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A photo of a puja being performed on a tiled floor. Two priests in rust-orange and red-brown dhoti-style garments sit cross-legged. The nearer priest, with rudraksha beads around the neck, pours liquid from a brass vessel with a spout over a silver tray. The tray holds small brass bowls with orange vermilion, pink flowers, white chrysanthemum-like blooms, a rudraksha mala and a brass bell. Stainless steel bowls and two steel pots with water stand on the floor, along with a brass lamp, incense sticks and a red silk cloth. Only the priests' limbs and bodies appear in frame, and a bare foot is visible at the lower right.

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October 06 20142014-10-06Photo 11738883September 23 20132013-09-23A shaved-headed priest in rust-red robes and a dark rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on the floor, pouring water from a long golden conical vessel into a silver bowl on a silver tray. Nearby stand a silver pot, a brass bell, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a small brass incense holder with smoke rising, and a brass dish of rose petals. White sacred ash marks his forehead and arms. Other robed priests in orange and red sit behind him holding similar golden cones.2014-10-27January 06 20172017-01-06Close-up photo of a ritual puja setup on an orange-red cloth spread on the floor. Brass plates, bowls and small oil lamps hold pink flower petals, a white conch shell, a small crystal or stone linga, a lit incense stick in a holder, and a bundle of tied striped threads. A second cloth with orange and black stripes holds more brass dishes and petals at the top left. Two people in orange clothing sit on red floor mats at the right and top; only their hands and orange garments are visible, one hand reaching toward the offerings.2016-11-06January 06 20172017-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20172017-01-07January 12 20172017-01-12January 01 20172017-01-01A close photograph of a puja being performed on a white tiled floor. Two people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged; the foreground figure's bare forearm and hand, wearing a rudraksha bracelet, reaches toward a brass tray. The tray holds yellow flower petals, a small white cloth-wrapped offering, a bowl of cooked rice, a rudraksha mala and a brass lamp or stand with a pink flower. A red cloth with gold border is laid beneath the items. Lit oil lamps and a lit incense stick stand nearby, and a second red-cloth altar with brass lamps and flowers is visible behind, with another saffron-robed person's hands at it.2017-01-12January 06 20172017-01-06