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A large hall with cream tiled floor and framed portraits hung on the wall, where a row of men and boys sit cross-legged on mats performing a ritual. The foreground priests wear white dhotis and shawls, with white sacred marks painted on their foreheads and arms; a shaved-headed priest in front holds a brass item over a plate. Brass oil lamps, small bowls, flowers and plates of offerings are arranged before them. Several boys in casual clothes sit in the background watching and participating.

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August 18 20112011-08-18A large hall with pink walls and a white tiled floor shows rows of seated participants performing a puja. In the foreground, men in white dhoti and shawl with red-bordered cloth sit on red and green mats before brass plates, lamps and bells. Behind them, many people in white and orange sit in orderly rows facing a stage. A man in orange robes sits near the stage area, and orange and multicoloured hangings decorate the pillars, with a projection screen and a camera on a tripod at the front.2010-09-18September 25 20112011-09-25October 25 20102010-10-25June 05 20112011-06-05A photograph of a seated ritual gathering in a plain hall with pink walls and white curtains. Around two dozen shaven-headed men in white dhotis and shawls sit in rows on the floor, many with bare chests and rudraksha malas. They hold incense, flowers and small offerings over brass thali plates set on orange mats, with oil lamps lit before them. Some hold open books. Orange chairs line the back wall. Pink and blue bowls of offerings and a red plastic bag sit nearby. No clearly identifiable a person is visible in appearance, so no candidate is named.2010-10-25October 03 20112011-10-03A photograph of a long row of seated devotees performing a puja in a bright hall with pink walls and a white tiled floor. Front centre, a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border sits cross-legged, hands joined, with a rudraksha mala and white tilak on his forehead. Beside him, a man in orange robes sits on an orange mat. Many other men in white ritual clothes with red-bordered shawls and white forehead markings sit along the row. Before them lie brass oil lamps, small brass pots, metal bowls of offerings, rice, and small plastic containers on orange, red and yellow mats. A tripod-mounted video camera stands in the background, and coloured fabric hangings decorate the upper walls. Some figures in the background are standing or seated in the rear of the hall, and a few men in orange and white are partly visible at the far left and right. The scene is a pada puja ritual in a hall, with devotees seated in long rows.2010-09-18A photograph of a seated group of men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies performing a ritual indoors on a tiled floor. In the foreground, a shaved-headed man with a white tilak on his forehead sits with hands in lap, next to a man with long swept-back hair wearing a rudraksha mala and bead bracelets. Rows of other white-clad priests sit behind them with brass lamps, plates and small oil lamps arranged on orange cloths and woven mats. A young boy in orange sits among them, and more children and devotees sit along the back wall. A golden throne-like peetha is visible at the right edge, with red curtains behind.2011-09-12 +1 copiesSeptember 01 20112011-09-01A photograph of a ritual hall where many seated devotees in white dhotis and shawls perform a puja on mats. In the foreground, several shaved-headed priests sit cross-legged, one ringing a brass bell and another holding a small bell, with rudraksha malas around their necks. The front priest has a white tripundra mark on his forehead. Brass plates of flowers and small brass oil lamps sit on the mat before them, with plastic containers nearby. Behind them, rows of people in white and a few in yellow saris and yellow shawls sit behind silver metal railings. Wall banners in red and yellow hang in the background, and a screen reads a copyright notice. No one is identifiable as a person in the visible cues.2010-09-30February 25 20112011-02-25 +1 copies