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A seated priest in a white dhoti with red-bordered cloth over his shoulder performs an aarti, holding a silver lamp with a lit flame raised toward the front. He wears a gold necklace and a gold bracelet. Before him are a silver plate with flowers and a yellow sweet, a brass pot, and metal bowls of food including rice, flatbread and yellow rice. A microphone stands in front of him. Around him, about a dozen women sit on the floor with palms pressed in prayer, wearing white, orange, yellow and green saris. A pale orange cloth and a small silver pedestal with a yellow deity murti stand at the left.

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November 12 20102010-11-12A shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti and white shirt with a red-and-white border performs aarti, lifting a silver lamp with a large flame toward the upper frame with one hand while holding a small bell in the other. He wears a gold chain and a bracelet and sits cross-legged on a red cloth before a microphone stand. Behind him a row of women sit with palms pressed together in namaskar, several in orange and saffron saris and others in white with yellow shawls. A brass thali holds a golden sweet, marigold petals, kumkum-coloured offerings, a bowl of cooked shrimp-like items, rice, and small metal vessels. A traditional yellow-and-green dish sits nearby, and a brass kalasha-style lamp stand on a silver tray at left.2010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12November 12 20102010-11-12A group ritual with several people holding lit oil lamps (aarti) over brass and glass offering trays filled with flowers, fruit and food. A shaved-headed man in the centre wears a gold beaded necklace and a white dhoti with a pink border, and is lighting a lamp. To the left, a man in white kurta with a name badge holds a lamp aloft, and a woman in a green saree sits nearby with hands folded. Behind them a man in a white headband and white garment speaks into a microphone. Smoke rises from a lamp, and a figure in orange robes appears at the right edge. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible; the figures are devotees and priests in white ritual attire.2010-09-17A pada puja ritual in progress indoors. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with a red border, wearing a gold necklace and white forehead markings, sits cross-legged before a golden tray of offerings holding a small oil lamp. Beside him a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron wrap holds a microphone and speaks. Several devotees in white, some with gold chains and rudraksha malas, sit around; a man on the left raises a multi-branched aarti lamp with flame, a woman on the left holds her hands in anjali, and a woman in white with a red bindi holds her palms together. Trays hold apples, flowers and brass vessels, and an orange-draped throne with gold trim stands at right beside a table of fruit and flowers. Two devotees in the foreground are seen from behind.2010-10-19Outdoor puja scene in a temple courtyard with orange and red walls. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border sits on a mat, holding a flaming camphor lamp in one hand and a small kettle-like vessel in the other, performing aarti before a decorated deity murti dressed in orange and red silk and draped with garlands of red, yellow and white flowers. Around him, about a dozen women in white, orange and yellow saris sit in rows with palms pressed together in prayer. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style offering tray with flowers and turmeric, a small brass idol and open books sit on the floor.2010-11-12October 15 20112011-10-15October 18 20102010-10-18 +1 copiesNovember 24 20102010-11-24November 01 20112011-11-01October 18 20122012-10-18