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April 29 20152015-04-29Night photograph of an outdoor shrine in an ashram-like garden. A black stone Ganesha murti with a trunk stands on a stone platform surrounded by reddish rocks, beside an orange-red compound wall and bushes with pink flowers. Three people in plain white dhoti-style garments with gold borders stand in prayer. The person on the left has a shaved head and holds a red bag, the woman in the center has hands folded in namaskar, and the person on the right holds a lit oil lamp toward the murti.2013-01-09At night outdoors, three shaven-headed men perform aarti before a large dark stone Ganesha statue seated on a carved pedestal, set among bamboo and pink-flowered shrubs against a red compound wall. The man on the right in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders holds a lit oil lamp aloft toward the deity. A younger man in white with gold-bordered cloth stands beside him. On the left, a man in saffron-orange robes with gold borders stands with palms joined in prayer. A mound of round stones and scattered white offerings lies at the statue's base.2014-10-03Night photograph in a garden beside an orange-red compound wall. A figure in an orange saffron garment with a beaded necklace holds a lit oil lamp toward a grey stone Ganesha murti seated on a tiered pedestal, its trunk and raised hands visible. A second man in white dhoti and shawl stands at left with palms pressed together in prayer. Flowering shrubs and bamboo surround the murti, and the sky is dark.2011-12-17December 17 20112011-12-17Night-time outdoor scene at a temple-like compound. Several men in white ritual clothes, some with shaved heads and one wearing red-orange cloth, stand in a line near a gate. At right, three grey stone deity statues stand on pedestals beside a dark stone wall with a small lit shrine doorway behind. A tall illuminated lamp or shrine glows through the gate at left. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border appears to hold a ritual item. Dark ground, bamboo and red brick walls surround the scene.2013-01-09October 03 20142014-10-03Night-time outdoor ritual photograph in a garden. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti with a bare chest and gold waistband holds a lit oil lamp aloft in one hand while ringing a handbell in the other. Beside him, a devotee in saffron-orange cloth with a wrap over the shoulder stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them, three grey stone deity murtis stand on a plinth, and a low pile of rough red-brown stones is scattered with white flower petals and offerings. Dark foliage and a red wall form the background. Two physical people are visible, and the scene reads as aarti at a murti.2014-10-03November 01 20112011-11-01January 09 20132013-01-09January 09 20132013-01-09Night photograph of a procession at a temple-like site. A man in saffron-orange robes with a bare shaved head holds a lit oil lamp aloft on a long brass trident-topped staff, offering arati before a weathered granite Ganesha-form murti set on a pedestal beside a red-walled building. Behind him, several men in white dhotis with red-bordered shawls and beaded necklaces follow, one carrying a brass plate, and a second brass trident staff rises in the background. A woman in an orange top stands at the lower right edge with her back partly to the camera. Red flower petals lie at the murti's base.2010-11-20