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Night photo of a festival procession at a decorated ratha or palanquin with painted cylindrical pillars in red, blue, yellow and green patterns, with peacock-like motifs, and a deity murti adorned with garlands seated inside. In the foreground a smiling bald man in orange robes holds a metal plate of bananas and fruit. Behind him a seated priest in an orange cloth and a tall ornate decorated headdress offers fruit and food to the deity, with a second man in striped clothes assisting on the right. A bald man in white clothing with rudraksha beads stands at the left, and a man in a maroon kurta stands with folded arms at the far left. Offerings of fruit and flowers are arranged on a table draped in orange cloth.

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November 19 20102010-11-19 +1 copiesA night procession scene in which a saffron-robed priest with a light grey turban stands on a decorated cart, performing aarti with a lit lamp before a deity murti adorned with garlands of orange and yellow flowers. The cart canopy is painted with bright blue dove motifs, floral patterns and red, yellow and green borders. Offerings of bananas, fruits and brass vessels sit on the platform. Around the cart, devotees with palms pressed together, several women in saffron and yellow saris and men in white kurtas, stand in a row, while a few men in white and red kurtas watch from the left. Approximately twenty people are visible.2010-11-19Night photograph of a ritual at a richly decorated ratha-style shrine canopy with colourful painted panels showing bird motifs and floral patterns. Inside, a deity murti stands dressed in blue silk and is garlanded with yellow and red flower strings. In front, a priest in saffron-orange robes and an ornate decorated cap kneels at a table, raising a brass vessel and performing puja. Fruit, bananas and brass bowls are arranged before him. On the left, an attendant in orange holds a large white chamara fan and joins his palms. On the right, several devotees in white and pale yellow with folded hands stand in prayer.2010-11-19Night photo of an outdoor ritual beside a colourful decorated chariot-like structure hung with striped and floral fabric panels in red, blue, yellow and green. A man in orange robes with a tall decorated headpiece sits cross-legged behind a small table holding a lit flame, brass vessels, fruit and offerings. Around them, devotees in white dhotis and orange shawls stand watching, and a bald man in orange robes faces the table. Lamps and a trident-shaped staff are at left. A person in glasses at right wears a white shirt and orange shawl. Several onlookers fill the foreground.2010-11-19November 14 20132013-11-14A night procession scene at a decorated ratha or chariot with colourful painted cloth panels in blue, yellow, red and green, featuring white dove motifs and floral patterns. A man in an orange-saffron dhoti and orange shawl with a beaded necklace sits on the chariot platform performing a puja, with a lit flame, brass and steel vessels, a tray of bananas and fruit, and garlands around him. In front, a shaven-headed devotee in white and two young men in white with orange shawls stand with hands folded in reverence. Other white-clad people and a man with a conch-like ritual instrument stand behind, under a dark night sky with a street light. Several other people are partly visible at the edges.2010-11-19Night outdoor ritual at a decorated chariot (ratha) draped with colourful patterned cloth in red, green, blue and orange. A deity murti in a blue backdrop is garlanded with orange and red flower garlands. A man in orange robes and a decorated cap sits on a white table, waving a lit flame (aarti) toward the murti, with a gold necklace and rudraksha-style beads visible. A man in white clothing stands at left. At right, women and a man receive or hold plates of bananas, fruit and offerings. Dark sky behind.2010-11-19November 14 20132013-11-14November 14 20132013-11-14A night-time photograph of a puja at a decorated temple shrine. A priest in saffron-orange robes, a tall ornate golden-and-silver crown, and a gold necklace sits on a raised platform, holding a tray with an offering and an oil flame. Behind him a deity murti is adorned with yellow, orange and red marigold garlands and sits before a blue draped backdrop, flanked by colourful striped and floral-patterned festoon hangings with blue dove emblems. Brass vessels, bananas, betel leaves and offerings lie on the platform. To the right a man in a pink-and-white striped shirt sits with folded hands, and a few people in white are partly visible at the left edge.2010-11-19November 14 20132013-11-14November 19 20102010-11-19 +1 copies