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A ritual photo showing women and a young girl performing arati with oil lamps around a large golden tray filled with silver bowls of flowers, red petals, kumkum and other offerings. A girl on the left in an orange garment raises a lit lamp, while a woman in white with a forehead tilak holds her hands in prayer. Women in orange saris and rudraksha malas hold flames above the offerings, and a dark wooden door stands behind them.

A young woman in an orange saree with maroon border sits behind a row of silver bowls and holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in her right hand. She wears a white forehead band with a red bindi, gold hoop earrings, a rudraksha mala, and a small pendant with a photo locket. Behind her is a carved wooden door, with a blue cable coiled at left. She appears to be speaking.

A young boy in a blue and green silk outfit with gold trim stands at a puja offering, holding a small silver vessel in both hands while gazing down at the tray. He wears a gold forehead ornament, gold earrings, a gold necklace and a rudraksha mala. Behind him a woman in a white and orange shawl and another woman in a yellow sari with a red blouse sit watching. In the foreground silver plates hold white offerings, pink flowers and lit oil lamps in front of an ornate gold-carved panel, with an orange-robed figure at the left edge. No a person candidate is clearly visible.

A photograph of a group of young boys and teenagers seated on the floor in white ritual clothes, holding and tending brass oil lamps (deepa aarti) with lit flames. Several boys wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with red-and-white sacred threads, and one wears glasses. Long rows of tall brass lamp stands with multiple lit wicks line a mat in the foreground, with a brass kalasha-style vessel visible at right. Background figures in white stand near a white wall. Warm lamplight dominates the scene.

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A young girl in a blue silk blouse with green trim, a small gold maang tikka in her hair, gold bangles and a beaded necklace, holds a small silver puja vessel in both hands during a ritual. Beside her, a woman in an orange and white sari and a woman in a yellow blouse with palms pressed together stand before an ornate gold-carved panel. Silver trays with flowers and offerings sit in the foreground, and a lit oil lamp flame is visible at right. Women wear vibhuti marks on their foreheads. Two people in orange robes appear at the left edge, partially visible.

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March 22 2013

Close-up photo of a woman in a red and orange saree with a red border, wearing gold earrings and a bangle, holding two small silver cups with spouts and flower-like finials over a tray of offerings. A second woman on the left in a yellow shawl sits with palms pressed together in namaste. Silver bowls holding white flower petals and small offerings sit on a brass tray with a lit oil lamp in the foreground. A small name tag is pinned to the saree.

A young person with short dark hair, a red bindi and small gold hoop earrings holds a silver oil lamp with a lit flame in one hand. They wear an orange garment with a red velvet shawl draped over one shoulder. In front is a tray of ornately engraved silver bowls, one holding red flower petals, and a red cloth with rudraksha beads. The background is dark, and the lamp is part of a puja offering. No a person candidate is visibly present.