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A photograph of an outdoor puja beside a clay altar on a striped cloth. A person in an orange-saffron robe and matching turban, garlanded with white and red flowers, sits cross-legged bent forward with palms pressed together in prayer. Before them is a dark stone shivalinga wrapped in yellow marigold garlands, with a brass lamp, a brass bowl of turmeric and kumkum, and a small bell. Seated devotees in white and turquoise clothing sit behind on the grass. The scene reads as a field worship ritual.

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2002 - Glimpses From Various Programs2002-01-01November 04 20022002-11-04 +1 copiesNovember 04 20022002-11-04January 23 20032003-01-23Outdoor puja beneath trees at a shivalinga draped in gold-orange silk and garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers, with a copper pot-like vessel atop the linga and a stone Nandi-style figure behind. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes and a saffron turban sits with palms pressed together in prayer, a rudraksha mala around his neck. Beside him, a bearded man in white sits with a phone in hand, and at right a woman in white folds her hands in prayer. Foreground items include a brass kalasha-style vessel, a brass bell, oil lamps, and flower offerings on a thali. Ground is dusty earth with a mat underneath.Outdoor ground-breaking ritual on grass beside a fresh mound of reddish earth. A young man in orange-saffron robes and a matching orange turban sits at left, wearing a white and yellow flower garland and a rudraksha mala, with his hand raised to his brow. Before him stands a copper kalasha with yellow flowers and a lamp. In front, a row of bricks is smeared with yellow turmeric and decorated with pink and red flowers. Seated on the right are a bearded man in white dhoti and kurta with a tilak, a woman in a white sari with a dark patterned border, and a bespectacled older man in white shirt, with another man and a woman in white visible behind them. Green foliage fills the background.2002-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 23 20032003-01-23January 23 20032003-01-23A seated man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban performs a puja outdoors under a banyan-type tree. He sits on a mat before a large golden-orange draped mound, a deity murti with a shiva-lingam style form, garlanded with white jasmine and red flowers. Offerings include bananas, a plate of limes, bowls, a brass bell and a flower-decorated tray. Two women in white and one in a patterned top sit behind him, watching. The setting is a shaded forest clearing.Outdoor photograph of a ritual puja at the base of a banyan tree. A man in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban sits on a woven mat with palms pressed together in prayer, his head bowed. Beside him a person in white ceremonial clothing kneels with hands folded. Behind them, a woman in white with gold-trimmed edges sits and watches. An orange-draped conical object is garlanded with white flowers and red blossoms, and a stone deity murti stands behind it, also garlanded. Offerings include bananas, a bowl of lemons, a brass vessel, a bowl of fruit and a plate of white flowers with red blooms. A man in saffron, identifiable only by his appearance and attire, may be a person, shown performing the worship.A photograph of an outdoor puja. A figure in a saffron-orange wrap and matching turban bends forward, hands pressed together in namaskar, before a shivalinga decorated with white flower garlands and red flowers. Around the base sit fruit offerings of bananas, green limes, coconut pieces and a bundle of fruit tied with blue cord, plus brass vessels and a small brass lamp. Behind, a tall orange-wrapped kalasha-like object stands draped in flowers. A bearded man in white clothing sits with folded hands among other devotees in white, and a woman in light clothing sits at the right edge.November 04 20022002-11-04 +1 copies