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Indoor photograph of a puja at a plain white-walled shrine. A priest in orange robes with an orange turban and white flower garland lights a brass oil lamp, with incense smoke rising beside him. On a white-draped table sit two framed images garlanded with white and orange flowers: one shows a seated saffron-clad sage and the other a deity murti. Rose petals, fruit, brass plates and small brass lamps surround the altar. At right a woman in orange and gold bangles stands with palms pressed together in prayer. A second person in orange stands at left edge.

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July 28 20082008-07-28A photo inside a bare whitewashed room where a puja is being performed before a white-draped altar table. Two men in saffron-orange robes stand with their backs to the camera; the taller one wears an orange shawl with gold border and a white flower garland over his shoulders, and the other holds a tray of pink petals. On the altar, framed portraits are decorated with garlands: one shows a seated figure in orange against a mountain landscape, and the other a deity murti. Pink rose petals are scattered on the cloth, with brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style pot, fruit, and a tray of offerings in front.2008-07-28A photo of a small shrine room with white walls. A man in orange clothes with an orange turban and a white flower garland performs aarti, holding a brass lamp with a lit flame toward a shrine. On the shrine table are flower petals, fruit, a brass plate and small lamps, and framed pictures with flower garlands. A younger man in orange robes at left holds a silver plate of pink petals and a bell. A second person in orange stands behind. A brass lamp stand sits on the floor.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28A man in an orange turban and orange robe holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward framed portraits on a white-draped table decorated with garlands and scattered rose petals. Another man in orange clothing stands behind him at left, holding a bell and a plate of petals. A small brass oil lamp sits on the floor at lower centre, and pink petals are scattered on the white wall. The setting appears to be a ritual aarti worship in a plain room.2008-07-28A man in orange robes and an orange turban performs aarti with a lit oil lamp in a small whitewashed room. He holds the flame toward a table draped with a white cloth and scattered pink petals, with brass lamps, a plate of fruit and coconuts, and two framed deity pictures garlanded with white and red flower strands. Smoke rises from the flame. A second man in orange stands at the left edge.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28A photograph of a ritual puja in a small white-walled room. A man in orange robes and an orange turban, with a garland of white flowers around his neck, stands at a table scattering pink and orange petals with his right hand. The table is covered with white cloth and scattered flower petals, and holds a lit oil lamp with a flame, framed photographs with garlands of pink and white flowers, and a small brass lamp on the floor. A second man in orange robes stands behind him on the left, holding a brass bell. A window with grille bars is on the right. Petals drift through the air.2008-07-28July 28 20082008-07-28Indoor puja in a plain white-walled room. A man in an orange turban and sleeveless orange top holds a lit brass oil lamp toward a small altar draped with a white cloth. On the altar are garlanded framed pictures, scattered pink rose petals, fruit, a brass plate of offerings and small brass lamps. To the left, a bearded man in orange robes holds a brass bell, and a younger man in orange robes holds a plate of rose petals. Another figure in orange stands behind them.2008-07-28