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A photograph of a temple-style puja with several people seated before a raised offering table. In the centre, a bald man with a white tilak, moustache, white kurta and rudraksha malas holds a small oil lamp in cupped hands while gazing upward. Beside him, a woman in a white and green sari with a gold-rimmed border holds a brass lamp and joins her palms. Behind them, a priest wearing an orange shawl, a long mala and sandalwood marks on his arms sits near a microphone stand, and another man in white with a mala stands at right. Fruits and flower-decorated trays rest on a table at the top right, and more oil lamps glow in the foreground beside a silver offering plate of fruit and flowers.

A photograph of a ritual scene indoors. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a white forehead mark sits in the centre holding a lit oil lamp, eyes lowered. Around him, shaved-headed priests in white garments, some bare-chested with gold necklaces, hold lamps or stand behind. A woman in white with a red bindi and a dark beaded necklace sits nearby. At the lower edge, women with long braided hair in white and orange clothing are seen from behind. On the right, a gold-trimmed wooden throne draped in orange cloth with red cushions and a fruit plate stands beside a white wall unit fan. Two people in the scene are seated near the throne, and the scene appears to be an aarti or puja. No person in the frame is confidently identifiable as a person from appearance, so the throne is empty of an identifiable occupant.

2010-10-22 +1 copies

A photograph of a group ritual with oil lamps. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl, with white and red tilak on his forehead and arms, holds a small brass lamp with a lit flame and a gold ornate necklace. Beside him a woman in a white saree with green border and a red bindi presses her palms together in prayer, with a black mala around her neck. Behind them an orange-robed man wearing a gold necklace and a white-clad man with a microphone sit among brass plates and a kalasha. Blurred figures in the foreground.

2010-10-22 +1 copies

A photograph of a Hindu ritual scene in a hall. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds small oil lamps with lit flames above a golden tray of offerings. Around him, several people sit on the floor: a bare-chested priest with a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, a woman in a white and green sari with a black beaded necklace, a woman in orange, and a child. Other participants in white dhotis sit with their backs to the camera. To the right, a golden seat is decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands, and a figure in orange robes sits on it, partly cropped. Golden ritual vessels and marigold garlands fill the frame.

2010-10-18 +1 copies

A photograph of a seated ritual gathering. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with a gold necklace and sandalwood-paste markings on his forehead and arms holds a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame. Beside him a woman in a white sari with a green-and-gold border and a black beaded necklace stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Behind them an orange-robed man with gold beads and a white-clad figure with gold beads sit among silver plates and offering trays with flowers, and several people in the foreground hold lamps. Oil lamps and metal plates suggest an aarti or puja. No clearly identifiable a person figure is visible.

2010-10-22 +1 copies

A photograph of a ritual scene with a shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red border, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangle, holding a small silver lamp (oil lamp) with a flame. Beside him a woman in a white sari with green and gold border presses her palms together in prayer, wearing a dark beaded mala and a red bindi. Behind them, a man in a white shawl and gold necklace speaks into a microphone, and another man in an orange cloth with a gold necklace and forehead markings sits at right. Silver plates and small lamps with lit flames are in the foreground, with a blurred person at lower left. Visible white vibhuti/tilak lines mark several foreheads and arms.

2010-10-22 +1 copies

October 18 2010

2010-10-18 +1 copies

A photograph of a ritual puja in an indoor hall. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and a gold-beaded necklace with a green-and-gold border holds a lit oil lamp and performs aarti with ash markings on his forehead and arms. Beside him a woman in an orange sari with a red bindi holds a lit lamp with hands pressed together, and other devotees in white and yellow clothes sit with palms joined. In the foreground, the backs of heads and hands hold silver plates with flower petals and offerings. At left, a gold-carved wooden seat draped with orange and red cloth sits beside the lamps. A white ceiling fan and a dark curtain are visible in the background.

A photo of a devotional gathering with a shaven-headed man in white clothes and a gold chain necklace holding a silver lamp with a lit flame, with a red tilak on his forehead. Around him, seated devotees include a woman in glasses with white tilak marks, an older woman with grey hair, and an older man on the right with a white moustache, white shirt and rudraksha-style beads, his hands pressed together in prayer. A blonde woman in a light outfit sits behind the lamp-bearer. Lit oil lamps and a blurred crowd in white are visible in the background, with orange chairs at the top right. The scene suggests a puja or aarti offering. The lamp-bearer has no distinctive visible cues for the page's a person claim, so the identity is marked uncertain.

May 27 2013

A photograph of a group seated at a ritual tray during a puja. In the foreground, a man in a white kurta with a staff-style ID badge holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame, and another silver lamp burns on the left. Behind the lamps sit a woman in a teal top with a braid and a bearded man in white with tilak on his forehead. Silver and gold ritual plates hold flowers, a small cup and offerings, and a gold-rimmed tray sits in front. Other seated devotees, one with a pale headscarf, look on in a warmly lit hall.

September 15 2011