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January 08 20172017-01-08A night-time ritual gathering under a red-framed tin-roofed pavilion strung with coloured fairy lights. In the foreground a young priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with rudraksha beads, holds a lit lamp toward a golden lion-headed pedestal beside a blue-draped offering table with brass vessels and green leaves. Behind him a bare-chested man in white dhoti with grey hair and ash marks presses his palms together, next to another priest in orange holding a lamp. A large crowd of devotees, many children in orange robes and rudraksha malas, stands in rows with hands folded. A screen above shows an image, and a chair draped in red stands near the back.2017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08October 13 20182018-10-13Night ritual at an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and string lights overhead. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a grey-streaked beard stands at left, holding a silver vessel toward a seated figure. Behind him, two young priests with white forehead markings and saffron cloth sit near a blue-draped altar with a golden seat. Gilded carved lion or makara figures stand at the left edge. Women in saffron-orange saris with rudraksha malas stand at right, one with palms joined in prayer and another offering her hands near the altar. Several onlookers stand behind them.2017-01-08February 23 20172017-02-23Night ritual at an open-sided temple pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and strings of colourful lights. Gold lion-shaped pillars and a gold-finished railing frame the scene. On the left, a deity murti in a silver palanquin-style base is decorated with garlands of marigolds and red flowers. A man in white dhoti with bare upper body and grey-streaked hair stands with palms joined in prayer. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange cloth stands behind a blue-draped table, and a younger man in orange garments holds a lit oil lamp in aarti before the deity. Devotees in orange and saffron clothes stand in the background and at the right edge, with brass vessels and flower offerings on the tables.2017-01-08October 14 20182018-10-14 +1 copiesOctober 13 20182018-10-13September 19 20182018-09-19January 08 20172017-01-08January 08 20172017-01-08