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September 16 20132013-09-16Close-up photograph of a ritual at a puja setting: a person's hands, wearing a gold-bordered red and orange silk sari or garment and a yellow thread bound around the wrist, are placing or pressing a small item onto a large dark green-grey stone lingam-shaped object decorated with yellow turmeric marks and red kumkum dots. A small clay oil lamp with a lit flame sits on a stone platform at left, beside brass bowls of grains or seeds and a steel plate. Bright flower garlands in pink and yellow appear at right.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16Close-up photo of a ritual in progress: a woman in a red and gold patterned sari and a yellow wrist thread presses her hand on a yellow-smeared dark grey stone object, a shivalingam-like form on a square base. Her hand wears a gold ring and bangles, and several dark beaded malas are on her wrist. Behind her, a garland of pink and yellow flowers. On the left, a small oil lamp burns on a stone base beside a brass plate, and bowls of grains, herbs and red petals sit nearby. A small plastic bottle stands at lower right. No a person is visible.2013-09-16August 29 20172017-08-29September 02 20172017-09-02September 29 20062006-09-29 +1 copiesJuly 09 20092009-07-09Close photo of a woman's bare feet standing on a yellow-orange stone block while a man in a grey sweatshirt and wristwatch kneels and holds her foot. She wears a maroon sari with gold border. On the orange cloth behind are brass bowls of yellow and white offerings and scattered red rose petals.2010-12-23December 23 20102010-12-23August 29 20172017-08-29Close-up photo of a person's hands grinding herbs in a shallow stone mortar with a dark stone pestle. The person wears rudraksha mala bracelets on both wrists, a red thread on one wrist, and rust-orange cloth. A small tin or jar of powder is held in the other hand, and yellow powder dusts the mortar and the fingers. A dark metal rod lies beside the mortar. The setting suggests an Aushada herbal preparation with a yellow powder, though no person's face is visible.2017-08-29