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Overhead photo of a puja offering table covered with a white cloth and bordered by orange marigold garlands. Silver bowls hold nuts, dried fruit, sweets, rice and yellow flower-garnished offerings, with fresh oranges and apples on a tray at the lower left. Two seated women in orange saffron-coloured clothing face the table; one has a long dark braid and wears gold bangles, the other, in a red blouse, has a shaved or closely cropped head. A large round platter of yellow-flowered sweets sits on a red cushion on a gold-ornamented seat at right.

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January 01 20092009-01-01Outdoor ritual scene under a canopy before a decorated deity murti garlanded with marigolds and flowers. Three women in orange saffron robes sit on a woven mat preparing offerings: one holds a metal plate of yellow flowers and another tends a platter, while a woman in orange with a flower garland sits at the right. Trays hold fruit including apples, oranges and bananas, coconuts, cotton, flower bundles, dried sticks, and brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels rest on white stone steps. A cameraman with a tripod stands at the left edge, and a shaven-headed man in white sits at the far right. Appears to be a puja or abhishekam preparation.2008-12-26January 01 20092009-01-01December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesJanuary 01 20092009-01-01A photograph of a ritual puja setup on a patterned red-and-cream carpet. In the foreground are a large engraved silver kalasha with a coconut and mango leaves, silver bowls of fruit, sweets and offerings, a silver pot of flowers, and a silver vessel with a lid. Behind, a gilded throne draped in an orange cloth sits above a small silver tray. Seated devotees in white clothes with orange shawls, one with hands folded in anjali, one holding a flower garland, surround the offerings. Marigolds and petals are scattered among the items, consistent with an abhishekam or puja. No person is clearly identifiable as a person; the throne is empty of a visible figure.2007-02-24January 01 20092009-01-01July 21 20102010-07-21A Vedic marriage ritual in a temple hall with a mat floor. Seated priests in orange and saffron robes surround offering plates of bananas, oranges, apples, coconuts, flowers, and sweets arranged before a fire pit and kalasha-style lamp stand. A priest in white dhoti with a flower garland sits near a couple in orange and red silk, who are garlanded. Behind them a large group of seated devotees, women in saris and salwar, and children watch. Ornate deity murti decorated with garlands sits on a stone altar at the upper left.2008-12-26Overhead photo of an outdoor puja at a temple-style event on red and blue mats. Seated people in saffron-orange robes surround a white cloth laid with offerings: bowls of sweets and nuts, sliced oranges and red apples in silver dishes, a silver lamp and small brass vessels, and marigold garlands. At right, a gilded throne-like seat holds a silver tray of yellow flowers. Several devotees wear orange garments, rudraksha-style beads and gold necklaces, and one holds a long ceremonial staff wrapped in orange cloth. The scene suggests a ritual offering of food and flowers.2009-01-01August 24 20062006-08-24A seated man with long dark hair, wearing a saffron-orange robe with gold edging and a red-and-white tilak on his forehead, sits cross-legged behind a white block altar built from square blocks topped with wooden sticks and flowers. Fruit trays of pomegranates, pineapples, oranges and grapes, sweets in boxes, flower-petal plates, a brass bowl, kumkum and a clay oil lamp surround the altar on a teal cloth. In the background, a person in white and another in orange-bordered cloth work near a table with a red-and-white cloth hanging on the wall. Sign and text readable in the frame are limited.2007-02-15