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Night ritual photograph under blue-lit haze with a row of oil lamps glowing in the background. In the foreground, a bare-backed man in a white dhoti and cloth with a red-and-gold border stands with his back to the camera beside a brass lamp with a lit flame. In the centre, a young man with hands pressed together in prayer wears a dark head covering decorated with flowers and a bead necklace; a brass lamp with a burning flame sits nearby. A second bare-backed person with a beaded necklace and pink-and-yellow cloth stands at right holding a brass vessel. Green and red floral offerings lie on the ground in front, next to a dark ceremonial object. Three people are visible; no identifiable a person candidate is present.2015-12-11September 09 20162016-09-09Night ritual photograph at a fire ceremony. Three people stand with their backs to the camera before a lit fire pit. A man on the left wears an orange-brown head wrap and a bare upper back, holding a tray of offerings. Two figures on the right wear orange and white cloth wraps; one holds a tray with a green-wrapped bundle, the other stands bare-backed with a dark bead necklace. Behind the fire, a red-and-gold throne holds a seated deity murti or figure draped in yellow garlands, flanked by a brass lamp stand and a decorated kalasha. A large steel vessel and brass pots sit in the foreground. Flowers and a rope of leaves hang overhead. This appears to be a homa/yagna or puja setting with fire offerings.2016-10-10December 11 20152015-12-11December 24 20152015-12-24February 13 20182018-02-13Night-time ritual outdoors with smoke rising at left. A bald, bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red-orange cloth and beaded necklace stands with palms joined in namaste near a kalasha-like offering. A young woman in a green and gold blouse and white sari holds a yellow-wrapped offering, and a man with long dark hair and a full beard in an orange shawl with gold garland sits beside a golden trident. Several men in white and bare-chested ritual attire sit on mats with flower garlands behind; a tall golden trident stands at upper right. Potted plants and yellow marigold garlands decorate the space.2016-09-09December 11 20152015-12-11Night procession photograph with a bare-chested man in orange cloth draped over his shoulders, long swept-back dark hair, reaching out to hold a small brass lamp or bell held by a young man in white dhoti and orange shawl. Behind them a crowd of men in white, several with orange shawls and rudraksha malas, some with palms pressed together. A tall brass kalasha-style lamp stand stands at right, and a flaming torch is raised at left. Gold ceremonial crowns or ornaments appear in the background. Dwajarohanam-style festival setting at night.2006-12-23Night-time ritual photograph at an open-air fire pit with a visible flame and offerings. Three bare-chested male priests in white dhotis stand to the left and centre; the central priest wears a white head cloth, a gold-coloured garland and a bead necklace, and holds a plate of yellow flowers while another priest holds a small brass vessel. At right, a figure with long dark hair wearing a rust-orange wrap and gold armlet kneels or bends with his back to the camera, holding a golden-tipped ceremonial staff with green leaves. A golden pillar stands in the foreground and a deity murti with brass lamps sits at left. Scaffolding frames the background, with a few devotees in white visible at the far right.2016-09-09December 02 20172017-12-02November 17 20132013-11-17 +1 copies