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A woman in an orange and white patterned sari kneels before a large brass multi-tiered oil lamp with several flames, lighting it with her right hand while another hand from the right holds the lamp's base. She wears a gold necklace, bangles and a vermilion dot on her forehead. A polished metal tray sits at left beside a small red matchbox, and shelves of stacked books stand behind her. Only the woman and the hand are visible as people; no a person candidate is shown.

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Two women sit cross-legged on a woven mat on a wooden floor, performing a puja. The woman in front wears an orange and cream printed saree with a pastel striped border and gold bangles, holding a small item over a brass vessel with a lit wick. Beside her, a woman in a magenta saree with a green and gold border and a forehead mark sits with hands together. Brass plates hold flowers, leaves and offerings, a brass bell and a lit oil lamp rest nearby, and incense sticks stand in a metal bowl. Bookshelves stacked with papers are visible behind them.2022-01-10November 14 20212021-11-14October 16 20082008-10-16February 19 20132013-02-19A photograph of a ritual lamp being lit in an indoor shrine area. In the foreground, a figure with long, swept-back dark hair and bare upper body wears an orange-saffron wrap and a gold necklace, reaching with the right hand toward the top of a tall brass oil lamp (nanda vilakku) with a bird-shaped finial. A second figure in an orange wrap with a rudraksha mala stands at right, also reaching toward the lamp. Behind them are a small golden bowl, a steel cup on a wooden stand, a wooden carved frame, and a person in a red patterned sari seated in the background.2007-11-09A woman with long curly dark hair, wearing an orange-red sari with gold border and gold bangles, sits cross-legged lighting a many-tiered brass lamp stand filled with burning oil lamps. She holds a small lamp in one hand and a matchbox rests nearby. Behind her are brass ritual objects and a wooden table, with another person in red visible at the top.2008-05-12September 20 20112011-09-20KAILASA HOUSTON, USA on 7/6/20192019-07-06 +1 copiesNovember 12 20082008-11-12A large group of seated devotees performs a ritual in a hall with cream walls and a red curtain. Many young women and girls in saffron-orange saris with red borders wear rudraksha malas and white forehead markings, holding brass oil lamps and small plates of offerings. Older women in white and maroon saris sit among them, some holding lit lamps or cupped hands in prayer. Brass pots, small plates of fruit and flowers, and a wall painting of deities are visible. Smoke rises from a small incense or lamp at lower left.2013-11-20A woman in orange and maroon sari-style robes sits on a wet floor, holding a small silver oil lamp with a lit flame in both hands. She wears a white vertical tilak and a red kumkum dot on her forehead, a dark rudraksha mala, gold bangles and a nose stud. Silver offering plates sit in the foreground.2010-09-14April 12 20122012-04-12 +1 copies