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A seated woman in orange sannyasi-style robes, with a red-and-white border and pale marks on her forearms, holds a microphone while a man in white dhoti and shawl pours liquid over a brass ritual object on a wooden stand. The brass vessel has a domed glass-like top and a stepped base. Around them are a brass lamp, a kalasha-style pot, fruit including apples, oranges and bananas, and flower garlands on a mat. Behind is a gilded deity murti with a green garland and a golden throne-like altar. The setting is an indoor temple hall with tiled walls. The scene appears to be a puja or abhishekam, with the woman speaking and the man performing the ritual.

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October 23 20082008-10-23October 23 20082008-10-23October 23 20082008-10-23October 23 20082008-10-23A photograph inside a temple shrine room at a Hindu temple. On the left, a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes with a white tilak on his forehead and arms sits on a carved wooden seat with hands joined in namaskar, speaking into a microphone on a stand; gold necklaces adorn his chest. Beside him a woman in a red sari sits quietly. At right, a man in white dhoti with bare upper body and yellow sacred thread pours liquid from a glass vessel over a golden kalasha or abhishekam object, while another man in white sits behind him. In front are a brass plate, small cups, a bell, an orange cloth, a platter of fruit, and white and pink flowers. Behind them, a dark stone deity murti rests on a seat draped in purple cloth, with blue and gold fabric and framed images on the wall.2008-10-23October 23 20082008-10-23October 23 20082008-10-23Indoor puja at a temple shrine. A bald man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged on the left, facing right toward a microphone on a stand, with his hands pressed together. Beside him, a devotee in a pale orange shawl kneels on a mat before a brass bowl of water and a bowl of fruit, while a woman in white pours from a vessel. Behind them stands a black nandi bull with garlands, a framed portrait garlanded with pink and red flowers, a red-draped table with sunflowers, and a framed photo on an armchair garlanded with marigolds, with colourful deity murtis and garlands in the background.2008-10-02November 09 20092009-11-09November 09 20092009-11-09Photograph of a puja at a Hindu temple with gold-framed deity images and garlands in the background. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes with a gold necklace, a white forehead mark and a microphone sits on a wooden chair, speaking. Beside him a woman in a red sari holds a book and tends a small fire in a fire pit. Two men in white dhotis with gold borders sit on the floor at right, one with a tripundra mark and rudraksha mala. In front lie a plate of pink flowers and a tray of fruit including apples, oranges and bananas. a person is the saffron-robed speaker with gold necklace and forehead mark, seated in a ritual role. Four visible people in total.2008-10-23A photograph of a temple puja at a shrine. A man in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered cloth, bare-chested with a sandalwood tilak on his forehead, sits on the floor pouring liquid from a glass vessel onto a copper shivalinga-style vessel on a wooden stand. A second man in white sits behind him, holding a small pot. Brass and silver puja vessels, a gilded arched backdrop with red and gold drapery, and orange cloth fill the scene, with a pink flower at the base of the stand.2008-10-23