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A photograph of an indoor puja set up before a large altar decorated with white jasmine-style garlands edged in magenta flowers. At the centre sits a framed portrait with orange flowers placed before it. In the foreground, a line of saffron-robed sannyasis sit on a striped mat with hands joined in prayer, with brass oil lamps, fruit offerings and lit wicks arranged in front of them. Behind them a man in white sits on the floor near a brass lamp. A tripod-mounted stand and a speaker sit at the side, and a draped curtain hangs on the right wall.

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A photograph of a temple-style puja inside a hall with a floral-decorated altar. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged on the left with hands folded in prayer near a row of brass oil lamps with lit flames, a brass kalasha and offering plates of fruit and flowers. Behind them a seated man in a striped shirt watches. The altar is covered with white and pink garlands framing a central deity murti. A white draped curtain hangs on the right and a speaker sits on a stand by the window. Three people are visible.2005-11-11A photograph of a ritual puja in an indoor hall decorated with a large floral arch of white jasmine and pink-edged garlands framing a shrine-like altar. A young man in white dhoti and kurta stands at the altar holding a brass oil lamp (deepa) with a lit flame. Behind him, several men in white clothes kneel and tend to steel vessels and offering trays on a green-and-white striped mat. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at the left edge. Floodlight stands and a speaker are visible, and a white draped curtain hangs on the right wall.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11Indoor puja set up in a hall with pale green walls and fluorescent lights. A large altar is covered in white jasmine garlands edged with magenta flowers and arched like a shrine, with a framed portrait and a deity image at its centre, flanked by lit oil lamps, fruit plates and marigolds. In the foreground, two saffron-robed men sit on a mat before brass lamps and offering plates. Behind them a person in white and another in a striped shirt sit near a speaker and window grille, and a film light stand is in front of the altar.2005-11-11Indoor puja in a plain whitewashed hall with barred windows and a speaker on a stand. A standing priest in saffron-orange robe with a long yellow-green marigold garland around his neck performs worship before an elaborately decorated shrine covered in white and pink flower garlands. Other saffron-robed men sit on the striped green and red mat, and seated devotees in white clothes line the left side. Brass vessels, lamps and offering plates fill the floor, and a framed portrait sits on the shrine. A woman in white sits near the offerings, and a man in white stands behind them. Several people are visible, roughly six to twenty.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11A standing priest in orange-saffron robes raises a lit camphor flame on a brass lamp during an aarti at an indoor hall with pale green walls. Beside him, another person in orange and a seated monk in orange sit on a striped green and red mat, with seated devotees in white in the foreground with hands pressed in prayer. A tall ornate floral arch of white and pink-edged garlands frames a small framed photograph on an altar, with brass pots, oil lamps, and offering plates arranged before it.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11Indoor ritual scene in a plain whitewashed hall with barred windows and a green-painted upper wall. A standing man in saffron-orange robes and a red-orange shawl gestures upward toward a loudspeaker, while another saffron-robed man kneels on striped green-and-red mats before a decorated altar. The altar is heavily garlanded with white and pink flowers and holds brass pots, plates of offerings, a framed picture and oil lamps. A woman in white sari assists at the altar, and rows of seated devotees in white clothes, some with orange shawls, sit on the mats watching. Shadows of the windows fall across the wall.2005-11-11November 11 20052005-11-11Indoor ritual scene in a hall with cream walls and barred windows. A standing priest in saffron-orange robes raises a lit oil lamp toward a flower-decorated altar, wrapped in white and pink garlands, holding a deity murti. Beside him, a seated priest in saffron robes and a woman in a cream sari attend the puja. Floor is covered with green-and-red striped mats set with brass vessels, aarti plates, a large brass lamp and offerings. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes and saffron shawls watch the aarti.2005-11-11