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A row of seated devotees in saffron-orange robes performs a lamp ritual inside a hall with pink walls and framed pictures. In the foreground a young man with short dark hair, a small hoop earring and a beaded rudraksha mala lifts a lit oil lamp toward the light. Beside him a seated man in orange wears white stripes on his upper arm, and others hold small lamps and shallow oil lamps along a long low table. Bokeh lights glow in the background. Several people are visible, the nearest in sharp focus, the rest partly cropped.

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A photograph of a row of seated devotees in saffron-orange robes during a ritual, with several people raising small brass oil lamps or lit diyas toward the upper left. In the foreground, a young man with short dark hair and a gold stud earring holds a lamp aloft, wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange shawl. Beside him, a man with a white tilak on his forehead and rudraksha beads sits holding a small object. Multiple lit lamps glow along the table in front of them, with offering plates and flowers. The hall has pink walls and framed pictures. No one is clearly identifiable as the a person in this view.2017-01-11A photograph of a row of devotees seated on the floor in an indoor hall, wearing saffron orange shawls and white sacred ash markings on their foreheads and arms. Several hold small oil lamps and are reaching toward them, with flames glowing in the foreground, while others have hands folded in prayer. Rudraksha malas hang from their necks and wrists, and a seated woman appears at the right edge. Blurred bokeh lights fill the background, with a pink wall, wooden doors and framed pictures visible behind them. Offerings and small brass lamps are arranged on the low table in front.2017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 26 20172017-01-26Photo of a row of young men in saffron-orange robes seated along a long table, each holding a small brass oil lamp (deepam) toward a shared offering tray. Several have white and sandalwood forehead markings and rudraksha malas; one on the right is bare-chested with a saffron shawl and ear studs, while others wear wrist beads and bracelets. Fresh flowers and offering plates sit on the table, and a striped rug lies at the left edge. Warm lamplight and bokeh fill the hall. Lamp offering ritual. Several other seated devotees are blurred in the background.2017-01-26January 11 20172017-01-11January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20172017-01-11A long row of seated participants in saffron-orange robes performs a ritual in a hall with pink walls and wooden doors. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with a long dreadlocked braid and an orange head wrap holds a rudraksha mala and a small brass vessel. Beside him, a young man in an orange shawl and rudraksha mala raises a lit oil lamp or camphor flame toward the row, with a small brass dish of offerings in front of the row. Other seated participants with white ash markings on their foreheads and arms hold small dishes, and rows of flickering oil lamps line the floor. Wall posters are visible in the background.2017-01-11A seated puja in a hall with pink walls, where devotees in saffron and orange cloth sit in a long row behind small oil lamps and offering plates. In the foreground, a young man with swept brown hair and a saffron shawl over his shoulders, wearing a rudraksha mala, raises a lit taper toward a flame. Beside him a bearded man with long dreadlocks and a saffron head wrap, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and patterned body markings, sits with hands folded. Other devotees with white forehead markings sit in the row, and a watermarked archive photo shows a smaller lamp-lit ritual in the background.2017-01-11A photograph of a seated row of young men and boys in saffron-orange dhotis and wraps, bare-chested with white vertical tilaka lines on their foreheads, many wearing rudraksha and gold-coloured necklaces. Several hold small brass oil lamps (diyas) with lit flames, raised or held near the floor. Blurred wall panels and a doorway fill the background, and a woman's dark hair is visible at the left edge. The scene resembles a devotional lamp ritual in an ashram hall.2017-01-25January 11 20172017-01-11