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Several seated devotees perform a puja ritual with brass oil lamps and incense sticks on a tray in a pink-walled hall. A bare-chested older man with white hair and white sandalwood markings on his forehead and body wears a long rudraksha mala. Beside him a man with grey hair and a rudraksha mala holds a small brass lamp, and younger men with glasses hold similar lamps. A woman in an orange head wrap and a woman with long blonde hair in white garments sit in the background.

A seated group ritual in a bright hall with a light floor. In the foreground a woman with long platinum-blonde hair, wearing a cream sari with gold border and a red shawl, holds a brass aarti lamp aloft with one hand while her other hand rests on her chest. Beside her a bespectacled man with a grey beard, dressed in white shirt and trousers with a red lanyard and rudraksha-style mala, holds a lit oil lamp in his hand. Behind them women in orange and red garments with mala beads sit with palms pressed together, and banana leaves with food offerings lie on the floor. The scene reads as an aarti during a puja.

December 11 2012

July 07 2014

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Women seated on the floor at a padapuja-style ceremony hold small oil lamps and brass plates of offerings before a seated figure in saffron-orange robes on a red-cushioned throne at left. A woman in white with a red floral embroidered top and a red bindi holds a lamp, beside a woman in a white and gold-bordered sari with a long braid, and an older white-haired woman in white holding a lamp. A woman in a cream sari with a patterned shawl and glasses sits at right. Silver plates hold red fruit, rice and flowers, and a camera operator on a tripod stands in the background.

December 11 2012

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Devotees sit on a floor in a hall during a ritual. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a long rudraksha mala holds a brass bell in his right hand and a brass oil lamp in his left, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms. Behind him, a man in a saffron-orange shawl and rudraksha mala sits with a small brass lamp or incense vessel near his hands. Further left, a woman in orange sits beside him, and other lamp-holding devotees in white and orange appear in the background. A gold and red throne-like chair sits behind them, with warm lamplight on the scene. The ritual appears to be an aarti with oil lamps.

December 11 2012

Photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a large hall. Several devotees in orange and saffron clothing with rudraksha malas sit on the floor behind lit oil lamps. In the foreground, a woman in a white blouse and white sari with a red border, wearing glasses and a red bindi, holds a small lit lamp on a brass plate. Beside her, a man in white kurta with a red shawl holds another lit lamp, and a man in glasses with a red shawl follows with a lamp. A woman in white with a red shawl also holds a lamp. Trays of food offerings sit on green leaves near the front. A saffron cloth with printed text lies on the floor. A bald monk's head is partly visible at the bottom edge.

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.

Devotees seated in rows during a ritual in a hall, several holding brass oil lamps and small plates with lit flames. In the foreground a woman in orange robes with a rudraksha-style mala and orange tilak on her forehead looks forward. Beside her a short-haired blonde woman in white top and a red-brown rudraksha mala raises a lit lamp. Behind them other participants in orange and maroon robes, tilaks and malas hold flames, with a golden ornate frame and red banner visible on the wall. No individual clearly matches the ceremonial presentation cues needed for a person identification, so no candidate is marked.

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