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Indoor photo of a pradosha puja in a temple hall at night. Several people in white dhotis and shirts with orange shawls kneel and bow around a white-draped table holding rows of small brass bowls, a plate of bananas, flower garlands, and brass lamps. Heaps of white material sit on the floor, and a brass lamp stand rests on the ground in front. A figure in white stands in a doorway at the back, and a garlanded wooden seat with flower decorations is at left. A black board with lettering is mounted on the wall.

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A photograph of a seated group performing a pradosha puja in an indoor hall with bare concrete floor and white walls. In the foreground, a young woman with long dark hair, wearing a white garment and an orange shawl, sits on the left beside a silver tray holding small metal bowls, bananas, and white offerings, with brass lamps and a garlanded altar behind her. On the right, a row of seated young men wear white dhotis and orange shawls, with one wearing a red and white cloth at his waist. A standing person in white clothing stands in a doorway at the back. No clear identity cue for a person is visible.2007-09-24A night-time ceremony in a plain whitewashed hall with a concrete floor. A woman with long dark hair, wearing an orange saffron sari and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, sits cross-legged on a striped mat with her eyes lowered. In front of her a man in white kneels and bows low, touching the floor near a small brass vessel. 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Many devotees in plain white clothes sit on the floor in rows, while several men in orange-saffron garments kneel and bow low with their foreheads to the ground in prostration. Brass oil lamps with lit flames stand on the floor, and a large round brass plate holds offerings of fruit and flowers on a white cloth. A figure lying on a bed or cushion beside the offerings is draped in white with flower garlands nearby. A tall red-and-silver ceremonial pillar stands along the wall, with ceremonial banners hanging from the upper wall.2007-09-24A photograph of a ritual in a plain concrete hall at dusk. In the centre, a seated man with long dark hair wears an orange shawl and holds a long wooden staff topped with an orange cloth. Beside him, a younger man in white clothes and an orange shawl holds a red-covered book. On the left, a man in white with an orange shawl holds a brass plate of white flowers. 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A speaker is mounted high on the wall.2007-10-23January 03 20082008-01-03A photograph of a ceremonial initiation scene in an indoor hall with plain grey walls and concrete floor. A seated figure with long dark wavy hair wears a saffron-orange robe and rudraksha beads, and holds a long wooden staff across the lap. Before them a devotee in white clothes with a yellow shawl lies prostrate on a striped mat, touching the feet of the seated figure. To the left a man in white with an orange shawl holds a brass plate of white flowers, and another in orange sits nearby. Behind, a brass kalasha vessel is raised by a man in white with a yellow shawl, while other people in white and orange sit with hands folded or stand watching. Some are seated along the back wall.2007-08-08A photograph inside a plain, pale hall where a group sits on a bare floor during an evening ritual. In the foreground, young men in white dhotis and white shirts with saffron-orange shawls sit with eyes closed, hands folded, and rudraksha-style beads visible. Behind them, others in white and red-orange cloths sit in rows, and a standing figure in white with a shawl stands near a window with iron grilles. On the right, a brass lamp stand holds a flaming oil lamp on a low brass dish beside a carved stone pillar, indicating a lamp-lit devotional gathering or puja.2007-09-21January 03 20082008-01-03