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A ritual scene in a temple hall with a golden backdrop. A shirtless man with white sacred ash stripes on his arms and forehead and a red bindi sits on the floor, holding incense sticks while a small boy in a navy shirt sits on his lap, looking upward. Behind them a bare-headed priest in an orange-saffron garment and rudraksha mala sits before a microphone. To the left, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and white ash lines sits near another microphone, and a woman in a green-bordered white sari presses her palms together in prayer on the right. A silver tray with small cups, offerings and white ash in the foreground suggests a puja or abhishekam in progress.

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November 08 20102010-11-08November 08 20102010-11-08November 08 20102010-11-08November 08 20102010-11-08November 08 20102010-11-08November 08 20102010-11-08October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesNovember 08 20102010-11-08November 08 20102010-11-08A pada puja ritual in progress indoors. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border, wearing a gold necklace and white forehead markings, sits cross-legged before a golden tray of offerings holding a small oil lamp. Beside him a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron wrap holds a microphone and speaks. Several devotees in white, some with gold chains and rudraksha malas, sit around; a man on the left raises a multi-branched aarti lamp with flame, a woman on the left holds her hands in anjali, and a woman in white with a red bindi holds her palms together. Trays hold apples, flowers and brass vessels, and an orange-draped throne with gold trim stands at right beside a table of fruit and flowers. Two devotees in the foreground are seen from behind.2010-10-19A seated group of devotees during a ritual, shot close in a temple-style hall. A shaved-headed man in white ritual cloth with a red-bordered dhoti holds a small silver lamp and wears rudraksha beads and a pendant; white sacred ash marks his forehead and arms. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a green border and a dark mala holds a silver item, and a man in glasses sits nearby. Foreground figures in white hold silver vessels, and an incense stick stands in a holder at right. Only a few people are fully visible; the setting suggests a pada puja or darshan gathering.2010-10-18 +1 copiesNovember 02 20102010-11-02