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Three women perform a puja with lit oil lamps on a brass and silver tray. The woman on the left wears a red blouse and orange sari, holds a lamp aloft and looks upward in prayer. The woman in the centre wears a white sari with a white forehead marking and presses her palms together. The woman on the right wears glasses, a red blouse and orange sari with a rudraksha mala, and holds a lamp. Silver bowls, pink and red flowers, white plumeria blossoms and a metal vessel fill the foreground, with a gold deity murti partly visible at the left edge.

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June 04 20132013-06-04Four women perform a puja around a gold tray arranged with silver bowls of pink and red flowers, white blossoms, kumkum, honey or milk and a silver spouted vessel. Three women on the left and centre hold lit oil lamps aloft; the woman on the right in a white sari with a rudraksha mala raises a lamp while others sit with folded hands. Their clothing is orange, red and white, with vibhuti marks on foreheads. A carved wooden door stands behind them. No a person candidate is visibly identifiable from appearance, so no depiction is asserted.2013-07-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual puja in progress. Three women in maroon and rust-coloured saris with gold borders hold lit oil lamps raised toward the upper left, one with a rudraksha mala and white vertical forehead markings. Behind them a man in a white garment with a white forehead marking stands partly visible. In the foreground a large golden tray holds rows of silver bowls with vermilion-red and yellow offerings, red and white flower petals, and silver cups. A man's tattooed forearm with beaded bracelets reaches over the tray. A golden deity murti and a tiger-striped figure stand at the left edge near a gold-trimmed altar, and red curtains hang at the right.2013-04-10July 10 20132013-07-10A ritual photo showing women and a young girl performing arati with oil lamps around a large golden tray filled with silver bowls of flowers, red petals, kumkum and other offerings. A girl on the left in an orange garment raises a lit lamp, while a woman in white with a forehead tilak holds her hands in prayer. Women in orange saris and rudraksha malas hold flames above the offerings, and a dark wooden door stands behind them.2013-06-02April 12 20132013-04-12Three women in dark red-maroon saris with gold borders stand and kneel behind a golden-bordered table laden with offerings. Silver bowls and trays hold flower petals in red and white, orange and yellow liquids, small glass oil bottles and mango leaves. The woman on the left wears white tripundra forehead marks and glasses, the middle woman wears glasses and rudraksha beads, and the woman on the right wears a white forehead band, rudraksha mala and a gold earring. Gold ornate panels and a red cloth are visible behind them. No man is pictured in the scene.2013-04-10December 07 20092009-12-07June 07 20132013-06-07April 10 20132013-04-10April 10 20132013-04-10A photograph of a ritual puja with two people holding small silver oil lamps lit with flames, raising them upward. A woman on the left wears a white sari with a gold border, a white forehead mark, and beaded necklaces. A man on the right, bare-shouldered with a white cloth and gold trim, wears a rudraksha mala and bangles and holds a lit lamp. Before them on a gold-embossed table are many silver bowls and trays holding red and white flowers, green leaves, bottles of oil, and offerings, with additional lamps burning in the foreground. Two people are visible; a hand with a tattoo appears at the lower left edge.2013-04-10