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A night-time outdoor scene on a raised platform beneath a tree strung with colourful fairy lights and round paper lanterns in yellow, red and green. Behind them is an ornate golden arched frame with a green cloth backdrop, holding a group of deity murtis or icons draped in yellow and white flower garlands with red accents. A seated person on the left wears a tall ornate headdress, orange-gold robes and beaded necklaces and holds a small object while sitting before a lit oil lamp and offerings of fruit. On the right a person in white dhoti and white head covering with garlands sits with palms pressed together in namaskar in front of the deities. Their roles are priest and devotee. The scene resembles a puja or aarti; no clearly visible a person is identified. Two people are visible.

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November 19 20152015-11-19November 19 20152015-11-19Night photograph of a stage tableau in a dark setting. Three deity murti sit centrally on a decorated platform beneath an ornate gold arch framed by a leafy tree with strung yellow, orange and red lanterns. The central figure wears a tall crown; the figures are garlanded with white and red flower garlands and dressed in pink and green cloth. Two seated people flank the platform: on the left a figure in an orange robe and tall gold-patterned headpiece with a rudraksha-style bead mala, gesturing with one hand; on the right a figure in white ritual dress with a white head cloth and a bead garland, seated with a small black stand before them. A green backdrop fills the arch behind the deities.2015-11-19November 19 20152015-11-19November 19 20152015-11-19November 19 20152015-11-19December 31 20182018-12-31Night procession at the ashram with a golden deity murti under an ornate gilded canopy on a wooden ratha or palanquin platform. The murti is draped in purple and yellow cloth and garlanded with marigold and red flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with gold border stands at left, waving a white chamara fan over the deity. Strings of coloured lights and a lit tree line the path, with a parked car at right. No other physical people are clearly visible.2016-12-06Night procession at an ashram: a richly decorated deity murti stands in a gilded arched shrine on a wooden palanquin-style cart, draped in gold and purple cloth with marigold garlands and a tall ornamental canopy overhead. A man in a bare chest and white dhoti with a gold border stands at the left, holding ritual items beside the cart. Strings of coloured lights and a lit tree line the road, with a blue cloth and flower offerings at the base.2016-12-06November 19 20152015-11-19Night procession photograph of two floral-decorated ratha or palanquin shrines lit against a black background. The larger shrine has a rounded arch of marigolds in yellow, purple, pink and white, surrounding a golden deity murti and a gilded head ornament. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with rudraksha mala and a gold pendant stands at the right edge of the shrine, holding a lamp. A second, smaller floral arch frames another golden figure to the left, and attendants in yellow and white cloth sit beneath the shrines. Gilded lamp stands and a golden canopy appear at the edges.2016-12-09Photograph of a Hindu ritual inside a draped hall with red and maroon walls. On the right, a seated metal deity murti (utsava-style image) sits on a green-draped throne-like seat beneath a silver arch, heavily decorated with white jasmine and yellow-and-red marigold garlands and gold ornaments. A silver-ornamented umbrella canopy with colourful fringe overhangs it. Two standing men at left face the murti: one wears a green-and-gold turban and white dhoti with a white and orange garland, and a second man with a shaved head, bare upper body and a purple-bordered cloth wrap stands with his back partly to the camera, appearing to perform a ritual offering. Brass oil lamps and silver standards flank the scene.2015-10-18