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A photo from a ceremony hall with a striped floor mat and yellow floor lines. A seated figure in an orange dhoti and bright red sleeveless top, with a long white flower garland, a gold headband and a microphone at his side, extends his hand to offer something from a banana leaf holding white and yellow offerings. In front of him, a man in white kurta and pants and an orange shawl bends forward with cupped hands to receive it. Behind him, several devotees in white garments with orange shawls stand in a line, some holding small offerings, while others sit on the far side of the hall.

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December 27 20072007-12-27A photo of a seated figure in an orange dhoti and red sleeveless top, wearing a gold headband and a white flower garland, extending a handful of food toward a young woman kneeling on a striped mat. She wears a white and orange outfit with an orange shawl and holds out her cupped hands. Behind them, several people in white dhotis and saris with orange shawls stand in a tented hall, and a banana leaf with rice sits on a white cloth beside a metal bowl of food. A woman with blonde hair in a yellow-and-white outfit stands among them.2007-12-27A photograph of a festival meal service in a covered hall. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair, a headband and a white flower garland sits on a striped red-and-blue mat, wearing an orange-red sleeveless top and orange cloth, and serves food onto a green banana leaf. Beside him, a woman in a white outfit with an orange shawl kneels with cupped hands. Behind them, a line of people in white clothes with orange shawls and gold borders stand holding leaf plates of food, with a steel tray of rice in the lower corner. Striped hangings and a seated audience appear in the background.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesDecember 27 20072007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27Indoor ritual photograph in a hall with a patterned fabric backdrop and a white-and-purple banner. A man in white dhoti and shirt wearing an orange shawl bends forward to receive yellow flower petals or garlands from a woman seated on the floor in a red sleeveless top, orange cloth and white flower garland, who holds a small plate of yellow flowers. A leaf with rice or grain offerings lies on a striped mat. Behind them women in white saris with orange shawls and a man in white stand in a line, and more seated people sit near the back wall. The scene suggests a puja or padapuja style offering with flowers. +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a ceremony in a plain concrete hall with white-curtained windows. In the lower right, a man with long dark hair, a gold headband and a white flower garland over orange clothing sits on a striped red-and-blue mat, holding a microphone and gesturing with one hand, with a banana-leaf offering and a plate of food and flowers before him. Around him, women in white saris with orange shawls and a kneeling child in white stand and sit, and a standing man in white kurta holds a camera. A seated man with grey hair is in the foreground at right. Three people stand in white at the upper right.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copiesIndoor photograph of a festival meal service during Brahmotsav Day-6. A seated figure in a red sleeveless top, orange cloth and a white flower garland with a gold headband sits on a striped mat, holding a microphone and food over a banana leaf. A woman in white with an orange shawl kneels on the mat, lifting rice from a steel plate. Behind her, several women in white clothes with orange shawls stand in a line, some holding food, while a large steel bowl of rice sits at the right edge. Colourful cloth hangings decorate the hall and a few onlookers sit at the far left.2007-12-27December 27 20072007-12-27 +1 copies