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Indoor ritual in a bright shop-like room with glass doors, shelves of religious objects and a golden statue at right. A priest in orange robes and a saffron head wrap raises his arm and pours liquid from a silver vessel over a young man in orange dhoti and shawl. Around them stand devotees: a woman in a red sari holds a tray with a bowl and small items, a woman in pink holds a tray of fruit and sweets, a woman in a red sari with grey hair holds a steel plate, and a blonde woman in a red patterned top with pearls touches her ears. A man in a striped kurta stands with hands joined in namaskar, and a drum rests at left. White flags hang on poles. Visible people number about ten.

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October 15 20082008-10-15October 23 20082008-10-23October 15 20082008-10-15A man in saffron-orange robes with a red border and a gold chain stands before a golden canopied palanquin decorated with red and white flower garlands and peacock feathers. He holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and a bell in the other, performing aarti. Beside him, a woman in a grey-green sari with a red beaded necklace smiles and watches. A gold kalasha, plates of fruit including bananas, oranges and apples, and flowers sit on a red mat at the foreground. Behind them, a man in white dhoti attends and a deity murti is draped in silk cloths in orange, white and maroon. Other statues stand in the background.2008-10-15July 06 20152015-07-06Indoor puja at a Hindu temple with a row of devotees seated behind a rope barrier beside a black stone lion sculpture. In the foreground left, a bald priest in orange robes sits cross-legged before a low offering tray holding apples, a lime, a yellow melon, bowls of rice and sweets, and orange and pink cloth. On the right, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and red tilak sits with hands joined in prayer beside a brass lamp and flower-decorated tray. Behind them, colourful deity murtis and statues are arranged on shelves and altars. Several women in salwar kameez and a man in a striped shirt watch with palms together.2008-10-22Indoor ritual session in a large hall with a red-and-cream decor. A figure seated on a gold-trimmed throne at left, wearing an orange turban and orange-gold shawl, faces a bald man in white clothes and an orange sash who smiles and holds a brass bowl of petals. Behind him, many people in white robes and orange sashes stand and sit, several wearing white head caps. Those seated in front, in orange and maroon robes, sit on the floor before plates of offerings and small lamps. Rose petals scatter over white cloths and red carpets on the floor.2015-10-23A night-time ritual at an open pavilion with a red-and-white striped mat floor and painted pillars hung with colourful banners. In the foreground, a tall long-haired man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl stands with his back to the camera, offering a flower-filled plate toward a seated figure draped in a gold and green cloth garlanded with pink and orange flowers. Behind him, several young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and tilaka hold plates of offerings and stand in a line. To the right, a row of drummers in saffron clothing play large drums. A cameraman stands at left, and a few onlookers in white are visible at the back. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti offering.2018-05-30Indoor temple scene at Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple, Los Angeles, with a black stone Nandi bull statue in the foreground draped with a garland and bells. Several women in saris, including red, pink and turquoise, stand in a group holding a large yellow fan-like ceremonial item and a white feathered fan. A young boy in a maroon kurta stands among them. Behind them a row of dark shrine figures and a decorated altar are visible. On the right, a person in a saffron-orange robe bends forward at a shrine adorned with red flower garlands, while brass bells, a bowl, and a lamp sit on a table in front.2008-10-22October 16 20082008-10-16June 22 20142014-06-22A photograph inside a large hall with cream walls, chandeliers and purple draped panels. A central figure with long dark hair, a gold-and-ochre-bordered saffron-red cloth and a large beaded mala necklace walks barefoot along a red runner, smiling, with a gold-beaded garland. Surrounding devotees in white kurtas wear orange-red shawls and stand with palms pressed together in greeting. A pink statue of a seated sage with rudraksha beads sits at lower left, and a small red-orange cloth-covered chest rests on the floor. Several people stand along the carpeted aisle.2015-07-09