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A seated group of devotees performs a puja on a stone step at an ancient temple, with carved stone walls behind them. Beside him, two women in orange shawls over white garments sit with palms pressed together, and a woman in white with an orange shawl offers her palms in namaskar. Brass items sit on a tray before them: a small bell, a brass lamp, and a plate with offerings and incense sticks. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers in white and other colours sits or stands, several with hands folded in prayer.

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July 02 20072007-07-02Outdoor photo at a stone temple step where a group sits in prayer with palms pressed together. In the foreground, several women wear white clothes with orange shawls, and one woman in white wears a rudraksha-style beaded necklace. On the far right, a person in orange robes and a red forehead mark with a long beaded mala sits with hands folded in namaste. Brass puja items sit on the stone: a plate with offerings, a small bell, a brass lamp and an incense stick. Behind them, a seated crowd in white and colourful clothes watches, and a carved stone wall rises in the background.2007-07-02Outdoor photo at an ancient stone temple with carved columns. A woman in an orange shawl over white clothes kneels on a stone step, holding her hands over a brass plate of offerings with a small bell and a brass vessel nearby, while a woman in white with a gold necklace and bangles reaches toward her. A seated group of devotees in white and saffron watches, many in white kurtas and sarees with rudraksha malas. At the right edge, a smiling figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits with hands folded; the figure has long dark hair and a crown-free appearance, and the a person label is not supported by distinctive ceremonial cues such as a crown, turban or ornate gold necklace, so this is an unsure candidate seated as a devotee-like sannyasi.2007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02Outdoors at a stone temple doorway, a group of devotees sits on a worn stone floor during a puja. In the foreground a woman in white clothes and an orange shawl arranges brass ritual vessels, a small lamp and offerings on a brass plate. Beside her a woman in a white saree with a dark beaded necklace watches, and a young woman in orange and white sits to the left. Behind them, a larger crowd of spectators in casual clothes sits and stands among stone columns, with a child in red on the right.2007-07-02Outdoor puja on a stone platform at a temple ruin. A woman in white clothes and an orange shawl kneels and lights a small oil lamp on a brass tray, with brass bells and a brass kalasha nearby. Around her, several devotees sit: a woman in white with a patterned sari, a woman in an orange sari with gold bangles, and a woman in white with a gold necklace. Behind them, a seated man in an orange sannyasi robe with a rudraksha mala and long swept-back hair sits quietly with hands folded, a candidate matching the a person page cues. Stone columns and green grass appear in the background.2007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02July 02 20072007-07-02Outdoor photo at a temple precinct with a stone wall behind. A central figure in an orange-saffron robe with a long swept-back hair, a rudraksha-style mala and gold necklace sits cross-legged on a patterned green mat with palms pressed together in prayer. Around them, devotees in white and orange sit or stand with hands folded, including a man in white with a shaved head and tilak, and a bald older man in white dhoti with beaded mala. Several people in orange garments and marigold garlands kneel nearby. A tall stone wall and a pink-painted structure frame the background, with a crowd standing further back.2010-01-08Outdoor photo of a group sitting on a patterned green mat on stone pavement beside a tall stone wall, praying with palms pressed together. In the centre a long-haired man in saffron-orange robes with a white forehead mark and a gold-and-orange flower garland sits with eyes closed. Beside him, a man in saffron robes with a bearded face and glasses sits with hands folded. Around them, men in white dhotis and white shirts, a bald man in white, and a man in orange with a maroon-edged shawl and garland kneel or sit with hands joined. A uniformed police officer stands in the background, and devotees, mostly in white or orange, fill the surrounding crowd.2010-01-08November 19 20142014-11-19Several women sit cross-legged on a green mat under a red tent, many with eyes closed or hands folded in prayer. They wear white garments with red shawls, and a woman in the centre has a red-and-white turban and rudraksha-style beads. A brass plate in front holds small oil lamps, offerings and a steel container, beside a green book. Behind them a large screen shows a figure, and more people sit in the background.2013-02-07