell, and a lit incense stick sending up smoke. The scene is a morning ritual offering, with no visible person beyond the hand.

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Close photo of a puja setup on an orange cloth. A hand holding a brass spoon reaches toward a brass plate of pink petals, with more petals in a brass bowl at left, rice-like grains in a bowl at right, a brass cup, a white conch shell, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, and a burning incense stick sending up smoke. The subject is the offering arrangement only; no people's faces are visible and the wrist shows gold bangles.2010-09-28Close view of a puja offering being prepared on a polished floor. A hand wearing a gold bangle arranges green leaves and white flowers on a brass thali plate, next to a small brass cup, a conch shell, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, and an incense stick sending up smoke. The items rest on a deep red cloth. No people's faces are visible and no a person depiction appears.2011-10-02A close view of a pada puja arrangement on a woven mat with a teal edge. A hand wearing silver bangles holds a small brass spoon over a brass plate of white flower petals and green leaves. A lit brass oil lamp burns nearby, with a brass tumbler, a brass bell and a shell-like dish on the mat. No people's faces are visible and no person is identifiable.2011-12-31January 11 20142014-01-11Close view of a puja setup on an orange-red cloth laid on a wooden floor. Brass oil lamp with a lit flame, brass incense stick holder with a smoking incense stick, brass plates holding white flowers and yellow turmeric or kumkum powder, a rudraksha mala, a white conch shell, and a copper vessel. A person in orange-pink robes and bangles offers white flowers with one hand. The foreground shows brass ritual items and flowers used in worship.2012-09-13A close photo of a puja setup on a white surface. A hand holding a small brass spoon reaches over brass plates of pink flowers and green leaves. A white conch shell sits on a brass stand, next to a brass cup and a steel tumbler of water. On an orange cloth at right, rudraksha beads and a pink flower rest on a brass plate. A small brass oil lamp burns at left, and an orange garment appears at the top edge. No person's face is visible.2013-01-18September 10 20122012-09-10September 26 20112011-09-26July 02 20132013-07-02Close photo of a hand with a gold bangle and ring reaching over a brass plate of yellow flower petals and red rose petals on a red cloth. A lit brass oil lamp with a flame sits to the right, a thin incense stick rises behind it, and more scattered petals and a green leaf lie on the cloth, with a brass cup at left.2011-09-16October 09 20122012-10-09A close photograph of a puja table with brass trays holding red roses, yellow and pink flowers, rice, kumkum and a brass cup of liquid. A lit brass oil lamp with a flame sits in the centre, and an incense stick rises in a holder at left. A conch shell rests on the table beside a small brass spoon. A person in orange robes with a rudraksha bracelet and a gold bangle holds a small brass spoon over the offerings, performing a ritual. Their seated body is partly visible at right.2017-01-25