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Close view of a ritual puja setup on silver-covered low tables. Brass and silver bowls, a small conch shell, brass lamps and a tall brass incense stick hold pink flower petals and offerings on silver trays. A seated person in orange saffron robes sits at right, with hands resting near the offerings, and another person in white at upper right. Pink petals, orange cloths and brass vessels fill the foreground.

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July 19 20162016-07-19March 07 20132013-03-07 +1 copiesSeptember 12 20132013-09-12March 08 20132013-03-08A close photograph of a ritual puja set on a white marble tray in the foreground. Brass plates hold flowers, a conch shell, a small brass lamp, a golden pyramid-shaped object, kumkum, and a folded maroon cloth. Behind the tray, seated figures in saffron and orange robes and wrists hung with rudraksha malas are performing the rite, one hand lifting a white conch-shaped vessel. The setting is a tiled floor with the ritual items arranged in front of the seated participants.2017-01-01January 06 20172017-01-06Close-up photo of a puja setup on the ground. Two people in orange garments sit cross-legged; one, wearing an orange sari with gold border, reaches over a silver tray. Silver trays hold a small oil lamp with a burning flame, a silver kalasha-style pot, a silver vessel with spout, bowls of kumkum, turmeric, and white powder, pink and purple flowers, betel leaves with red-brown offerings, and a lit incense stick. Reddish earth and a colourful woven mat lie beneath.2016-09-15September 11 20132013-09-11Close photograph of bare feet resting on a golden tray of silver ritual vessels, part of a padapuja. The feet belong to a person wearing orange-saffron robes, visible at the upper right. Pink rose petals and stems are scattered at left, with silver bowls holding oil, shredded white flower or grain offerings, and a silver spouted vessel. The feet are being washed or honoured with the offerings arranged around them.2010-10-30January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesA brass puja setup on a blue cloth-covered stone platform on a tiled floor. Brass lamps, a brass kalasha-style vessel, a small white ceramic pitcher, a steel cup, a bowl of red and yellow flowers, a red-and-orange cloth holding dried herbs, and a lit incense stick in a brass holder make up the offering arrangement. At the left edge, a person in orange robes sits beside the platform, but only the orange fabric and a hand are visible, so the figure is not identifiable. No deity image is clearly visible. The scene is a ritual offering arrangement during satsang-style worship.2014-07-28September 07 20142014-09-07