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Rows of seated devotees in white clothes and yellow-orange garlands perform a tharpanam offering in a temple hall. Brass plates, small lamps, bells, and offering trays are arranged on mats in front of them, with a few plastic containers of materials nearby. Several men in the foreground have rudraksha malas and bracelets. Roughly fifty to sixty people are visible in the scene.

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July 01 20092009-07-01Seated devotees in white ritual clothing and yellow-orange garlands and rudraksha malas sit in a hall during a homa or tharpanam ritual. Brass lamps, bowls and kalasha-style vessels are arranged on the floor before them. A painted mural of figures and trees is on the wall behind. Several men in front have eyes closed in meditation or prayer, and the image is cropped at the edges with more people visible beyond the frame.2009-07-01July 01 20092009-07-01July 07 20092009-07-07A photograph of a seated congregation during a homa or tharpanam ritual inside a hall with a painted mural at the top right. Many devotees in white clothes sit in rows on the floor, several with orange and yellow garlands, and many have hands raised near their faces or heads in prayer. Brass ritual vessels, lamps and small containers sit on coloured cloths in the foreground. Several people are closed-eyed in meditation. The scene is crowded with people across the frame.2009-07-01February 04 20132013-02-04April 17 20122012-04-17July 07 20092009-07-07A large indoor gathering of seated devotees fills the hall, many in orange and saffron shawls, white shirts and colourful casual clothes. In the foreground, several priests in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth, bare shoulders, rudraksha malas and sandalwood or vibhuti forehead markings sit cross-legged in meditation or chanting posture, with hands folded. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style brass vessel, plates of flowers, fruit and offerings, and small oil lamps are arranged on orange mats in front of them. A few men in the back wear white kurtas and one man wears a red shirt. The setting appears to be a temple-like hall with pillars and polished floors.2012-04-24A large indoor hall packed with seated devotees in white dhotis and white shawls, many wearing rudraksha malas, sitting cross-legged on mats before brass plates, lamps and small offering dishes on orange cloths. Orange and yellow paper lanterns hang from the ceiling, and a decorated shrine with a deity murti and colourful floral decorations stands at the upper right. Several people in front hold their palms together in prayer or meditation posture. No clearly identifiable individual is singled out as a person from appearance alone.2010-09-12April 18 20122012-04-18 +1 copiesDecember 22 20102010-12-22