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Photo of a row of young men in saffron-orange robes seated along a long table, each holding a small brass oil lamp (deepam) toward a shared offering tray. Several have white and sandalwood forehead markings and rudraksha malas; one on the right is bare-chested with a saffron shawl and ear studs, while others wear wrist beads and bracelets. Fresh flowers and offering plates sit on the table, and a striped rug lies at the left edge. Warm lamplight and bokeh fill the hall. Lamp offering ritual. Several other seated devotees are blurred in the background.

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January 26 20172017-01-26A photograph of a row of seated devotees in saffron-orange robes during a ritual, with several people raising small brass oil lamps or lit diyas toward the upper left. In the foreground, a young man with short dark hair and a gold stud earring holds a lamp aloft, wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange shawl. Beside him, a man with a white tilak on his forehead and rudraksha beads sits holding a small object. Multiple lit lamps glow along the table in front of them, with offering plates and flowers. The hall has pink walls and framed pictures. No one is clearly identifiable as the a person in this view.2017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11A row of seated devotees in saffron-orange robes performs a lamp ritual inside a hall with pink walls and framed pictures. In the foreground a young man with short dark hair, a small hoop earring and a beaded rudraksha mala lifts a lit oil lamp toward the light. Beside him a seated man in orange wears white stripes on his upper arm, and others hold small lamps and shallow oil lamps along a long low table. Bokeh lights glow in the background. Several people are visible, the nearest in sharp focus, the rest partly cropped.2017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11January 04 20172017-01-04 +2 copiesJanuary 11 20172017-01-11January 11 20172017-01-11A photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a large hall with pink walls. In the foreground, a shirtless young man with a long dark braid and white body markings holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand, wearing a rudraksha mala and a small pendant. Beside him, another shirtless man with a long braid wears a rudraksha mala, sits cross-legged on a saffron cloth, and holds a small brass lamp. Several people in saffron-orange dhotis sit in rows behind them, holding lamps and offerings, with brass plates of fruit, flowers and sweets on the floor. Some seated women in colourful clothes also appear in the background, and a white ritual fire with smoke rises among the participants.2017-01-03 +1 copiesA row of seated priests performing a puja on a white tiled floor. Front-left, a bald priest in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha malas holds a small brass oil lamp, with a brass plate of flowers and offerings before him. Behind him, more priests in orange and white dhotis with white forehead markings sit in a line, their hands raised over brass pooja vessels and lit oil lamps. Several shirtless priests have white sacred ash marks on their arms and chests. Small flames and flower-decorated plates line the floor, with a rudraksha-adorned priest in the right foreground.2017-01-22A row of seated devotees in orange robes perform a ritual with lit oil lamps and brass implements during a puja. In the foreground a young man with curly hair and a gold bangle raises a small lit lamp, while beside him a man with white tilak marks holds a brass deepam. Further along, more hands hold lamps and a brass bell, and a tray of flowers and offerings sits on the floor. The background is softly blurred with warm orange light and a dark doorway.2017-01-26