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November 02 20072007-11-02November 02 20072007-11-02A seated group of devotees performs a puja in a plain room with pale green walls. On a white-draped table stands a framed photograph of a man with long hair in an orange robe, garlanded with red and white flowers and labelled "PARA...NANDA" on the frame. Two brass oil lamps flank the portrait, and rose petals and marigolds lie before it. In front, a woman in a white sari with pink border offers flowers over a plate of fruit, bananas and a tray of petals. Several seated women in white saris and a man in white clothing with a pendant and a child in striped shirt sit on mats around the offerings. A wall display shelf above holds small framed photographs.A photograph of a домашний-style puja in a tiled room with a light-coloured floor. Several women sit on the floor in white saris and mundu-style garments with coloured borders, hands folded or holding a flame. A woman in a cream sari with gold border lights a lamp and reaches toward a brass plate of offerings, while an older man in white kurta and glasses sits with palms pressed together. Brass oil lamps, a tray of bananas, fruits and flower petals, a bowl of rice or grain, and a small framed photograph stand on a mat. A white-draped seat holds an orange cloth. A garlanded framed portrait sits at right. The scene shows a ritual with homa-style offerings and padapuja-type setup.July 20 20102010-07-20April 08 20062006-04-08 +1 copiesJuly 20 20102010-07-20November 12 20082008-11-12February 13 20092009-02-13A photograph of an indoor ritual in a plain room with a red carpet and a white-walled interior. In the foreground, a person in white kneels beside a flower-covered platform with a brass oil lamp burning, while another person in dark clothes bends forward nearby. Behind them, several men in white shirts and dhotis, one wearing an ID badge, stand with hands folded. A woman in a white sari with gold border stands with hands joined at left, and a woman in a blue patterned salwar kameez stands with hands clasped on the red carpet at right, with more devotees along the right edge. Brass lamps, marigold petals and a dark bag are visible.2007-01-07A photograph of a seated group in white clothing performing a puja in a small room with pink-patterned floor. A framed portrait garlanded with pink and yellow flowers sits on a white-draped platform at the upper left, with an orange cloth draped in front of it. A woman in a cream sari with gold border and a man in white shirt and white dhoti sit with palms pressed together, while a woman in white kneels at the left with hands joined. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands in the centre, beside brass vessels, a silver plate of flower petals and a bowl of pink and yellow flowers and fruit. Other devotees sit in the foreground, their hands folded in prayer.Inside a small whitewashed room with barred windows, a devotee kneels before a garlanded framed portrait on the wall, its marigold and white jasmine garlands and rudraksha beads hanging on the frame. A young woman in white garments bends forward to offer something from a brass plate onto the flower-strewn floor, while a man in white dhoti and shirt with a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged beside the altar. Brass oil lamps, a small deity murti and a kalasha sit on the altar; a woman in white sari and a woman in brown and red sari stand behind. A blue banner with Tamil lettering hangs on the wall, and a poster of a smiling saffron-clad figure is pinned nearby.2006-04-08 +1 copies