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A seated devotional gathering on a light floor covering in a home room. A woman in an orange sari with a red border, left foreground, faces a ritual setup of fruit, sweets, flowers, a brass bowl and an orange cloth, beside a garland of white, red and yellow flowers. Around it, several women and a man sit in folded hands, one in a red sari, one in a pink-and-green sari, one in an orange kurta, and a man in a white kurta with a garland at right. A drummer sits in the upper left background. A bottom-right child's head is visible. The setting is a domestic room with white doors and a window.

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Indoor puja at a home shrine in Los Angeles. Three women sit on a white mat with palms pressed together in prayer: on the left a woman in a rust-brown sari with a red bead necklace, in the centre a woman in a peach-pink sari with a dark bead mala, and on the right a woman in a white top with a dark necklace. In the foreground, seen from behind, a figure in a saffron-orange shawl with a red border and head covered faces them. Before them lie a tray with orange fruit, a covered yellow-cloth vessel, steel plates of offerings, white and pink flowers and a ceremonial kalasha with a garland of red, yellow and white flowers. A small fan stands in the doorway.2008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03A seated group in a living room performs a puja on a white cloth, with fruit, flowers, brass bowls and a basket of petals arranged in front. A man in an orange-saffron robe with a red-and-gold shawl and a large gold necklace, sitting cross-legged on the right, leads the ritual with his hands extended over the offerings. Opposite him a man in a cream silk shirt and white dhoti and a woman in a green and pink sari sit with folded hands, and younger devotees in orange and white clothing sit behind. A framed picture hangs on the back wall and a wall painting is visible above the sofa.2008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03A seated man in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala and a gold necklace sits with palms pressed together before a large decorated deity murti dressed with a garland of white and multicolored flowers and draped in red and green cloth. Offerings in brass plates of flowers, fruit, sweets and oranges surround him on an orange cushion. Devotees sit on white cloth in a living room: a man in white ritual clothes at lower left, a woman in an orange sari behind, a bald man in white, and several others seated along a sofa beneath a framed Buddha image. The scene appears to be a home puja or abhishekam; the seated man in saffron is a sannyasi-style figure with appearance-based cues, presented as a person. Seven or eight people are visible.2008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03May 03 20082008-05-03August 13 20082008-08-13May 03 20082008-05-03A living-room puja in progress at a home in Los Angeles. A man in orange robes and a saffron head cloth sits cross-legged at the centre, holding a lit oil lamp in his right hand and a brass bell or lamp in the other, with a rudraksha mala around his neck. To his right, a man in white dhoti and shawl sits with palms joined. Seated devotees fill the room: a woman in a pink sari in the lower left foreground, an older woman in orange, and several people in white and orange along the white sofa behind. A large deity murti on the right is draped in a thick garland of white, yellow and red flowers, with green and red silk cloth. In front lie brass plates of fruit, marigolds, orange-wrapped offerings and bowls of prasad, and a kalasha-style vessel. The room has cream walls and a framed picture above the sofa.2008-05-03A photograph of a домашний puja inside a carpeted living room with a beige sofa. A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits cross-legged at the right, hands folded in front of her, facing a deity murti dressed in a red-and-gold cloth and draped with a large garland of white flowers with green and red accents. Around her, seated devotees in orange, blue and white clothes watch, and a man in a cream kurta sits at the lower left. Trays in front hold bananas, oranges, apples, flower petals, sweets and brass dishes with offerings. The scene shows a devotional gathering with a puja underway.2008-05-03