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July 29 20122012-07-29A man in a red-orange turban and matching saffron-red dhoti sits cross-legged on a stone floor reading from an open book, with white ash horizontal marks on his arm and a rudraksha mala around his neck. In front of him a square fire pit of yellow-painted bricks burns with a small flame, with a silver spouted vessel, a bowl and a silver ladle nearby. Behind the fire, garlanded kalasha pots decorated with white and red flower garlands and green cloth sit on an orange cloth-covered platform before a stone wall carved with a sun-face motif. A partly visible woman in white stands at the top left.2014-03-24July 11 20142014-07-11September 05 20162016-09-05A photograph of a temple puja at an outdoor shrine. A shaved-headed young priest in orange saffron robes sits on the steps holding a brass oil lamp with a flame, offering it toward a row of decorated deity murtis dressed in colourful silk garments with ornate beaded necklaces, crowns and green leaves. A red cloth covers the platform. Another orange-robed person sits at the right edge beside a brass vessel. Trees and a white wall form the background.2014-07-26September 29 20122012-09-29A seated priest in a maroon dhoti and matching maroon wrap with an orange-and-maroon turban sits cross-legged on the floor during a puja. He reads from an open book held on his lap, with white sacred ash marks on his arm and bare chest, and a long rudraksha-style mala visible on his chest. Before him stand brass and silver puja vessels, a bowl of offerings, a lit oil lamp, flower garlands and a bronze bowl. Behind him is a gilded ornate throne-like structure with a green canopy, and at right a lion figure and a Ganesha statue sit beside a red-and-white striped temple wall. Petals are scattered on the steps.2014-08-21A photograph of a priest in orange-saffron dhoti and a matching orange turban seated on the ground at an outdoor fire ritual. He holds an open book in one hand and gestures with the other hand over a small fire burning on a stone-edged pit. Silver bowls, a metal plate of grains, a fruit and flower offering, and small brass pots sit nearby. Behind him a decorated altar is draped in blue cloth and garlanded with yellow marigold strands, with red and gold fabric visible above. The scene suggests a homa or fire offering.2013-10-06July 05 20012001-07-05A homa fire burns in a square stone pit in the foreground, with brass vessels and a bowl of white grains beside it. A shaved-headed young person in orange robes with white marks on the forehead sits cross-legged at left, wearing rudraksha beads, and holds a dish. Behind them, a raised platform draped in red cloth with green borders supports several deity murtis dressed in green, maroon and red garments with ornaments and garlands. A figure in orange robes stands on a stage beneath a canopy in the background. Stone steps with red and white bands lead up to the platform.2014-07-26A photograph of an outdoor ritual stage at dusk with a gold-framed puja setup. A man in orange saffron robes sits cross-legged on a wooden platform holding an open book, a crutch leaning beside him. Behind him stand two decorated deity murtis draped in garlands of white and red flowers, with a gold throne draped in orange cloth above them. Brass lamps with lit flames flank a gold altar with small brass pots and green leaves, and a square stone homa pit sits in the foreground beside brass plates and vessels. A goddess image with a silver and gold frame appears to the left.2012-10-16 +1 copiesJune 02 20152015-06-02