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September 17 2010

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A devotional puja scene before a gold-decorated murti with yellow marigold garlands. A man in a white shirt with a black rudraksha-style bead mala and a gold bangle holds a lit oil lamp in his right hand, looking down toward a silver tray of offerings. A woman with a red bindi and a dark necklace sits at left, and a second man in white stands behind them. At right, the orange-robed legs and hand of a seated figure are visible, but no face is shown.2010-10-18 +1 copiesA candlelit pada pooja scene indoors. In the foreground, a seated figure in orange robes sits at the left edge, partly visible, surrounded by white and red flower garlands. A man in a white short-sleeved shirt with a visible ID badge leans forward holding a lit oil lamp over a tray of brass plates filled with flowers and offerings. Beside him, a woman in a cream sari with a dark beaded necklace holds a lit lamp toward the tray. Behind them, several women in cream, yellow and beige saris sit with hands folded in prayer, and a young child sits among them. Lit candles and brass vessels fill the table in front, with a crutch leaning against the wall at right.2010-01-10A seated group ritual in a bright hall with a light floor. In the foreground a woman with long platinum-blonde hair, wearing a cream sari with gold border and a red shawl, holds a brass aarti lamp aloft with one hand while her other hand rests on her chest. Beside her a bespectacled man with a grey beard, dressed in white shirt and trousers with a red lanyard and rudraksha-style mala, holds a lit oil lamp in his hand. Behind them women in orange and red garments with mala beads sit with palms pressed together, and banana leaves with food offerings lie on the floor. The scene reads as an aarti during a puja.2013-07-14November 20 20112011-11-20October 22 20142014-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple-style puja with several people seated before a raised offering table. In the centre, a bald man with a white tilak, moustache, white kurta and rudraksha malas holds a small oil lamp in cupped hands while gazing upward. Beside him, a woman in a white and green sari with a gold-rimmed border holds a brass lamp and joins her palms. Behind them, a priest wearing an orange shawl, a long mala and sandalwood marks on his arms sits near a microphone stand, and another man in white with a mala stands at right. Fruits and flower-decorated trays rest on a table at the top right, and more oil lamps glow in the foreground beside a silver offering plate of fruit and flowers.2010-10-22 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated puja ritual in a hall with a gold-framed backdrop. A woman in a cream and green silk sari with a gold border offers a lit lamp over a large brass tray heaped with gold-coloured offerings and flowers. Beside her, a man in a cream kurta and rudraksha mala holds a small flame. Around the tray sit devotees in white and yellow garments, several with braided hair, and a woman in orange at the right edge. Behind them, two priests in white dhotis with red-bordered shawls, one with a white vibhuti forehead mark and gold beaded necklaces, chant into microphones. Nobody in the scene is identified as the a person.2010-09-17A photograph of a ritual scene with a shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red border, wearing a heavy gold bead necklace and gold bangle, holding a small silver lamp (oil lamp) with a flame. Beside him a woman in a white sari with green and gold border presses her palms together in prayer, wearing a dark beaded mala and a red bindi. Behind them, a man in a white shawl and gold necklace speaks into a microphone, and another man in an orange cloth with a gold necklace and forehead markings sits at right. Silver plates and small lamps with lit flames are in the foreground, with a blurred person at lower left. Visible white vibhuti/tilak lines mark several foreheads and arms.2010-10-22 +1 copiesJune 26 20142014-06-26A photograph of a Hindu ritual scene in a hall. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti holds small oil lamps with lit flames above a golden tray of offerings. Around him, several people sit on the floor: a bare-chested priest with a white tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, a woman in a white and green sari with a black beaded necklace, a woman in orange, and a child. Other participants in white dhotis sit with their backs to the camera. To the right, a golden seat is decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands, and a figure in orange robes sits on it, partly cropped. Golden ritual vessels and marigold garlands fill the frame.2010-10-18 +1 copiesFebruary 09 20122012-02-09February 09 20122012-02-09