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Close-up photo of two women in white sari-style clothing with pale gold borders, wearing long rudraksha mala necklaces. Their hands hold small folded red-and-gold cloth pieces and pink flower petals, apparently for an offering. Bangles and rings are visible on their wrists and fingers, and incense sticks and a small metal vessel appear at the lower right. No identifiable face is shown and no a person candidate is visible in the frame.

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February 13 20182018-02-13Close-up photo of devotees in white saris seated in a ritual setting, one woman holding a silver tray heaped with pink flower petals while another woman in the background holds her hands together in prayer. Both wear rudraksha mala beads, and the woman with the tray wears gold bangles, rings and red and green glass bangles. Brass plates of petals sit in the foreground. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam offering of flower petals.2018-02-13Close-up photo of a ritual puja in progress. A woman in a white sari with a gold border holds a small spoon over a silver tray holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a brass deity figure, a white flower, leaves, a small silver bowl of offerings and a stick of incense. A rudraksha mala with brown beads hangs at her chest, and a second person in white and gold clothing sits beside her with gold bangles visible. Another brass vessel and flowers sit in the foreground.2018-02-13December 19 20132013-12-19Close-up photo of a woman in a red and orange saree with a red border, wearing gold earrings and a bangle, holding two small silver cups with spouts and flower-like finials over a tray of offerings. A second woman on the left in a yellow shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Silver bowls holding white flower petals and small offerings sit on a brass tray with a lit oil lamp in the foreground. A small name tag is pinned to the saree.2009-12-07Close photo of seated ritual participants during a puja with brass oil lamps lit on a low table. In the foreground a person in an orange-red garment and rudraksha bracelets holds a small brass lamp with a flame. Behind, a figure in white dhoti with yellow border sits beside others in cream and beige cloth. Brass plates hold yellow and orange flowers, rice, bowls and small brass vessels, and a brass kalasha-like vessel stands among them. Several other lamps burn across the table.2017-01-06 +1 copiesClose-up of seated devotees in white clothes during a ritual in pinkish stage light. In the foreground, a woman in a white blouse and white sari wears dark rudraksha mala beads on her wrist and arm and gold bangles, with her hands extended forward over a small lit oil lamp in a brass dish. Beside her, another person in white holds rudraksha malas and hands near the lamp, and a red-bordered garment is visible at the right edge. Blurred figures fill the frame, and brass items sit at the bottom edge.2018-01-03October 02 20142014-10-02December 07 20092009-12-07October 02 20132013-10-02December 17 20132013-12-17January 15 20172017-01-15