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Close photo of a person's hands offering food during a ritual near a black stone shivalingam. One hand holds a leaf plate of cooked yellow rice while the other pinches a small red petal or offering to place on it. The person wears an orange-peach cloth with a red and white rudraksha-style mala visible at the right edge. Behind, a brass oil lamp with a flame, a red cloth and a brass vessel sit on a golden surface, with a shivalingam base in the middle distance. The setting suggests a puja or pinda offering.

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Close-up photo of a person's hands offering food in a leaf bowl during a ritual. One hand holds a small leaf bowl filled with pale green cooked rice, while the other hand pinches a bit of red-orange substance. The person wears an orange-saffron cloth draped over the body, with reddish-orange rudraksha malas around the neck and wrist, and white vibhuti marks on the arm. Behind the bowl sits a dark black stone lingam on a base with a shallow brass vessel, and a small oil lamp burns on a red cloth on the right. The setting suggests a puja or pinda offering.2016-12-18Close photo of a shaven-headed priest in saffron-orange dhoti and red-and-white rudraksha-style mala, seated on the ground during a puja. He holds a leaf bowl of cooked rice in one hand and pinches an offering with the other. Behind him are a dark stone lingam with a golden yoni-pitha base, a lit oil lamp, and brass vessels. White sacred ash marks his bare upper arm and shoulder, and the setting suggests a Maheshwara Puja pinda offering.2016-12-18October 07 20072007-10-07Close-up photograph of a person's cupped hands holding a heap of yellow-cream rice dish. The wrist wears a rudraksha bracelet with silver spacer beads. The person wears an orange garment with a yellow border. Blurred orange-clad figures stand in the background of an ashram setting.2013-07-10 +1 copiesDecember 16 20162016-12-16January 03 20172017-01-03 +1 copiesClose photo of a seated person in orange-saffron robes performing a puja on a striped woven mat. The visible hand holds a small green leaf and a yellow flower. Around them are brass plates, a brass bell, small brass bowls with rice or white grains, a brass puja plate holding a yellow flower, a small brass lamp, and a rudraksha mala coiled on a folded brown cloth. A rudraksha necklace and a bangle are visible on the wrist. The person's face is not shown, so no identity can be assessed from appearance.2017-01-11January 03 20172017-01-03Close view of a seated figure in orange-saffron robes, hands holding a small green leaf over a brass puja plate with a yellow flower, a brass kalasha-style bell and rudraksha mala beside it. Multi-coloured woven mat, small brass bowls of kumkum, rice and turmeric, and a rudraksha bracelet on a maroon cloth. Rudraksha malas wrap the wrists and chest, and white ash markings are visible on the forearm. The person's face is not shown.2017-01-11January 04 20172017-01-04 +1 copiesA seated person in an orange-saffron robe and a rudraksha mala performs a ritual with a green betel leaf held between the fingers of both hands. Brass vessels, a brass plate with yellow flowers and small offering cups sit on an orange cloth in the foreground, with a second person in orange partly visible at the top left.2017-01-04January 11 20172017-01-11