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Photograph of men in white ceremonial dhotis and shawls performing an aarti-style ritual in a room with bright orange walls. In the foreground a young man with short hair and glasses, wearing a gold bell-studded necklace, a rudraksha-style bead bracelet and a pendant, extends his right arm toward a silver tray holding a lit oil lamp held by a man behind him who has a rudraksha mala and gold bangle. Other seated devotees in white clothes have hands folded or raised. Decorative fringed yellow and red hangings with floral embroidery hang at the upper left, and a brass plate is visible on a shelf. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person; the scene shows ritual participants only.

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Several men in white ritual dhotis and shawls sit closely together in a red-walled hall during a puja. Two foreground men hold ritual objects: the one on the left, wearing glasses and a gold-bead necklace, has his hands raised, while the man beside him, also in glasses with a rudraksha mala and gold bracelet, raises a small bell and an incense stick. Behind them devotees sit with hands folded in prayer. A green cloth holds brass vessels and offerings. Gold-rimmed brass plates hang on the red wall above. Visible physical people number about seven.2013-02-10A photograph of a seated group of men in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls performing a ritual. The central man, shaved-headed with a white sacred ash marking on his forehead and glasses, holds a small flame lamp in his raised right hand and a brass bell in his left. Men around him hold brass lamps and bells, and brass plates with flowers, bananas and offerings sit on mats in front. Rudraksha malas hang on their chests. The men wear white with saffron-gold borders.2011-11-05September 17 20112011-09-17February 10 20132013-02-10May 13 20122012-05-13 +1 copiesJune 08 20132013-06-08Photo of a devotional ritual in a hall with people seated in white ritual clothes. In the foreground a bare-chested man with a red tilak on his forehead and a gold-coloured cloth over his shoulder holds a brass oil lamp in his outstretched hand while chanting. Beside him a man in a white dhoti-style shirt with a rudraksha mala and wire-rimmed glasses lifts a lit lamp and a small handbell. Behind them others in white and a person in orange sports clothing sit with metal plates and lamps, and the lamps are lit in the dim room.2012-09-05A group of shaved-headed men in white dhotis and shawls sit cross-legged on a glossy floor during a ritual. Several hold small oil lamps with flames, while others hold brass bells and kalasha-style brass vessels on a low orange cloth. Some wear rudraksha malas and white sandalwood or vibhuti markings on their foreheads and arms. A young child in an orange shirt sits at the left edge, and an open book and brass plates with offerings lie in front. The setting appears to be a puja or pada puja with lamps and bells.2010-10-12December 14 20112011-12-14Photograph of a seated group of men in an indoor hall with red curtains and stage lights, performing a ritual. They are bare-chested, wearing white dhotis with red-and-gold borders and red-brown rudraksha malas. Several hold small brass or silver vessels and lamps raised toward the front, and brass plates with offerings sit before them. A shaved-headed man in the foreground, lit from the side, looks forward while raising a cup, and a light-haired man appears at the far right edge. Several other participants are partly visible in the background, some in pale pink or cream clothing. The setting suggests a puja or aarti offering.2017-03-18A photograph of a group of men seated on the floor in white dhotis with gold borders, performing a ritual with small brass oil lamps held in outstretched hands. The foreground man wears wire-rimmed glasses, a rudraksha mala, and a white forehead mark, and holds a lamp toward the left. Behind him, a shirtless man with a white tilak and a bead necklace holds a lamp, and another man in white holds a lamp to the right. Boys in casual clothes sit in the background, and a blue-rimmed container and brass items lie on the mat in front. Watermarked archive photo. A white-robed figure stands in the upper background.2011-11-16Indoor group ritual on white floor mats with orange cloth. A central man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged, holding a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, with a white forehead marking. Around him several men in white dhotis with maroon borders sit and hold lit lamps, one ringing a bell, with brass plates of yellow grains, brass kalasha-style vessels, a small brass lamp and an open book nearby. Several people in the group wear white ritual dress; one wears a white shawl. The scene reads as a puja or aarti in progress.2010-11-23