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Close photograph of a ritual scene on an orange cloth. Two small silver oil lamps with lit wicks sit side by side, and a folded orange-and-gold bordered cloth rests on a silver tray in the foreground. A hand in a white garment holds incense sticks, lighting them from a lamp, while bare feet of a seated person appear at the top. Gold-coloured metal is visible at the upper left. Only partial body parts are visible, no full person.

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A close photograph of a silver ritual tray on an orange cloth. Several small oil lamps with lit wicks sit on the tray, including a central lamp set before a gold-toned repousse figure with a crown-like top. Incense sticks stand upright in a silver flower-shaped holder at left. Behind, a second tray holds folded orange cloth and a stack of small sacred items. No people are visible.2011-12-02Close-up photograph of a ritual scene on an orange cloth. Silver oil lamps with flames and burning incense sticks sit on a silver stand and on silver dishes. Several people in white clothes are visible at the edges, their hands reaching toward the lamps, and scattered yellow petals lie on the cloth. A colourful striped mat and an orange-and-gold fabric appear at the right. No face is visible and no one can be identified.2010-08-06Close photo of a ritual offering: two silver oil lamps with flames sit on a silver tray beside two white sugar lumps. A hand wearing a rudraksha bracelet and a ring with a small oval portrait holds an incense stick over a hammered copper bowl. Orange cloth lies in the foreground and white fabric appears at the top right.2010-08-28December 17 20112011-12-17February 24 20112011-02-24A close photo of a puja set-up on a red and blue patterned mat. A woman kneels at left in a cream sari with a green border, her bare forearm and silver bangles visible as she holds a lit incense stick over a silver tray of small oil lamps, several of them burning. Beside the tray lie folded orange cloths. At lower right a partly visible person in white clothing sits, cropped at the edge of the frame.2010-10-19August 31 20112011-08-31Close-up photo of a ritual table in the foreground: a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits on a silver dish on a glossy surface, with a glass bowl of reddish paste, a red flower, and a brass vessel with a ladle nearby. Blurred in the background, a person wearing orange-saffron robes is seated, with a pale patterned cloth visible at the right edge. The image is shallow-focus, with the lamp in sharp detail and the robed figure only partially visible. No clear facial features are shown, and no appearance-based identification of a person is made.2013-08-15February 04 20172017-02-04Close photo of a puja setup on an orange cloth. A brass oil lamp with a lit flame sits on a brass tray holding orange and red flowers, and a hand reaches in to light or tend it. Beside it are a folded red cloth with gold border, a brass bell, a small silver or white conch-shaped dish, and a brass lamp stand with a lit candle. Only hands are visible, so no people are shown in full.2011-09-07November 02 20102010-11-02Close photo of a puja in progress. Two seated people in white ritual cloth handle silver puja vessels on an orange cloth. A man in a white dhoti with a red border, wearing gold bangles and a gold ring, holds a silver lamp stand with a lit flame, while a woman in a cream sari with a shawl holds a small silver vessel and incense sticks. Silver trays hold a pink fruit and offerings. Behind them is an ornate gold-toned shrine panel. Only hands and partial bodies are visible.2011-02-13