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A seated group ritual in a bright hall with a light floor. In the foreground a woman with long platinum-blonde hair, wearing a cream sari with gold border and a red shawl, holds a brass aarti lamp aloft with one hand while her other hand rests on her chest. Beside her a bespectacled man with a grey beard, dressed in white shirt and trousers with a red lanyard and rudraksha-style mala, holds a lit oil lamp in his hand. Behind them women in orange and red garments with mala beads sit with palms pressed together, and banana leaves with food offerings lie on the floor. The scene reads as an aarti during a puja.

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Photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a large hall. Several devotees in orange and saffron clothing with rudraksha malas sit on the floor behind lit oil lamps. In the foreground, a woman in a white blouse and white sari with a red border, wearing glasses and a red bindi, holds a small lit lamp on a brass plate. Beside her, a man in white kurta with a red shawl holds another lit lamp, and a man in glasses with a red shawl follows with a lamp. A woman in white with a red shawl also holds a lamp. Trays of food offerings sit on green leaves near the front. A saffron cloth with printed text lies on the floor. A bald monk's head is partly visible at the bottom edge.2013-05-20Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +1 copiesJuly 12 20162016-07-12A photograph of a seated devotional gathering on a white floor, with many people holding small lit oil lamps in cupped hands. In the foreground, a bald man in white clothes with an orange-red shawl and glasses holds a lamp, and beside him a woman in a white sari with an orange-red shawl offers a lamp with raised hands. A woman with a red forehead mark and a white top with an orange shawl also holds a flame. Behind them, monks in saffron-orange robes sit with palms pressed together, and a green cloth with cups and bottles lies at the right. a person is not clearly visible among those pictured, so no candidate is identified.2015-05-23December 16 20132013-12-16March 30 20162016-03-30December 16 20132013-12-16January 08 20182018-01-08March 30 20162016-03-30A photograph of a large hall where many devotees sit on mats performing a puja with small oil lamps. In the foreground a woman in white clothes and a red rudraksha mala raises a lamp, and beside her an older woman in white with orange shawl and glasses holds a brass vessel. A woman in a white sari with gold border holds a lit lamp, and another woman in a green blouse and red mala sits to the right. Behind them men and women in orange and white clothes sit in rows, with a small stone deity murti, brass plates of offerings and a framed picture on a low stone platform in front. The room has red curtains and a rope barrier behind the rows.2014-11-07December 28 20142014-12-28November 10 20132013-11-10 +1 copies