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A photograph of a row of seated devotees performing a puja on a long floor, with brass plates, small oil lamps and cups of offerings arranged on yellow and green mats. A grey-haired man in the foreground wears a red and beige rudraksha mala, white ritual dhoti and white horizontal markings on his bare shoulder, and holds a small item over the offerings. Beside him a younger man with dreadlocks and bangles also works at the plates, and several bare-chested devotees in white dhotis and orange-robed people continue the line behind them.

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January 06 20172017-01-06Photograph of a row of seated participants in a hall performing a puja with brass vessels, oil lamps and yellow flowers arranged on mats in front of them. The foreground man has greying hair, glasses, a red-and-black rudraksha mala, white horizontal sacred ash stripes on his shoulders and upper arm, and bare upper body with a white and gold cloth around his waist; he holds a small brass cup. Others beside him are bare-chested or in white dhotis, some wearing bangles and beaded bracelets. Brass kalasha vessels, a small incense stand and lit lamps sit on the floor, with a deity image visible on the far wall.2017-01-03 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20172017-01-03January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesA photograph of a row of seated men in a hall performing a puja with brass vessels and oil lamps arranged on a mat in front of them. In the foreground, a man with grey hair and glasses wears a red-and-brown rudraksha mala and bare-chested white body markings on the shoulders, dhoti in white with a gold border, and beaded bracelets. He holds a small object in his hands over a brass plate. Beside and behind him, other bare-chested men sit on green mats, and a framed deity image hangs on the pale wall. Brass lamps, bowls, and yellow flowers lie on the floor, and several oil lamps are lit.2017-01-03January 03 20172017-01-03A row of seated devotees in a temple hall performs a ritual with brass oil lamps and small brass vessels set on red and pink mats in front of them. Several men wear saffron-orange dhotis, bare upper bodies, rudraksha malas and white tripundra markings on their foreheads and arms. The foremost man in orange has his hands near the lamps, eyes lowered. Others sit with palms joined in prayer. Burning incense sticks rise among the lamps, and a blurred background of more seated participants and a framed image completes the scene.2017-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20172017-01-06January 13 20172017-01-13January 10 20172017-01-10A photograph of a seated puja ceremony in a hall. In the foreground a young shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti and saffron shawl, with rudraksha mala and gold chain, sits cross-legged with hands cupped over a brass plate of leaves and offerings on a low marble stand. Behind him older priests, some bare-chested with white sacred ash markings and rudraksha malas, sit on mats with brass vessels, lamps and kalasha-style pots. Other devotees sit in the background.2017-01-08January 11 20172017-01-11