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Night-time outdoor ritual on an orange-draped raised platform under a corrugated shed. Brass and silver ritual vessels, plates of flowers and fruit, a tall silver lamp stand, and a large brass lamp are arranged on the platform. White-clad priests stand and sit at the front, one in an orange garment at the right. A seated crowd of devotees in white fills the rows behind, and a decorated palanquin or chariot with red and orange canopy is visible on the right. Banana leaves and a yellow fringed umbrella frame the scene.

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Night-time photograph of an open-sided pandal at an ashram, with a raised platform draped in orange cloth and striped red-and-white steps. On the platform, a priest in white dhoti and shirt stands before a homa-style setup of brass plates, flowers, fruit and a conch-like object. Another white-clad priest holds a ritual item nearby. Rows of seated devotees in white, a few in saffron, sit on mats facing the platform. A framed deity image hangs at left beside a tall brass lamp stand and a red-and-gold canopy. Several dozen people are visible in the scene. The picture is taken from the side of the pandal.2010-09-05October 05 20112011-10-05December 30 20092009-12-30December 21 20092009-12-21September 27 20092009-09-27February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesA dim indoor hall during an evening puja. Several priests in saffron and orange robes sit on a raised platform at the right, performing a ritual before a deity murti decorated with flowers and a tall brass lamp stand. Brass plates of offerings and fruit are arranged on the floor in front. In the foreground, a row of seated devotees dressed in white clothes sits on the floor facing the platform. The hall is lit mainly by oil lamps and a few spotlights, and a fan stands among the seated people.2006-10-21October 04 20112011-10-04October 04 20112011-10-04Night-time homa ceremony under a tented pavilion strung with green leaf garlands and hanging colourful pennants. In the foreground, two priests in white dhotis with red-bordered cloth sit on an orange mat before a white-and-brown ritual platform and a fire pit, with brass oil lamps, kumkum plates, a small kalasha, bowls of offerings and metal trays. A seated figure in white clothing, a rudraksha-style cord and a turban sits on an ornate red-and-gold throne at the back left, and a priest chants at a stand nearby. A large crowd of devotees in white and orange sits on the floor in rows watching the ritual, and temple structures are visible in the background.2010-10-16 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12December 30 20092009-12-30