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A blurred photograph of a ritual scene filled with drifting white smoke or incense haze. Two bare arms with red and yellow fabric wraps extend from the upper edge, one hand bearing a bangle, while a bright flame glows at the top left. Faint offerings and a metal vessel sit at the lower left near the smoke. The background shows soft, out-of-focus colours of a temple or ashram setting. A faint copyright line appears at the lower right.

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February 16 20162016-02-16March 06 20182018-03-06Close-up photograph of a ritual being performed at an altar. A hand holds a silver pot-shaped incense burner or censer releasing wisps of smoke, while another hand holds a small brass oil lamp with a flame on an ornate stand. Beside them lies a garland of red roses, yellow marigolds and white flowers with green leaves, and yellow fruit with leaves. The person wears a gold bangle and a dark beaded mala-like strand, and the background is a blurred temple interior with warm tones.2017-10-15January 13 20152015-01-13April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesDecember 15 20162016-12-15 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of two lit incense sticks held in a cupped hand at the lower left, with thin grey-white smoke curling upward through the frame. The background is heavily blurred, showing figures draped in orange-red and saffron cloth, with a glimpse of a skin-toned arm and hand. The scene suggests a devotional offering such as incense during satsang or puja, though no clear ritual action is visible. The blurred figures are too indistinct to count reliably or identify a presentation of a person.2018-03-06A blurred, smoky photograph of a temple interior at dusk or dawn. Smoke curls upward in the foreground from a red-wrapped stick or incense. Behind it, rows of small oil lamps with yellow flames sit on tiered shelves. At the lower left a figure in pink or magenta cloth is partly visible, and at the right a seated person in white with a red shawl or garland is partly visible. The faces are not clear and the details are soft due to focus and smoke.2016-12-12January 06 20182018-01-06A photograph of a group ritual in progress, with smoke rising from an incense stick held by a woman in the foreground. Her hand wears gold bangles and a ring, and she holds a small brass bell in the other hand. Beside her, women in orange, pink and green saris are seated, and figures in white garments sit in the blurred background. Oil lamps glow at the lower right near offerings. No one is clearly identifiable as a person in this image.2014-05-17February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesOctober 08 20132013-10-08