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November 06 2011

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Night-time outdoor ritual before a stone shrine lit by warm lamps, with banana plants flanking the scene. Inside the shrine, a red-garbed deity murti stands with a crown, flanked by two smaller figures, and is garlanded with orange and red flowers. Before it, a man in an orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a shaved head sits at left, preparing offerings from bowls and plates of fruit, flowers and sticks. Five devotees sit on mats in white and green clothes, including a woman in a green sari, facing the shrine as a puja unfolds. Brass lamps and camera equipment are visible at the edges.2011-11-06Evening worship before a stone shrine framed by banana plants and lit oil lamps. Garlanded deity murti with red garments and gold crowns stands at the centre, flanked by floral garlands and a decorated arch. Seated devotees in white and light clothing sit on the floor facing the shrine, some wearing jasmine garlands. At left a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits beside brass vessels and a tray of offerings. A brass oil lamp and tall candlesticks stand near the altar, and a small child sits at right. Roughly six people are visible.2011-11-06Evening outdoor puja in front of a stone shrine with a deity murti adorned with marigold garlands and a golden crown, flanked by banana leaves and brass oil lamps. A monk in saffron robes with a bare head sits on the left facing the shrine beside a yellow-draped platform holding offerings. A man in white dhoti and a young man in white clothes sit on mats, a woman in orange sari sits near the centre, and others in white and teal sit to the right while a cameraman stands with a tripod. Trays of fruit, flowers, coconuts and bundled herbs surround the group on an orange cloth.2011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06November 06 20112011-11-06July 09 20132013-07-09December 02 20162016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02October 03 20082008-10-03A ritual gathering in a temple-like hall with a fire pit (homa) lit before a decorated deity murti garlanded with marigold and red flower garlands. Seated priests on the left, some bare-chested in white dhotis, chant and perform rites beside the fire, with a brass kalasha and offerings nearby. On the right, a standing man in an orange-gold dhoti and a rudraksha mala holds his hands together in front of an empty ornate red and gold throne (peetha). Rows of seated devotees in white clothes face the fire and stage from the foreground. Colourful striped mats cover the platform.2013-07-04December 31 20112011-12-31December 02 20162016-12-02 +1 copies