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Close view of a floor puja setup with brass oil lamps, incense sticks in brass holders, small brass bells, and plates of white cloth, flowers and offerings on woven mats and orange cloth. Seated people wearing orange robes and white dhotis with gold borders sit at the edge of the frame; one wears a gold bangle and reaches toward a pink container. A yellow printed sheet lies on the floor beside the lamps.

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A photograph of a seated puja in progress on a glossy tiled floor. Several participants in saffron-orange clothing and white dhoti with gold borders sit in a row; a pair of hands holds white flower petals or small white offerings. Brass oil lamps with lit flames, incense sticks, brass plates with flowers and sweets, and a brass bell and vessel sit on woven mats with teal edges. Pink plastic containers and a saffron cloth are also visible.2011-07-29January 10 20172017-01-10January 10 20172017-01-10Close view of a puja being performed on a floor. Several people in orange saffron robes sit cross-legged on a white floor. A hand in the foreground pours or lifts a small brass cup over an orange cloth spread with brass plates, a copper vessel, lit brass oil lamps, incense sticks, marigold petals, green leaves, and fruit or offerings. Other brass plates and lamps sit in the background. A clear plastic container sits beside the cloth. Persons visible are priests or devotees in orange clothing; the ceremony is an oil-lamp puja with incense and offerings.2017-01-10January 12 20172017-01-12January 12 20172017-01-12January 10 20172017-01-10Close view of a puja ritual on a white tiled floor. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts sit cross-legged; one person's bare arm reaches toward brass plates holding a yellow flower, red flower petals, bananas and lit oil lamps on orange cloth. Brass vessels, a bell and incense sticks are arranged nearby, and a clear plastic container with a blue lid sits to the right. A woven mat borders the floor. Some people have white markings on their arms and wear a rudraksha mala and silver bangles.2011-10-04Close photo of a puja being performed on a white floor. Several people in orange robes sit cross-legged, their hands holding small brass oil lamps and spoons over brass plates, bowls and trays of flowers, yellow petals and offerings. Incense sticks burn at left, and a clear plastic container sits in the centre. Only hands and orange-clad laps are visible; no faces show.2017-01-10Photo of a seated puja setup on a white tiled floor. In the foreground, a man in orange saffron dhoti and orange garment with rudraksha malas and a bracelet, wearing sacred white ash markings, reaches toward a brass plate on a rust-red cloth holding fruit, flowers, a small bell, brass cups, a conch-shaped vessel, a small brass lamp and ritual implements. Two other people sit cross-legged in white clothes on a striped mat behind, one with hands folded near a plate. Lit oil lamps, brass trays and a clear plastic box sit nearby. The scene appears to be a ritual preparation, with a mini aarti-style setup.2017-01-13October 02 20112011-10-02A close photograph of a puja being performed on a white tiled floor. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged; the foreground figure's bare forearm and hand, wearing a rudraksha bracelet, reaches toward a brass tray. The tray holds yellow flower petals, a small white cloth-wrapped offering, a bowl of cooked rice, a rudraksha mala and a brass lamp or stand with a pink flower. A red cloth with gold border is laid beneath the items. Lit oil lamps and a lit incense stick stand nearby, and a second red-cloth altar with brass lamps and flowers is visible behind, with another saffron-robed person's hands at it.2017-01-12