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A night ritual scene in front of tall decorated banners in green, yellow, red and blue with stylised flowers and bird motifs. On the left, a priest in orange dhoti wears a tall embroidered blue and gold headdress and a gold necklace, and holds a hand over offerings. Silver bowls hold bananas, a coconut, flowers and a small brass lamp. In the centre, a man in a pink-striped shirt sits with a rudraksha-style mala and a hand raised in blessing. Women and girls in saris, some in orange shawls, sit with palms joined in prayer. A blue cloth backdrop and garlands of yellow flowers frame the altar.

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Night photo of a ritual scene. In the left foreground a young priest in an orange saffron cloth and a gold-and-blue ornamented headdress holds out a brass tray with a folded orange and green cloth, bananas, flowers and small lamps. Behind him a blue draped seat is garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. Tall decorated banners with white birds and red, yellow and green floral patterns frame the scene. Seated devotees in white and pink clothes watch closely at right, and a bundle of white feathery material fills the lower right foreground. The page associates this with a satsang, but no a person is clearly visible here.2010-11-19Night-time outdoor festival scene on a decorated ratha or chariot. A seated monk in orange robes and a patterned conical cap, with a beaded mala around his neck, receives offerings: a young girl in white with a yellow ribbon holds a brass plate of bananas and other fruit toward him, and a silver puja tray with a lit oil lamp, a small bowl and a kalasha sits on the orange cloth before him. Behind him, colourful cloth banners with bird and floral motifs and a blue satin canopy draped with marigold garlands frame the scene. On the left, several devotees stand in white dhotis and orange-red shawls, and women in saris, including yellow and purple, watch in the dark background.2010-11-19Night photograph of an outdoor ritual beneath a decorated pavilion with tall banners in red, yellow, blue and green patterned with dove motifs. A shaven-headed man in saffron robes and a beaded necklace sits on a raised platform before a garlanded deity murti in a golden crown, with marigold and red flower garlands. Brass vessels, a kalasha-style pot, plates of fruit and offerings sit on the platform. Around him, women in white and cream saris with yellow borders, some with vibhuti marks, stand with palms pressed together in prayer, while a woman in an orange sari stands at the centre. Other devotees in white crowd the foreground.2010-11-19Night outdoor ritual at a decorated temple-style canopy hung with colourful striped and floral fabric panels. A priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, wearing an ornate gold-and-blue embroidered crown, stands at left offering a plate of fruit and flowers, with a bowl of bananas on the offering table. Behind him, large deity images are garlanded with yellow and orange marigold garlands. Devotees on the right, mostly women and girls in orange, yellow and white saris, sit with palms pressed together in prayer. A man in white kurta stands at right with one arm raised in blessing or gesture toward the offering. Several onlookers in the background and foreground, one partly cropped at the right edge.2010-11-19December 24 20112011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24A night photograph of an outdoor ritual at a decorated shrine. A standing priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a tall ornate silver crown, raises a lit lamp toward a deity murti adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a red floral garland. The murti sits on a blue silk-draped platform beneath a tall, colourful canopy painted with birds and floral panels, supported by red, yellow, green and blue striped pillars. In front, brass plates hold bananas, a brass kalasha-style vessel, and oil lamps on an orange cloth. A seated man in white on the left wears a rudraksha mala, and a man at the right edge wears a white shirt with a tilak. The scene suggests an aarti being performed before the shrine.2010-11-19 +1 copiesNight outdoor photograph of a ceremony under a decorated canopy hung with tall colourful cloth panels in blue, yellow, green and red with bird motifs and floral patterns. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a tall ornate headdress and a gold necklace sits before a garlanded deity murti draped in blue, with yellow and orange flower garlands. Offerings in brass vessels and plates of fruit and flowers sit in front. Devotees surround the platform: a woman in an orange sari with a red dot holds a plate, another woman in a yellow sari sits with hands folded, and several men in white and orange sit or stand in the crowd. The seated figure appears to be a priest-like presider, with the a person candidate unclear from appearance alone.2010-11-19Night outdoor ritual beside a golden ratha-style cart with a deity murti draped in marigold and red flower garlands behind. A young man in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, wearing a tall decorated ceremonial crown and a rudraksha mala, offers a plate of fruit including papaya and bananas. Three women stand nearby: one in an orange kurta and red-orange dress, one in a yellow top, and one in white with an orange shawl, presenting the offering. A man in white ritual dress sits on the cart seated before a brass plate and ritual vessels, with smoke rising. Street lamps and dark ground in the background.2011-12-12December 24 20112011-12-24Night outdoor festival scene on a decorated float or cart. A shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a raised platform in front of a decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow and orange marigolds, with a blue draped backdrop. Before him are brass vessels, a plate of fruit and bananas, and a large white feathered fan with a gold handle. Another shaved-headed man in white clothing with an orange shawl stands beside him, and a man in a white shirt reaches toward the platform. Around them devotees stand and kneel, including a woman in a pink and white sari, a woman in purple, and women in white saris. Tall colourful festival banners with bird and floral patterns hang overhead. Several people in the background wear white.2010-11-19Night-time photograph of a shaven-headed man in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a vibhuti tripundra on his forehead and a gold-toned bead necklace, seated on a raised wooden platform. He rests one hand on the head of a young boy in white kneeling before him, while his other hand holds a small gold cup. Behind him hang colourful patterned cloth banners in green, red and yellow, and a deity murti is decorated with red and yellow marigold garlands and draped in turquoise cloth. On the platform are a silver pot, a decorated vessel, a banana bunch, fruit and offerings. Women in yellow and saffron saris with red bindi and vibhuti sit with palms joined in prayer at the bottom edge of the frame.2010-11-19