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November 25 2004

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A photograph in a small whitewashed room beside a blue diesel generator set with exhaust pipe and a red fuel hose. A long-haired man in saffron-orange robes, a bare-chested figure with ritual adornments, holds a brass oil lamp burning with flame in one hand and a brass handbell in the other, performing a puja to the generator; a pink hibiscus flower lies on the blue generator housing. Several onlookers stand nearby, one man in a checked shirt and others in white clothes with palms pressed together in namaste, and a figure in white near the doorway. Barred windows and banana leaves appear outside.2004-11-25A young man with long, loose dark hair and an orange-saffron robe holds a coconut shell with a lit flame in his right hand, offering puja beside a large blue diesel generator with a silver exhaust pipe and a red-tipped pink flower placed on its metal base. Behind him stand other people in orange and white robes, one with a shaved head and tilak-marked forehead, and another man in white looks on through a barred window. The wall is whitewashed and the doorway opens onto green foliage.2004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25November 25 20042004-11-25A photograph inside a small room with pale green walls. A woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, with a red and white flower garland around her neck, holds her hands over a brass oil lamp (aarti) lit by a man in an orange robe with a dark sash, who holds a brass tray of pink petals beside it. A man in a white shirt stands behind them and another man in a plaid shirt is at left. A woman at right in an orange sari presses her palms together. A framed portrait hangs on the wall above the doorway, a small oil lamp flame burns on the lamp, and a light switch panel is on the wall. Four visible people, with additional figures partly visible at the edges.2010-01-23December 31 20092009-12-31July 28 20082008-07-28January 02 20122012-01-02A photograph of a small white-walled shrine room during a puja. A man in a long-sleeved white dress stands at the centre-right, wearing a heavy garland of red, yellow and white flowers over saffron-orange robes, holding a lit flame and a brass bell and performing an aarti. Behind him, saffron-robed sannyasis and white-clad devotees stand with palms pressed together, and a young boy in a checked shirt holds a flame. At the left, a deity murti draped in orange cloth with flower garlands sits beside brass lamps, a kalasha and offering plates. A wooden door and iron-grilled windows frame the room, and an orange flag hangs on the right. a person: the garlanded man in orange and gold garments performing the aarti.2012-01-02January 11 20102010-01-11 +1 copiesIndoor photograph in a plain white-walled room during a puja. In the foreground, a figure seen from behind wears an orange turban and orange robe with a white jasmine garland on their hair. Center, a young shaved-headed sannyasi in orange robes with a red sash holds a brass bell and a silver tray of pink flower petals, with a sacred mark on his forehead. To the right, an oil lamp burns on a brass stand. Around them, several devotees stand with hands folded, including an older woman in an orange sari on the left and a girl in a brown-and-yellow school uniform with a flower in her hair. Men in white shirts and dhotis and other onlookers fill the background near an open doorway.2008-07-28December 31 20092009-12-31