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A photograph of a ritual at a shrine lined with dark stone deity murtis draped in marigold garlands and colourful cloth. A seated man with a crescent-marked headpiece and a pink-and-white garland sits on a low wooden seat by a small oil lamp, while a bare-chested priest in a red-orange cloth stands behind him. A kneeling assistant in a red dhoti and matching headcloth sits on a colourful woven rug in front of a wooden stand and a small brass vessel. Silver ritual items, a silver elephant vessel, a silver staff and trays of kumkum, flowers and grains sit nearby.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A ritual scene in a temple hall where a seated man in a black turban and rust-red dhoti, wearing a pink flower garland and a rudraksha-like cord, sits on a silver-backed wooden seat. Facing him, a bare-chested priest in reddish-orange cloth with white ash markings on his arms kneels and holds a small wooden stand. Behind them stand several black stone deity murtis draped with yellow and white marigold garlands, with a silver lamp and silver vessels on a striped rug in the foreground.2018-01-31December 20 20172017-12-20 +1 copiesMarch 03 20182018-03-03Ritual scene at a homa fire pit beside a row of black stone deity murtis garlanded with yellow and pink flower malas. A seated priest in a maroon dhoti and dark turban, wearing a pink flower garland and a shawl, tends the fire and holds a small offering vessel. Beside him a bare-chested priest in a maroon cloth kneels and offers ghee or ritual materials to the fire, with white marks on his arms. Silver ritual implements, a silver oil lamp, brass vessels, turmeric and kumkum bowls and a coloured cloth covered floor complete the setting.2018-01-31A photograph of a ritual scene inside a shrine hall with many silver and dark stone deity murtis arranged along the back, several decorated with yellow and white garlands. In the foreground a seated man in a maroon-red dhoti and cloth wrap wears a dark turban and holds a pink and white flower garland. Beside him, a second man in a red-orange turban and bare chest kneels over a small wooden stand, pressing or touching a child-sized figure seated on the wooden frame. Silver pots, a silver lamp stand, a brass bowl and trays of flowers sit on a multicolored woven cloth. Ritual actions include a child being attended during a puja, with the priest's chest and forearms marked with white ash.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31October 13 20182018-10-13