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October 09 2021

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October 10 20212021-10-10October 11 20212021-10-11Night-time puja set-up outdoors with an orange-gold cloth draped over a raised altar. Two golden lion-headed figures and a golden deity murti are decorated with yellow marigold garlands and white cloths. Brass lamps and bowls sit on purple and gold brocade cloths, with a kalasha-like vessel wrapped in white cloth. A person in orange robes and rudraksha bracelets holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, while a white cloth in front is arranged with yellow marigold flowers and rice.2021-10-11October 11 20212021-10-11July 18 20152015-07-18 +1 copiesNight-time homa ceremony in an open-sided pavilion with a bright fire burning on a raised platform at right. A bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red sash kneels before a fruit offering laid on a cloth, holding a lit oil lamp toward the offerings. Behind him a younger man in a white dhoti holds another lit lamp. Seated on a gold-and-red throne with a striped canopy, a figure in an orange-brown robe with white flower garlands sits with palms pressed together. Other people in white dhotis sit in the background. Fruits, bananas, bowls and brass vessels fill the foreground, and a painted, flower-garlanded chariot or peetha stands at left.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesMay 02 20172017-05-02December 07 20162016-12-07Night-time outdoor ritual on a raised stone platform. Two priests in white dhotis sit before a gold-framed arched shrine draped in maroon cloth and an orange cloth, decorated with colourful flower garlands. A standing deity murti adorned with garlands stands at centre. The priest on the left, bare-chested with a microphone, sits behind the sacred fire area; the priest on the right wears a green head cloth and rudraksha mala and tends a homa with a bowl and oil lamp. A brass ritual vessel and a yellow wooden platform sit in front, with a lit deity display and a second decorated structure with garlands to the right.2015-01-07 +1 copiesA night-time homa ritual at an open-sided pavilion. In the right foreground, a person in orange-red robes and an orange-red turban sits cross-legged and tends a brass vessel of offerings. Before them, a flower-decorated tray holds yellow marigold petals and red petals arranged on a white-and-pink striped cloth, with a small oil lamp and brass bowls nearby. Behind, an orange silk cloth drapes a raised altar holding deity murti statues adorned with garlands of yellow and red flowers, folded white cloths and oil lamps on tall brass stands. The scene is lit by a bright lamp in the background.2021-10-11