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Three women sit on a floor in a room with yellow walls, a dark wooden door and a slatted window. A brass oil lamp with a bright flame stands on a stone plate on the floor, surrounded by yellow flowers, with bananas and a small brass plate of flowers nearby. The woman on the left wears a beige patterned sari and bangles and holds her hands together; the woman in the center wears a pink sari and a necklace and sits with hands folded; the older woman at right wears spectacles and an orange garment and holds a flower-filled hand near a woven basket. A small table with a white cloth holds a framed picture and a fruit platter in the corner.

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March 23 20112011-03-23March 23 20112011-03-23November 13 20102010-11-13Women in an indoor room perform a devotional puja with hands folded in namaskar. Two women kneel in front in cream and gold-bordered saris, one with grey-streaked short hair and glasses, both wearing rudraksha-style beaded malas. Another woman seated at left wears a patterned cream sari and beaded necklaces. Standing behind are women in a red kurta, a white sari and a maroon top, and a young girl in a yellow blouse and turquoise skirt. On the floor at right sit a woman in an orange sari and a green woven mat, with a white cloth holding plates of offerings, fruit, flowers and kumkum and a brass lamp in the foreground. A green curtain and a wall clock are visible in the background.2009-08-20Indoor puja at a home shrine in Los Angeles. Three women sit on a white mat with palms pressed together in prayer: on the left a woman in a rust-brown sari with a red bead necklace, in the centre a woman in a peach-pink sari with a dark bead mala, and on the right a woman in a white top with a dark necklace. In the foreground, seen from behind, a figure in a saffron-orange shawl with a red border and head covered faces them. Before them lie a tray with orange fruit, a covered yellow-cloth vessel, steel plates of offerings, white and pink flowers and a ceremonial kalasha with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers. A small fan stands in the doorway.2008-05-03A group of women sits on a striped floor mat in a living room with white walls, a small television on a glass stand, and cream curtains over a lattice window. Most wear saris in orange, yellow, red, blue, purple and grey; a few wear gold necklaces and bangles. One seated woman on the left in an orange sari faces the group with her back to the camera. A standing woman in a red and gold sari stands with folded arms beside a shrine decorated with flowers. An older woman in a teal sari stands at the right near the shrine. The women appear to be attending a gathering, with the shrine and flowers indicating a devotional setting.2006-10-25Indoor puja scene on a white marble floor. Two women in white sari-style clothes with orange and red borders sit cross-legged. The woman on the right has her palms pressed together in namaskar, while the woman on the left holds her hands together near a garland and wears a rudraksha mala. Before them are brass trays of yellow and pink flowers, brass oil lamps, small steel bowls, a lit oil lamp, incense sticks, bananas, coconuts and fruit. On a sofa draped in white stands a framed photograph of a smiling person garlanded with white flowers, with an orange cloth-wrapped bundle and a feather-like stick placed in front of it. A third person, partly visible at lower right, bends over the offerings. A printed date stamp reads 28-2-2006.A photograph of a group of women seated cross-legged on woven mats during a padapuja-style worship, with brass oil lamps, small brass vessels and puja trays with flowers placed on the floor before them. Several women press their palms together in prayer with eyes closed. A woman in the foreground wears a light cream sari with an orange shawl and a red bindi, and another in the centre wears an orange-peach sari with glasses and a red bindi. Others wear white saris with yellow shawls, and one wears a green-bordered white sari. A man in white ritual clothes with a yellow shawl sits among them, and behind them more seated devotees in white are visible.2010-10-02Two women in white and gold-bordered traditional sarees bend forward at a draped white-covered altar in a home room with green walls. One woman presses her forehead to the altar while the other supports a brass plate of offerings, with an orange cloth draped over the altar. A framed portrait of a bald, white-robed man and a deity image are garlanded with pink and orange flowers, lit by a small oil lamp. A third woman in an orange-bordered white sari and rudraksha-style beaded necklace stands nearby with hands folded. A brass tray of flower petals, brass vessels and a lit oil lamp sit on the floor, next to a refrigerator and glass cabinet.October 25 20062006-10-25A photograph of a домашний-style puja in a tiled room with a light-coloured floor. Several women sit on the floor in white saris and mundu-style garments with coloured borders, hands folded or holding a flame. A woman in a cream sari with gold border lights a lamp and reaches toward a brass plate of offerings, while an older man in white kurta and glasses sits with palms pressed together. Brass oil lamps, a tray of bananas, fruits and flower petals, a bowl of rice or grain, and a small framed photograph stand on a mat. A white-draped seat holds an orange cloth. A garlanded framed portrait sits at right. The scene shows a ritual with homa-style offerings and padapuja-type setup.A dim indoor ritual room where a crowd sits on the floor and in chairs around a worship area. In the upper left, a framed portrait labelled with a name hangs above a small table with lit oil lamps and flower garlands. A man in an orange shawl sits near the lamps and a bowl of offerings, while a seated priest in white clothes faces the altar. A woman in a yellow-orange sari with a magenta blouse sits with her back to the camera, and an older man in a white shirt and glasses sits in a chair at right with a flower garland in his hair. A boy in a pale yellow shirt sits in front of him. Others in white garments sit along the edges.