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July 20 20102010-07-20July 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of women seated on mats in a hall performing a puja with hands pressed together in namaskar. In the foreground, a woman in a cream sari with green border and yellow shawl sits with eyes closed, and beside her a woman in a white sari with yellow shawl sits with hands folded. Brass plates with yellow flowers, small lamps, a kalasha-style vessel and bell-like brass items sit on orange cloths before them. Behind, more seated devotees in white and orange, some wearing rudraksha malas, fill the room, with a metal railing and red carpet at right. No identifiable a person is visible; the scene shows devotees in a patha puja setting.2010-09-03A large indoor hall with a polished floor where a group of devotees stands in prayer with palms pressed together at chest level. Most wear orange or saffron robes and rudraksha malas, while several women in plain white garments stand among them. Small brass plates and oil lamps sit on the floor before them, and wall panels and framed photographs line the room. No individual is clearly identified as a person in this view.2014-10-02October 25 20122012-10-25July 20 20102010-07-20A seated group of women in yellow and white ceremonial saris with green borders takes part in a puja. In the foreground a woman with long light-brown hair and a white forehead mark holds a brass tray with folded orange cloths decorated with purple flowers. Beside her a woman with a long braid holds a second orange cloth with a purple flower, and others on the right sit with palms pressed together in prayer. Brass vessels and a tray sit at the lower left. Behind them are red and white draped cloths.2010-09-25June 12 20132013-06-12July 07 20092009-07-07October 29 20112011-10-29April 14 20182018-04-14A temple ritual in a pillared hall decorated with yellow and red umbrellas and garlands. In the foreground, a deity murti or figure is heavily adorned with white and purple flower garlands, fruit, and bananas on a red and gold cloth-covered table. Several women in white saris with gold borders stand with palms pressed together in prayer, some wearing rudraksha-style beaded necklaces; one in a green sari also stands with hands folded. Behind them, men in white dhotis and saffron-toned cloth stand in the hall, and a framed decorated image hangs on a red-and-gold backdrop. A watermarked image is not described. No person is clearly identified as a person in the visible scene.2018-04-14