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November 21 2010

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March 10 20132013-03-10Photo 11684195 +1 copiesJanuary 11 20122012-01-11Photo 11735636May 28 20122012-05-28A close overhead photo of a puja arrangement on the floor. A pair of ornate wooden sandals or paduka rests on a red cloth and is decorated with white flower garlands and orange marigolds. Nearby sit a brass oil lamp with a lit wick, a brass kalasha-style vessel, and a leaf-and-flower offering plate with a coconut and sweets on a green-and-white striped cloth. A brass bell or small brass vessel sits at the bottom edge. Red and pink fabric and a folded saffron cloth appear at the edges. No people are visible.August 31 20172017-08-31 +2 copiesClose overhead photo of a ritual setup on a bright orange cloth. A white conch shell rests in a brass tray with a pink-red rose tucked beside it and a blade of grass. Next to it sits a small brass oil lamp or bell-shaped vessel, and a brass plate is partly visible at the right edge along with a dark bowl at lower left. No people are visible.2013-03-01A silver kalasha ritual pot with a wire-mesh patterned body stands on a bed of raw rice grains, topped with mango leaves, a yellow flower and a conical mound of orange-yellow turmeric-coloured material. Banana leaves and a purple and yellow striped cloth lie around the base, with a red kumkum mark on the pot. Mango leaves fill the frame at the edges. No people are visible.2011-12-28March 01 20132013-03-01December 19 20132013-12-19A brass kalasha pot stands on a brass plate filled with white rice or grain. The pot is wrapped with white thread in a diamond lattice pattern and topped with fresh green mango leaves and a coconut with its husk. Colourful kolam or rangoli lines curve across the plate's edge at the bottom. No people are visible; the setting is a plain grey surface, a ritual object used in puja.2013-05-03