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A photograph of a temple-style puja inside a hall with a floral-decorated altar. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on the left with hands folded in prayer near a row of brass oil lamps with lit flames, a brass kalasha and offering plates of fruit and flowers. Behind them a seated man in a striped shirt watches. The altar is covered with white and pink garlands framing a central deity murti. A white draped curtain hangs on the right and a speaker sits on a stand by the window. Three people are visible.

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A photograph of an indoor puja set up before a large altar decorated with white jasmine-style garlands edged in magenta flowers. At the centre sits a framed portrait with orange flowers placed before it. In the foreground, a line of saffron-robed sannyasis sit on a striped mat with hands joined in prayer, with brass oil lamps, fruit offerings and lit wicks arranged in front of them. Behind them a man in white sits on the floor near a brass lamp. A tripod-mounted stand and a speaker sit at the side, and a draped curtain hangs on the right wall.2005-11-11 +1 copiesNovember 11 20052005-11-11A photograph of a ritual puja in an indoor hall decorated with a large floral arch of white jasmine and pink-edged garlands framing a shrine-like altar. A young man in white dhoti and kurta stands at the altar holding a brass oil lamp (deepa) with a lit flame. Behind him, several men in white clothes kneel and tend to steel vessels and offering trays on a green-and-white striped mat. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at the left edge. Floodlight stands and a speaker are visible, and a white draped curtain hangs on the right wall.2005-11-11Indoor puja in a plain whitewashed hall with barred windows and a speaker on a stand. A standing priest in saffron-orange robe with a long yellow-green marigold garland around his neck performs worship before an elaborately decorated shrine covered in white and pink flower garlands. Other saffron-robed men sit on the striped green and red mat, and seated devotees in white clothes line the left side. Brass vessels, lamps and offering plates fill the floor, and a framed portrait sits on the shrine. A woman in white sits near the offerings, and a man in white stands behind them. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2005-11-11Indoor puja set up in a hall with pale green walls and fluorescent lights. A large altar is covered in white jasmine garlands edged with magenta flowers and arched like a shrine, with a framed portrait and a deity image at its centre, flanked by lit oil lamps, fruit plates and marigolds. In the foreground, two saffron-robed men sit on a mat before brass lamps and offering plates. Behind them a person in white and another in a striped shirt sit near a speaker and window grille, and a film light stand is in front of the altar.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11Photograph of a ritual in an indoor hall with plain green walls and a window grille. A large altar is covered with white and pink flower garlands, with a framed portrait at its centre, flanked by brass oil lamps and fruit offerings. Three sannyasis in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on a mat at left with hands joined in prayer, with lit oil lamps and a brass plate before them. A man in white clothes kneels near the altar, and a seated figure in a striped shirt sits behind. A tripod microphone stand and a speaker are visible. The scene is a puja before a garlanded altar.2005-11-24November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 24 20052005-11-24A standing priest in orange-saffron robes raises a lit camphor flame on a brass lamp during an aarti at an indoor hall with pale green walls. Beside him, another person in orange and a seated monk in orange sit on a striped green and red mat, with seated devotees in white in the foreground with hands pressed in prayer. A tall ornate floral arch of white and pink-edged garlands frames a small framed photograph on an altar, with brass pots, oil lamps, and offering plates arranged before it.2005-11-11