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Outdoor photo at dusk beside tall palm trees. A woman in an orange-brown sari with a red flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a small altar on a decorated cart with an orange cloth, brass bells, a brass lamp with a flame, and a copper vessel. Behind the altar, a colourful painted panel with orange fringed hangings is visible. A bald man in a white shirt holds a video camera at right, and another cameraman stands behind the altar with a camera. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from the visible cues.2013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02 +1 copiesDecember 25 20072007-12-25March 02 20132013-03-02February 28 20132013-02-28A photograph of an outdoor fire ritual under a corrugated tin shelter. A seated man in white clothing with an orange shawl and a red-and-white striped dhoti holds a flaming lamp or kalasha aloft with both hands while speaking into a microphone on a stand. In front of him is a tiered earthen fire altar decorated with yellow marigolds and pink flower petals. A standing man in white kurta stands at left and a woman in a white sari stands in the background. Behind the seated figure are gilded wooden palanquin or chariot panels, white cloth and red garlands, and a row of printed display panels. The scene is a homa or puja setting.2008-11-11A night ritual at an outdoor homa or yagna site. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron garment with a gold border, a red and white flower garland and a gold necklace, raises a lit oil lamp in his right hand. Before him is a square fire pit edged with pink and white decoration and yellow flowers. Behind him stand a row of men in white dhotis and orange shawls, one holding a trident-topped staff. Other small fire pits with flames are scattered on the left, and an ornate carved wooden seat with a dish stands at right. Orange flags and red and orange draped cloth decorate the background tent.2007-01-01Outdoor temple procession scene at a Brahmotsava ritual. In the foreground, a man with long dark hair and a white flower garland wears an orange-saffron robe, raising one hand upward while holding a plate of yellow flowers. Behind him, several people in saffron-orange robes carry a tall umbrella with colourful tassels and a banner. On a small cart with a striped multicoloured cloth, brass lamps, bowls and offerings sit beside a red-draped deity murti decorated with yellow and white flower garlands. Smoke rises from incense, and palm trees and a white building stand in the background. A few people in white clothes watch from the crowd.2008-12-23 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor ritual on a golden palanquin-style vahana decorated with garlands of white and multicoloured flowers. A deity murti in a gilded shrine dominates the upper left, draped in flower garlands. A bearded man in an orange-saffron shawl and orange turban sits on a saffron cloth at the front, while a woman in a red and gold sari holds a cloth and a figure in white with rudraksha mala offers a flaming lamp or camphor aarti. A shirtless attendant in orange dhoti stands at left, and a long-haired man in white cloth and sacred ash marks sits in the lower foreground. Palm trees and a videographer's camera appear on the right, with a colourful fringed canopy above. Arati and deity procession setting.2016-11-05Outdoor temple procession at dusk along a dirt road beside a golden ornate chariot decorated with garlands, colourful tassels and a deity murti. A central figure with shoulder-length hair, a rudraksha mala, a gold necklace and a bare upper body over a red-orange cloth stands with hands raised in a gesture while a small flame burns on the ground. Behind them, rows of devotees in saffron and red robes and white dhotis with gold borders carry long silver staffs and walk in a procession line, some with palms pressed together. Red brick buildings and a decorated bamboo-and-leaf archway appear in the background.2015-02-19December 05 20112011-12-05July 18 20162016-07-18