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A row of seated men in saffron-orange dhotis and sacred ash markings performs a ritual along a white floor, each with brass puja plates, small oil lamps and flower offerings arranged before them. The nearest priest, shaved-headed and wearing multiple rudraksha malas and a gold pendant, holds a small brass lamp in his right hand while others, some bare-chested with white tripundra marks and white or yellow cloth, hold lamps and bells. The scene suggests a group puja or aarti, with the lamps and plates in front of each participant.

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January 06 20172017-01-06January 07 20172017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07January 07 20172017-01-07January 06 20172017-01-06A row of seated priests performing a puja on a white tiled floor. Front-left, a bald priest in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas holds a small brass oil lamp, with a brass plate of flowers and offerings before him. Behind him, more priests in orange and white dhotis with white forehead markings sit in a line, their hands raised over brass pooja vessels and lit oil lamps. Several shirtless priests have white sacred ash marks on their arms and chests. Small flames and flower-decorated plates line the floor, with a rudraksha-adorned priest in the right foreground.2017-01-22January 26 20172017-01-26A row of seated Hindu priests and devotees performs a puja in a hall with a white tiled floor. Men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and white ash markings on their foreheads and arms sit on colourful striped mats. Each has a brass puja plate with oil lamps, flowers, fruit and small brass vessels set in front of them, and a lit oil lamp burns near the foreground. In the foreground a priest in an orange cloth holds a small flame to a lamp. Figures in white dhotis sit at the back right.2017-01-22A group of seated men in an indoor hall perform a ritual with small oil lamps and brass bowls set on the floor before them. The foreground man on the right wears an orange saffron wrap, a long rudraksha mala and bracelets, and holds a lamp. Beside him, a younger man in an orange cloth and beaded necklace also holds a lamp. Others in white dhotis with bare upper bodies and white-painted forehead markings sit behind them. Marigold-like petals and flowers lie on a cloth at lower left, next to a framed printed portrait of a turbaned man with a drawn, decorative border. Fluorescent lights and a bulletin board appear on the wall behind.2017-01-07July 30 20172017-07-30 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20172017-01-07