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August 31 2011

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Outdoor ritual on an orange-draped cart decorated with flower garlands and colourful embroidered panels. A young priest in white dhoti and a cream turban sits cross-legged, applying sacred ash or sandal to his arm while pouring from a small cup over a brass plate. A devotee in a mustard-yellow shirt sits opposite with palms pressed together in prayer, holding a small brass vessel. Brass bells and a brass plate sit on the orange cloth. Behind them is a deity murti in a decorated shrine framed by red and yellow garlands and a gold-brown cloth. Yellow-orange flags and a vehicle stand in the background.2011-08-31Night photograph of a ceremony on a wooden cart decorated with carved panels and a Ganesha relief. A seated young man in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a deity murti draped in yellow and red flower garlands, with a silver-and-gold crown behind him. In front of him is a brass plate of fruit and coconuts. A bald priest in white dhoti and shawl holds out offerings, while a cameraman films and a woman in red shawl and glasses stands at right. Oil lamps burn at the edge of the scene.2011-12-24A decorated ratha-style cart with an orange cloth-covered platform stands before a shrine holding a Ganesha deity murti crowned with a silver crown and adorned with garlands of yellow, orange and red marigolds. A young man in a white dhoti and cream turban sits cross-legged on the cart with ash marks on his bare arms and a gold necklace, gesturing with his hands toward a young woman in an orange patterned kurta who kneels facing him, holding a rudraksha-style mala or prayer string. Colourful painted festival banners with floral and bird motifs frame the scene. Two people are physically present.2011-08-31December 20 20102010-12-20Night-time photo of a decorated processional palanquin draped with white, red, yellow and purple flower garlands and purple tassels, carrying a deity murti under a canopy. In front, a bald man in a white dhoti and white shawl, with a mala around his neck and bangles on his wrist, stands at a brass table lighting or offering a flame from an oil lamp. Strings of orange lights and a covered walkway are behind.2011-10-04Night procession scene under a corrugated roof at what appears to be an open temple courtyard. In the foreground, a priest in orange robes and a decorated white-and-blue patterned cap holds a lit lamp toward an ornate, flower-garlanded palanquin or ratha bearing a deity murti decked in yellow, red, green and white garlands. Offerings including fruit, flowers and books sit on a brass-fitted cart. A second man in orange stands at left, several white-clad devotees and cameramen stand behind, and a red-and-green canopy umbrella appears at the left edge. A sign partly reading 'Shiva Temple' is visible behind. Ritual aarti being performed during a procession.2011-12-24August 31 20112011-08-31December 24 20112011-12-24January 16 20182018-01-16A photograph of an outdoor procession with a gilded ratha-style cart decorated with white jasmine garlands, colourful tassels and a fringed canopy. Seated on the cart, a figure in a red turban and gold-embroidered garment is honoured with raised arms of attendants. In the foreground, a bald man in a rust-orange robe with a rudraksha mala stands with his back to the camera, and a man in white dhoti with a gold border gestures toward the cart. Other attendants in orange and maroon robes and an older man in white stand nearby, and a brass kalasha-like ornament hangs at the top. Crowd members are partly visible at the edges.2015-09-15Night outdoor scene of a ceremonial procession or ritual at a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded platform, the image of a deity wrapped in a band of red, yellow, white and green marigold garlands under a fringed canopy. In the foreground a young priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged on a cloth, offering a plate of fruit, flowers and offerings. Beside him a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti with a tilak holds a brass tray of fruit and garlands. Behind them a man in a checked shirt holds a lit torch, and devotees in white with folded hands stand nearby, including an older woman in white wearing glasses at the right. A wooden or metal vehicle-like platform carries the scene, with a red-roofed building and signage behind.2011-12-24Outdoor temple scene under a stone colonnade. A bald priest in saffron-orange robes holds a brass tray and offers it to a bare-chested young man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace and a swept-back hairstyle, who stands on a raised platform holding a golden plate. Two white-robed men with garlands stand at left. Behind them, large decorated deity statues in white and gold garments sit beneath garlands of yellow, orange and red flowers, with a gold arch and red drapery. Ornate gold lamp stands and a kalasha-like brass vessel are visible. Puja or aarti offering is taking place.2010-12-21