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October 16 20132013-10-16October 15 20132013-10-15A night-time ritual at an outdoor altar draped with a purple cloth and blue cloth and decorated with yellow marigold and red flower garlands, green leaves, and white-covered kalasha pots. In the centre, a young man in white dhoti and a yellow turban, with white tilak and rudraksha-style bead bracelets, stands with palms pressed together in prayer. To the left, a shaved-headed priest in a rust-orange dhoti and white tilak holds a silver tray of fruit and a small silver pot while incense smoke rises. A child in saffron clothing stands at the far left beside small lamps and a small metal deity murti. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam with offerings.2013-10-16A priest in white ritual dress performs an aarti before a decorated deity murti. He wears a cream turban, white dhoti and shawl, a rudraksha mala across his chest and a beaded rudraksha bracelet on his arm. He holds a flaming camphor lamp in a silver plate over the murti and rings a silver bell in his other hand. The deity is adorned with yellow and red flower garlands and a silver crown, with smoke drifting through the scene and a silver vessel at the lower left.2013-11-07A photograph of a priest performing an aarti with a flaming lamp during an evening ritual. He wears a cream-coloured turban and a white dhoti or shawl, with rudraksha beads and red-and-white bracelets on his wrists, and holds a lit oil lamp over a deity murti decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red rose garlands. Smoke and haze surround the scene against a dark background, and a silver offering vessel sits in the lower foreground. The visible person is a priest officiating the ritual, not an identified individual.2013-11-07November 07 20132013-11-07December 07 20162016-12-07June 23 20172017-06-23January 06 20182018-01-06December 12 20162016-12-12A shirtless priest in white dhoti with gold border and a purple headcloth leans over a ritual altar, pulling a yellow cloth across a yajna area. Marigold and jasmine garlands drape the altar and kalasha pots with coconuts. Behind him a woman in an orange sari stands with hands folded in namaskar, and a few other people are visible at the sides of a pillared hall. The scene appears to be a puja or abhishekam ceremony with a fire and offerings.2018-04-14Photograph of a homa fire ritual under a striped tent canopy decorated with colourful paper lanterns and fans. In the foreground, several brass kalasha pots wrapped in yellow marigold garlands, white cloth and green banana leaves sit on a red carpet, with bananas and white rice scattered beside them. A bare-backed priest in a white dhoti sits at left facing the fire. A man in a pink turban and bare chest tends the flames of a fire pit on a wooden platform, while a young man in a white shawl stands at right. Behind them, a gilded ornamental shrine holds a deity murti decorated with white jasmine and orange flower garlands. Smoke rises from the fire.2016-12-02