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December 20 20172017-12-20A photo of a ritual setup on an orange cloth spread over a woven mat, with no people visible. Centre: a pile of dry wooden sticks on a brass plate. Left: a brass plate of dried leaves, herbs and seeds beside a rudraksha mala and a bundle of dried grass. Behind: small steel cups holding white and grey powders, a brass bowl of white powder, a glass vessel and a small brass lamp. Right: a silver tray and bowls of white and cream substances, possibly camphor or ash, and a wooden box with a white cloth at the top. This is a homa or puja preparation with offerings, not a visible fire.2010-10-15 +1 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesMay 03 20122012-05-03Close view of a woven wicker basket filled with small dried wooden sticks, their cut ends pale, resting on a brass vessel. Beside it is a second brass pot holding more sticks. The sticks are. Behind them a striped textile in blue, red, green and yellow is laid out, with white flowers at the upper right. No people are visible.2016-12-19A ritual preparation scene on a red cloth-covered floor. Several round silver plates hold heaps of dried herbs, roots, seeds, bark pieces and dried leaves, with a few small bowls of yellow turmeric powder and a brass cup. A large brass vessel holds bundled dry sticks. Two coconuts sit in a wooden box, and a plate of white flower petals or puffed grains is in front. Behind on a raised table stand a wooden tray of fresh flowers and fruit, woven baskets, a bowl of oranges, a bowl of apples and steel containers. A brass kalasha and a small figure of a deity murti stand on a dark pedestal at the upper left, and a person in a white dhoti with a red sash is partly visible at the top right. Materials appear prepared for an offering or ritual.2016-12-07Close view of several round metal plates on a red cloth covered table, each holding heaps of dried herbs, leaves, dried flowers and grains. Scattered white petals and grains lie on the cloth. On the left, a wooden stepped platform with red flower petals and orange marigold-like blossoms sits beside the plates. A silver lamp stand is visible at the upper left against a yellow wall, and a striped textile is folded at the upper right. No people are visible in the frame.2016-12-07A close photograph of ritual substances arranged on a bright red cloth. Shallow polished metal bowls hold heaped piles of powders in red-orange, grey-green, white and cream, along with a bowl of dried brown bark or root pieces, a bowl of golden-brown curled stems, a bowl of white crystalline grains and a bowl of small brown seeds. Blurred dried plant bundles sit in the foreground. No people are visible.2017-12-18December 20 20172017-12-20 +2 copiesDecember 20 20172017-12-20A close photograph of a bundle of dried grass or straw held in a hand at right, its tip burning with bright orange flames and trailing dark charred fibres. Below, a polished silver ritual tray holds a pile of black charred material with glowing embers. The blurred background shows orange-red cloth. Only the partial hand is visible; no faces are shown.2013-11-07February 09 20122012-02-09