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Night-time puja set-up outdoors with an orange-gold cloth draped over a raised altar. Two golden lion-headed figures and a golden deity murti are decorated with yellow marigold garlands and white cloths. Brass lamps and bowls sit on purple and gold brocade cloths, with a kalasha-like vessel wrapped in white cloth. A person in orange robes and rudraksha bracelets holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, while a white cloth in front is arranged with yellow marigold flowers and rice.2021-10-11Night puja ritual at an outdoor altar draped with orange and gold cloth and garlanded with yellow marigolds. A priest in an orange turban and orange robe sits at right, holding a ritual implement and bending over the offerings. On the purple brocade cushion sits a brass kalasha-like vessel wrapped in white and red-striped cloth with mango leaves, and a brass lamp with a lit oil flame. Brass bowls, small cups and a flower-decorated white cloth with marigold petals and rice arranged in a pattern lie on the floor. A bright light flares at the top, and a brass deity murti or lamp stands on the altar behind the offerings.2021-10-11A night-time homa ritual at an open-sided pavilion. In the right foreground, a person in orange-red robes and an orange-red turban sits cross-legged and tends a brass vessel of offerings. Before them, a flower-decorated tray holds yellow marigold petals and red petals arranged on a white-and-pink striped cloth, with a small oil lamp and brass bowls nearby. Behind, an orange silk cloth drapes a raised altar holding deity murti statues adorned with garlands of yellow and red flowers, folded white cloths and oil lamps on tall brass stands. The scene is lit by a bright lamp in the background.2021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11April 12 20132013-04-12 +1 copiesClose view of a ritual fire burning in a brick-lined fire pit, with a flame rising from the centre. The pit's rim is decorated with yellow marigolds, white flowers and scattered rose petals. Behind it, large garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers hang over a deity murti or altar area. A brass bowl and a ladle or spoon are held by a hand at the left edge, and a metal plate of marigolds and offerings sits in the lower right. A person's white garment with patterned border is visible at the bottom left, but no face is shown.2015-10-18January 06 20172017-01-06November 25 20142014-11-25Night outdoor ritual at a flower-decorated platform. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with white-marked forehead and arms raises a brass oil lamp (aarti) with his right hand beside a small fire on a stone step. Behind him, a monk in orange robes and rudraksha stands by a golden palanquin-style canopy hung with tassels. A seated figure in orange robes sits at the centre, and another orange-robed man stands further back. The altar has red and gold cloth, mounds of grain, kalasha pots in blue and green cloth, marigold garlands, and coconuts on the ground.2013-12-21A ritual fire ceremony at dusk. A person in an orange-yellow garment reaches toward a brass lamp with a large flame, beside a homa-style fire pit built of stacked red bricks. Flower garlands in red, yellow, white and purple drape a folded textile and a golden ornamental frame. Brass vessels with lids, a small oil lamp, bananas, mangoes and other fruit sit on a striped woven mat. Behind the altar stands a figure in saffron-coloured cloth beside a golden decorative arch, and a partially visible deity murti.2016-03-06 +1 copiesMarch 06 20162016-03-06 +1 copies