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A photograph taken from above of a person's hands performing a puja at a tiled floor. The hands, wearing a gold bangle and a red-and-white beaded bracelet, hold a small offering as a brass pot with a spout sits beside a brass plate heaped with yellow marigold flowers, a gold-rimmed brass plate with flowers and leaves, a brass bell, small brass cups and a brass lamp. Incense sticks stand on a woven mat, and a red-and-gold cloth with a fringe and a red bag lie in the background. No face is visible. The worshipper wears white clothing at the wrist.

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Close view of a floor-level puja setup on a woven mat: brass plates with yellow flower petals, a brass bell, a white conch shell, small brass cups of rice, incense sticks burning, and a lit oil lamp. Two hands of a seated man in white clothing with a thin red-and-gold bracelet are placing an offering. The image shows only hands and clothing, with no visible face. The ritual is a worship puja with conch, bell and flowers, no visible homa fire.2017-01-03January 25 20172017-01-25 +1 copiesA close photograph of a puja setup on a white tiled floor. A hand pours water from a brass kalasha-style vessel over a brass plate holding a small deity murti and yellow marigold flowers. Nearby are a brass bell, a conch shell, a small oil lamp, a brass bowl of vermilion, incense sticks in a holder, and a second brass plate with yellow flowers and folded cloth. The person's bare arm wears a gold bangle and a braided red and white wrist thread. The scene is a ritual puja or abhishekam; no face or full body is visible.2017-01-25January 03 20172017-01-03A photograph of a puja being performed on a white marble floor. Two bare forearms of a seated priest, one wearing a gold bangle and beaded bracelet, reach toward a brass tray decorated with red rose petals and a small brass lamp. Nearby sit brass bowls, a brass bell, a copper water vessel, a small brass kalasha-style vessel, and a white conch shell. A lit oil lamp burns in the foreground, and a red and green striped cloth lies on the floor.2017-01-22January 22 20172017-01-22Close-up of a puja setup on a white marble floor. A brass plate on a red woven mat holds a small brass shivalinga-style object, a brass bell, yellow flower petals, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame on a tray at left, a small brass bowl of white substance, and a pair of dark rudraksha beads on folded orange cloth. Incense sticks lie nearby. At right, a person in white clothing sits on a striped cushion, holding a yellow flower petal in their fingers, with a red thread bracelet on the wrist. Marigold flowers lie on a brass plate at the bottom edge.2017-01-10Close view of a puja being performed on a white marble floor. A man with bare, lightly ash-marked arms wears a brass bracelet and beaded bracelet and holds a small object between his fingers over a brass plate. Nearby, brass plates of red and pink rose petals, a brass lamp with a lit flame, small brass bowls, a brass bell, a conch shell and a copper vessel sit on a brown patterned mat. Another person in white dhoti and red-and-yellow striped cloth sits at the edge. Some attendees wear orange garments in the background.2017-01-22A close photograph of a puja being performed on a tiled floor. A hand wearing a gold bangle pours milk from a small brass vessel onto a brass plate holding yellow flower petals, green leaves and a betel-leaf offering. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks, a brass bell, a white conch shell, small brass bowls of rice or grain, and incense sticks surround the arrangement on a woven red mat. A person in orange clothing sits at the edge of the frame, and a blurred orange-clad figure sits at the top, with incense smoke rising. The scene suggests an abhishekam or puja offering, with the arrangement of ritual items centred in the frame.2017-01-03 +1 copiesClose view of a puja tray on a white tiled floor. A bare male hand, sleeve pushed back, reaches over the tray to light a wick of a brass oil lamp. Brass plates and bowls hold yellow marigold-type flowers, a red-tinged offering, rice or grain, a small brass lota with a spoon, a tall brass bell, and a white cloth-wrapped item. Lit oil lamps and an incense stick sit at the lower left, and a striped red and white cloth edges the right side. No face is visible, so the presence of a specific person cannot be confirmed.2017-01-26January 25 20172017-01-25January 22 20172017-01-22