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A photo of a floral-decorated altar in a hall with green walls and barred windows. The altar is covered in dense white jasmine garlands edged with magenta flowers, forming arched sections around a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in saffron-orange clothing. Brass oil lamps burn in front and beside it, with brass vessels, fruit and flower offerings on a white cloth. A man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left, and a few seated people in white and orange sit in the background. A camera tripod and a speaker are visible at the edges.

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November 11 20052005-11-11A photograph of a ritual puja in an indoor hall decorated with a large floral arch of white jasmine and pink-edged garlands framing a shrine-like altar. A young man in white dhoti and kurta stands at the altar holding a brass oil lamp (deepa) with a lit flame. Behind him, several men in white clothes kneel and tend to steel vessels and offering trays on a green-and-white striped mat. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at the left edge. Floodlight stands and a speaker are visible, and a white draped curtain hangs on the right wall.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11Indoor puja set up in a hall with pale green walls and fluorescent lights. A large altar is covered in white jasmine garlands edged with magenta flowers and arched like a shrine, with a framed portrait and a deity image at its centre, flanked by lit oil lamps, fruit plates and marigolds. In the foreground, two saffron-robed men sit on a mat before brass lamps and offering plates. Behind them a person in white and another in a striped shirt sit near a speaker and window grille, and a film light stand is in front of the altar.2005-11-11A photograph of a floral shrine decorated with dense white jasmine garlands and pink flower borders, arched over a central framed photograph of a saffron-robed figure standing before a bright altar. In front, brass vessels, a tall brass oil lamp with lit flames, and banana-leaf-style offerings are arranged on a striped mat. A standing man in a white dhoti and shirt stands at left, with a seated woman in white beside him, and a studio light stand and fan sit at right near a draped curtain. The shrine appears set up for puja with flowers and oil lamps.2005-11-11 +1 copiesNovember 11 20052005-11-11A photograph of a ceremonial shrine decorated with dense white flower garlands edged in magenta and pink blooms, with a framed portrait placed at its centre. A brass oil lamp stands in front of the decorated shrine, and metal vessels and brass pots with offerings sit on a striped mat at left. A standing man in white dhoti and shirt, with hands folded, stands at left, and another person sits partly visible near a lit lamp stand. A tripod-mounted light and a pedestal fan stand to the right of a draped silver curtain. The portrait's subject is not identifiable from appearance, so no identity is asserted.2005-11-11A photograph of an indoor ritual set-up with a floral-decorated shrine. A large arched frame of white and pink flower garlands surrounds a central framed portrait of a standing figure in saffron and orange robes. In front stands a brass oil lamp, and a green-and-white striped mat holds brass vessels, plates and offerings. Two saffron-robed men with shaved heads stand at left, one holding a tray. In the background, several people in white clothing work near a table. A man in a white kurta stands at right beside a tripod stand and lamp. Tall speakers, lights and a draped white curtain with a maroon valance frame the hall.2005-11-11A photograph of an indoor puja in a plain room with green-painted upper walls and barred windows. A standing woman in an orange sari with a yellow-green flower garland holds a lit camphor aarti lamp toward a richly flower-decorated shrine on the right, its garlands in white, pink and marigold. Seated devotees in white and orange clothes fill the floor on striped green mats, many with hands folded. Brass vessels, a lamp and offerings are arranged before the shrine, where a lit lamp glows in front of a deity murti. A man in orange clothing and a bald, white-clad priest assist at the altar. A speaker stands on a stand at left.2005-11-11A photograph of an indoor puja set up before a large altar decorated with white jasmine-style garlands edged in magenta flowers. At the centre sits a framed portrait with orange flowers placed before it. In the foreground, a line of saffron-robed sannyasis sit on a striped mat with hands joined in prayer, with brass oil lamps, fruit offerings and lit wicks arranged in front of them. Behind them a man in white sits on the floor near a brass lamp. A tripod-mounted stand and a speaker sit at the side, and a draped curtain hangs on the right wall.2005-11-11 +1 copiesNovember 11 20052005-11-11Indoor puja in a plain whitewashed hall with barred windows and a speaker on a stand. A standing priest in saffron-orange robe with a long yellow-green marigold garland around his neck performs worship before an elaborately decorated shrine covered in white and pink flower garlands. Other saffron-robed men sit on the striped green and red mat, and seated devotees in white clothes line the left side. Brass vessels, lamps and offering plates fill the floor, and a framed portrait sits on the shrine. A woman in white sits near the offerings, and a man in white stands behind them. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2005-11-11