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December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23June 11 20142014-06-11December 23 20162016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23A photograph of a ritual puja at a temple-style event. In the foreground, a woman in a black-and-white bordered white sari with brown rudraksha-style beaded necklaces sits at a brass tray, holding a small item. Beside her, an older woman with grey hair in a bun, wearing a rust-orange sari and layered beaded mala necklaces, leans over several brass plates and bowls of offerings, flowers and small lit oil lamps. Behind them, several women in white and yellow saris with garlands stand and watch. On the left, a golden ornate throne with a red cushion is visible.2016-12-23December 23 20162016-12-23A photograph of a seated puja ceremony in a red-curtained hall. In the centre, a person with long matted hair, a red-brown saffron-toned robe and a long rudraksha mala sits with palms pressed together in namaste, eyes closed. Beside them on the left, a woman in a white-and-cream sari with a rudraksha mala and tilak presses her hands together, and on the right a man in glasses wearing a white dhoti-style garment, rudraksha mala and gold wristwatch also sits with hands folded. Brass bowls, oil lamps with flames, flowers, and offering plates stand on a golden tray in front. Other seated devotees in white are behind them. Person with long hair in saffron robe may be a person, seated in an offering ceremony with devotees.2016-12-23May 05 20142014-05-05A photograph of a seated woman in a rust-red sari and matching blouse, wearing long rudraksha mala necklaces, a small trishul brooch and a round pin showing a portrait, with a white tilak and red bindi on her forehead. She holds a white flower in her right hand with eyes closed, seated before brass puja items including a small bell, lamps, a plate of white flowers and a burning lamp on a gold-bordered cloth. Behind her, several people in orange robes sit on the floor in a blurred hall. A smartphone lies on the floor at lower left.2016-08-16A seated woman in a rust-red sari with a gold border holds a brass oil lamp in one hand and a small bell-like object in the other during a ritual. She wears layered orange-red beaded necklaces and a dark rudraksha mala, with white and red forehead markings and gold bangles. Behind her, people in orange robes and orange-saffron clothing sit on the floor, one holding another lit oil lamp aloft. The setting is an indoor hall with a light floor.2014-06-06