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Women devotees in yellow shawls prepare offerings on a large golden tray filled with silver bowls, small gold bells, and green leaves with white flowers. In the foreground at left, a person in orange robes sits beside the tray, and at lower right a partly visible hand reaches toward the offerings. A woman at center wears a white sari with a yellow shawl and gold bangles, while a woman at right wears glasses, a white forehead mark, and a yellow shawl. The setting is an open floor with a woven mat at right.

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A photograph of a devotional offering scene. In the foreground, a large gold tray is filled with silver bowls of food and flower-decorated offerings. Several people hold gold garlands and beaded strands. A woman in a cream sari with a green border and a mangalsutra-style necklace sits at center, holding a gold garland. A young girl in a yellow and orange outfit sits to the left, and a person in a white shirt on the left holds a gold garland. Behind them, a figure in saffron-orange robes sits at the left edge. Several more people in white and yellow clothing are visible in the background. The scene suggests a puja with padapuja-style offerings.2010-08-04Close-up photo of a woman in a red and orange saree with a red border, wearing gold earrings and a bangle, holding two small silver cups with spouts and flower-like finials over a tray of offerings. A second woman on the left in a yellow shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Silver bowls holding white flower petals and small offerings sit on a brass tray with a lit oil lamp in the foreground. A small name tag is pinned to the saree.2009-12-07Photograph of a seated offering scene on a patterned mat. A woman in a rust-brown sari with a rudraksha mala and gold bangles presses a handful of yellow food onto the outstretched hands of a young boy in saffron cloth, bare-shouldered with a beaded necklace and glasses. A silver bowl heaped with yellow rice sits in front. Behind them a woman in a white sari with gold border and a hairnet holds a small bowl, and a woman in saffron with a rudraksha mala, hands joined in namaste, watches. Figures in saffron stand in the background.2019-01-01A photograph of a devotional offering inside a hall with white-tiled floor and orange mats. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari sits cross-legged and hands food to a girl in white with an orange shawl and beaded necklace, who holds the offering out. A steel bowl of cooked rice sits between them, and another steel vessel is visible at left. A bald person in orange robes bends forward at lower right. Behind them, a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and garland stands beside a white-draped chair with flower offerings, and several people in white dhotis and orange shawls kneel or stand at right. A large carved wooden plate hangs on the left wall.2011-03-05A seated group prepares a food offering from a large silver bowl of yellow rice with cashews and raisins. On the left, a woman in a rust-red sari with gold bangles scoops rice from the bowl. In the centre, a woman in a white and cream South Indian sari, white hairnet, rudraksha mala and gold pendant watches the work. On the right, a young woman in an orange-saffron two-piece garment with a draped orange shawl and gold bracelets holds rice in her hands, and another woman in orange sits behind her. A purple cloth mat and a laptop are on the floor, with a television screen and a tripod visible in the background.2019-01-01A photograph of women seated on the floor at a long low table set with brass and steel thalis and bowls of food, flowers and sweets, during an offering. Several women in cream and off-white saris with red and maroon shawls hold small brass cups and handle offerings. The women on the left wear white-and-red sacred thread or shawls with tilak marks on their foreheads, and a woman in the centre wears a rudraksha mala and glasses. Rows of seated devotees fill the background, and a man in white with an orange-trimmed cloth sits at the lower right. A warm, dim hall setting.2016-07-19November 10 20102010-11-10A seated pada puja scene on a gilded wooden throne platform. A figure in saffron-orange robes sits on a red-cushioned gold throne, hands folded in the lap, with only the lower part of the body and robes visible at the top edge. Around the base of the throne, several devotees in white ritual clothes with yellow shawls kneel and sit, washing or offering to the feet with brass vessels and flowers. A woman in white with a yellow shawl and long braid sits in the foreground, and a woman in white with yellow shawl sits at right. Ornate gold carved panels frame the throne.2010-08-06June 15 20152015-06-15 +3 copiesA seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a red and yellow flower garland sits on an ornate gold throne in a pavilion-like setting with a gold-and-white draped backdrop. Before him, a devotee in orange holds a plate, while a woman in a yellow-bordered white sari and a man in white shirt and dhoti stand in a seated devotional line offering prasad and plates of fruit and sweets. Round brass bowls of food and offerings sit on the floor, and an apples-and-fruit tray stands at left beside gold lion-form ornaments. Several seated devotees in white, yellow and purple clothing watch from the sides.2009-11-17June 27 20142014-06-27Photo of a ritual food offering in a hall. A woman in a rust-red sari with rudraksha beads on the left scoops yellow rice from a silver bowl. A woman in a white and gold-bordered sari, with a white hairnet and gold pendant, holds out yellow rice and gestures to a girl in orange robes and rudraksha malas, who extends her cupped hands. A man on the right, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and chest, bare-chested under an orange shawl with rudraksha malas, stands beside her with glasses and a topknot. Other people in orange robes stand behind, with a tripod and red draped table in the background.2019-01-01