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Close-up photo of a puja in progress: a bare-chested priest with white sacred ash marks on his chest and arm holds a small white leaf cup containing a red flower and green leaves in his cupped hands. Behind him, another person in an orange-yellow garment sits cross-legged on a striped mat. On the white floor in the foreground are brass bowls with red flower petals, small brass cups, a brass lamp stand and a lit oil lamp, with a bowl of white rice or grains at lower left. The scene suggests an offering ritual.

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Photo 11710036A photograph of a puja being performed on a white marble floor. Brass plates and bowls hold rose petals, white flowers, a betel leaf, a small coconut-like offering and kumkum. Lit oil lamps and a brass bell sit on a brown woven mat. In the foreground, a man with white horizontal stripes painted on his bare shoulder and arms wears a rudraksha mala and gold bracelets and sits with his hands joined in prayer. Beside him, other devotees in white dhotis sit on a striped red, pink and green cloth, one with dark skin and gold bracelets, hands folded. A copper vessel stands at the top left. Watermarked archive image.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22Close-up photo of a seated man in a white dhoti and orange shawl with printed script, holding a single red flower between his fingers during a puja. Brass thalis hold red and pink petals, brass cups, a small bell and lamps, and small oil lamps glow on the cloth-covered floor. A wristwatch and bangle are visible on his wrists, and a white paper cup sits in the foreground. Only the lower body and hands of one person are visible, so the presence of a candidate for a person cannot be confirmed from appearance.2017-05-12January 13 20172017-01-13January 22 20172017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22January 10 20172017-01-10Close photo of a seated man in white dhoti with an orange-red upper garment and a gold bangle, holding a small reddish-brown cloth piece in his open palm while pinching a red powder with his other fingers. Before him on a dark brown patterned mat sits a brass puja thali with red flowers, brass katoris, a brass spoon, a small brass kalasha-style vessel and white grains. A striped woven mat lies beside him and a white plastic-lidded jar sits in the background. The setting appears to be a ritual puja.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22A close photograph of a puja being performed on a white tiled floor. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged; the foreground figure's bare forearm and hand, wearing a rudraksha bracelet, reaches toward a brass tray. The tray holds yellow flower petals, a small white cloth-wrapped offering, a bowl of cooked rice, a rudraksha mala and a brass lamp or stand with a pink flower. A red cloth with gold border is laid beneath the items. Lit oil lamps and a lit incense stick stand nearby, and a second red-cloth altar with brass lamps and flowers is visible behind, with another saffron-robed person's hands at it.2017-01-12January 22 20172017-01-22