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March 18 20132013-03-18A night-time outdoor ritual photograph at a temple-style open pavilion. On a raised orange platform in the centre, a figure in orange robes with a white flower garland sits facing the assembly, while two attendants in orange stand beside him. Behind them a row of people in white dhotis and shawls stand with palms pressed together in anjali. In the foreground, a large seated assembly of devotees in orange and red robes, many women with hair in buns and white flower garlands, face the platform. A brass lamp and an offering tray sit at the platform's base. At upper right a large deity murti with a flower-decorated face and garland is shown, and a fan and striped cloth appear nearby. a person candidate is a seated figure in orange on the central platform, identity uncertain from appearance.2014-10-03March 18 20132013-03-18March 18 20132013-03-18Evening ritual gathering with a sacred fire pit in the foreground, surrounded by many people in orange and red robes. A central seated figure with long dark hair wears an orange shawl and gold-trimmed clothing, with a small plate and a standing silver-framed deity image beside him, and a fan behind. Nearby, shaved-headed priests in saffron robes with white forehead marks and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces sit in rows. Women with long braids in orange and maroon saris sit in front, and a red-and-orange shrine stands in the background.2013-03-18September 26 20092009-09-26 +1 copiesEvening outdoor ritual at a temple-like setting with palm trees in the dusk. A man in orange robes and a beaded mala holds a lit aarti lamp toward a seated woman in orange on a carved wooden throne at left, who presses her palms together. Several devotees in orange and maroon-bordered garments sit in a row on an orange cloth before a white homa fire pit or altar with offerings on brass plates. A tall garland of red and white flowers hangs at right beside a blue cloth, and a crowd of white-clad onlookers stands in the background.2008-10-08Night-time ritual in an open courtyard before a gilded arch framing deity murti of a seated couple with crowns, one holding a staff, both adorned with garlands. In front, a red-brick kalasha-style structure stands near an oil lamp-lit puja area. Many devotees in orange and maroon robes and white dhotis sit in a dense crowd, some with rudraksha malas and bare shaved heads; several raise hands in reverence. A woman in a red blouse and orange sari films with a camera at left, and a standing man in white and a fan are at right.2013-03-18Night outdoor homa ceremony under a canopy decorated with orange, green and yellow fabric rings and banana plant trunks. A standing man in orange robes and a rudraksha-style bead necklace holds a large round ritual tool over a fire pit, with smoke rising. Seated around the fire are devotees in saffron and orange robes and people in white with yellow shawls. A brass oil lamp with lit wicks and a floral arrangement stands at the right edge, and offerings sit on the low ritual table.2009-09-26September 14 20172017-09-14September 26 20092009-09-26Night-time outdoor ritual in a temple-like courtyard lit by a brass oil lamp on a stand at the right. A central man in orange robes, with a white tilak on his forehead and an orange head covering, stands behind a ritual setup and gestures with his right hand over offerings. Around him seated devotees in orange and maroon robes, several women in white with yellow shawls, and a man in white with yellow shawl sit on the ground facing the ritual. Banana leaves, palm fronds, a flower garland at the left edge and a kalasha-style pot appear behind them. Several people's heads are visible in the foreground.2009-09-26