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A four-panel collage of a nighttime outdoor Maha Shivaratri event with a large crowd seated on blue and red carpets. Top-left: a robed figure in orange and saffron garments performs a fire ritual at a flower-decorated altar with a visible flame, while people in white sit before him. Top-right: a vast crowd fills the field under stage lights. Bottom-left: a wide view of the crowd and an illuminated altar with flames. Bottom-right: two figures in orange robes sit behind a flower-garlanded altar with an oil flame, surrounded by devotees in white. The panels show a ritual fire ceremony and satsang gathering; the collage itself contains no physical people.

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Outdoor night ritual with a large crowd seated on blue and red mats. On a raised white-draped platform decorated with white flower garlands and orange marigolds, a bright fire burns in a brick-lined fire pit beside offerings, a flower-filled brass kalasha, and a lamp. A figure in orange robes with rudraksha malas and ceremonial gold necklaces holds a flame aloft near the fire, while a second orange-robed person kneels at the right edge of the platform. Men and women in white clothes sit among the crowd, and a photographer in white with a yellow sash photographs the scene. Bright floodlights and a small banner stand behind.2010-02-12Night-time outdoor ritual at a homa or abhishekam site: a white-draped square platform decorated with white flower garlands, orange and red marigold strands, and fruit, with a brass-like offering tray and a flaming oil lamp. Two figures in saffron-orange robes stand at the platform's far side, one holding a lit lamp and the other a ceremonial item, with rising smoke behind them. A seated figure in orange robes with a yellow-bordered white garment faces the platform with folded hands. Hundreds of white-clad devotees sit on blue and red mats in rows, some with palms pressed together. A cameraman in white stands on a tripod at the left edge, and stage lights and a canopy frame the scene.2010-02-12KAILASA FAMILIA PORTUGUESA, PORTUGAL on 1/31/20182018-01-31 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor photograph of a homa or yagna at a large open-air ground. A raised white platform draped with strings of white and orange flowers holds a fire pit with a visible flame, a kalasha-style vessel and brass offering vessels. Two figures in saffron-orange robes sit at the platform, one tending the flame and the other kneeling at the right edge in orange clothing. A dense crowd sits on blue mats and red carpets, many dressed in white, with some people in the foreground with hands pressed in anjali. A cameraman on a tripod films the scene, and stage lights and a large screen frame the ground.2010-02-12January 08 20122012-01-08A four-panel collage of ritual scenes in an orange-walled hall. Top left: a seated priest in white beside a fire pit of stacked bricks with a flame, with two garlanded deity murtis or decorated idols behind. Top right: several people in orange and saffron clothing seated on mats before a fire pit, with brass plates of offerings and a kalasha-like vessel. Bottom left: a seated priest in white tending a fire pit, with a row of seated devotees in white and orange behind. Bottom right: a woman in orange sari seated on a red and gold throne while a priest in white and saffron presses a fire pit or puja plate near her feet, with a brass plate of offerings. 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In the top-left panel, a woman in orange robes with flowers in her hair clasps hands with a man in white shirt and dhoti while others stand in prayer. The top-right panel shows a woman in an orange robe with a flower garland seated on a white-draped platform, receiving devotees kneeling before her, with attendees in white and yellow clothes. The bottom-left panel shows a woman in orange with a garland seated at a wooden platform beside a flower arrangement, as a man in white bows and touches her feet. The bottom-right panel shows a woman in orange with a garland embracing or greeting an older man in white, with more devotees in saris behind. Visible text in the corner reads a copyright line.2010-02-15Night outdoor ritual photographed at a large open-air ground with a dense crowd of seated devotees behind a white-draped altar decorated with white, orange and yellow flower garlands. 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