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May 11 20152015-05-11 +1 copiesNight ritual outdoors at a raised stage. Two bare-chested priests in white dhotis and orange cloth stand at left before a fire pit with a flame, brass vessels, and offering trays of flowers and fruit. Behind them a decorated palanquin-style structure is wreathed in yellow and white flowers. At right, a deity murti sits on a gold throne with a red cloth backdrop, draped in garlands of marigolds. A seated person in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace sits at right with hands folded in namaste, with a red-and-gold umbrella above. Devotees in orange and white watch from the foreground.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesMay 11 20152015-05-11 +1 copiesJanuary 09 20152015-01-09Photo 11694005 +1 copiesJune 02 20152015-06-02 +3 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesMay 22 20152015-05-22A temple shrine scene with a sacred fire on the floor in front of a central deity murti standing in a gold arched niche with a green backdrop, garlanded with white flower strands and wearing an orange crown. To the right, a large gold throne-like seat is heavily draped in layered red, yellow, purple and green flower garlands, with an orange cloth hanging below. A shaven-headed priest in a rust-orange cloth, wearing a sacred thread and rudraksha-style beads, kneels by a fire and feeds offerings into the flames, with yellow blocks and fruit and flower plates beside him. On the far left, a seated person in a white-and-red garlanded robe sits on a gold lion-armed seat amid garlands. A standing attendant in white dhoti with flower garlands and folded hands stands at the right edge. A homa-style fire ritual is underway.2012-04-23 +2 copiesMay 22 20152015-05-22