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October 12 2018

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October 13 20182018-10-13December 31 20182018-12-31 +2 copiesOctober 15 20182018-10-15October 12 20182018-10-12A night-time ritual at an open pavilion with a red-and-white striped mat floor and painted pillars hung with colourful banners. In the foreground, a tall long-haired man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl stands with his back to the camera, offering a flower-filled plate toward a seated figure draped in a gold and green cloth garlanded with pink and orange flowers. Behind him, several young men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas and tilaka hold plates of offerings and stand in a line. To the right, a row of drummers in saffron clothing play large drums. A cameraman stands at left, and a few onlookers in white are visible at the back. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti offering.2018-05-30October 10 20182018-10-10October 12 20182018-10-12September 01 20182018-09-01Crowded evening scene inside a large tented pavilion with white canvas, draped maroon fabric and hanging tassels, lit by bright lights. A dense crowd of devotees fills the foreground, many holding up phones to film. In the centre, several men in saffron and orange robes and bare upper bodies, some wearing white dhoti-style garments, gather on a red carpeted area, with women in white saris and red dress nearby. At the lower right, a seated figure in orange robes and a saffron turban wears a gold necklace and sits on an ornate red and gold throne-like chair with gold trim. Umbrellas in yellow and red and red decorative balls are visible among the stalls at the back.2016-04-24June 23 20182018-06-23 +1 copiesIndoor Hindu temple scene at Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple in Los Angeles, with a crowd of devotees gathered around a shrine. Two central figures wear saffron-orange dhoti and shawl; one has a long gold-beaded necklace and a red-banded head covering, the other is bare-chested with dark hair and a rudraksha-style mala, facing away. A kneeling woman in a blue-and-purple sari with a hand on a tray of fruit and coconut, a man in a striped sari kneels nearby, and a small girl in a light blue dress watches. A black Nandi bull statue sits on a tiled pedestal beside brass oil lamps and a silver plate, and a decorated altar with garlands and colourful deity figures is behind. Context suggests a puja or abhishekam offering, shown without explicit labeling.2008-10-22Night scene at an outdoor temple-style pavilion with a striped orange and cream floor mat and a white colonnade hung with framed pictures and colourful tasselled banners. A gilded shrine with a deity murti sits to the left. A saffron-clad man in the foreground walks across the mat, bare-chested with a rudraksha mala. Several devotees in white dhotis and shawls, and visitors in western clothes including a woman in a pink skirt, move about the space; a few people in orange cloth stand near the right pillars.2018-05-30