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A photograph of a long row of seated participants performing a puja in an indoor hall with a shiny floor. Along the floor lie brass thalis, small brass lamps with lit oil wicks, brass cups, and scattered rose petals on orange and red cloths. A young boy in an orange shirt with a white tilak on his forehead sits at the right, with other boys and young people beside him, their hands raised in prayer and hands reaching toward the offerings. A woman in a teal top kneels further back. A red and gold gift bag sits among the puja items. A blue plastic container holds flower petals in the foreground.

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Photo of a row of boys seated cross-legged on woven mats in a hall, facing a line of brass puja plates arranged on a long mat. Several boys in the foreground have hands pressed together in namaskar; one wears a red shirt and white dhoti-style cloth, another a striped shirt, and some have white vibhuti or tilak marks on their foreheads. Brass lamps, bowls, bananas, a conch, incense sticks and small brass vessels sit on the plates in front of them. Behind, more people in white and yellow-bordered dhotis sit along the row, with oil lamps lit along the floor. This appears to be a group puja or padapuja ritual. No a person candidate is visible in this frame.2011-09-09A photograph of a large group of boys and young men seated cross-legged in rows on a tiled floor during a seated puja. Before each person are brass plates and small brass lamps holding oil lamps, fruit, bananas, red-and-white sweets and flower offerings on banana leaves or mats. A young man in the foreground wears a red kurta and a rudraksha-style mala and performs the offering with his hands over a plate. Others wear white kurtas, orange and striped shirts, and casual clothes. Oil lamps burn along the floor and the setting appears to be a temple hall with white canopies overhead.2011-09-26October 10 20112011-10-10A photograph of a seated ritual row on a floor with a long line of brass plates, small brass lamps, kumkum and yellow flower petals on orange cloth mats. Several devotees sit cross-legged in a row with hands pressed in anjali mudra; the foreground boy holds marigold petals in cupped hands. The nearest men wear white dhotis with maroon borders and bare upper bodies with a sacred thread and rudraksha mala; a youth in blue shirt sits beside a bald man with white forehead markings. Small framed pictures and plastic containers with photos sit among the plates. Lit oil lamps flicker, with incense sticks standing in them. Several people are visible, seated shoulder to shoulder, and a priest in white stands at the left edge.2011-08-01A photograph of a seated puja in a tiled hall, with a long row of participants sitting cross-legged on mats in front of brass puja plates, small brass lamps, bowls and offerings. In the foreground a young man in a red shirt and dark trousers looks toward the camera beside a boy in a striped shirt. On the right a bald man in a white dhoti with a red-bordered cloth sits with hands folded near a brass plate holding fruit and flowers. Several boys in checked and plain shirts sit along the row. A grey cable runs along the floor between the rows.2011-07-29September 25 20112011-09-25A long row of seated devotees performs a group puja on a white marble floor in a hall with pink walls and red curtains. Many people, mostly women and girls, hold incense sticks or small bells, and brass plates with flowers, bananas and fruit sit before them alongside lit oil lamps and small brass vessels set on woven mats. Several participants wear white or cream saris, while others wear yellow, blue and orange salwar kameez with gold bangles. The scene appears to be a group puja in progress. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2011-10-09September 16 20112011-09-16September 16 20112011-09-16May 07 20122012-05-07September 22 20112011-09-22May 10 20122012-05-10