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A large open-air tent ceremony with a sandy floor, where many priests in green and yellow ceremonial clothing and orange-striped headwraps sit or stand around a rectangular homa fire pit lined with white and red rims and scattered marigold flowers. Several bare-chested men in pink and yellow dhotis tend offerings and vessels, and a figure in a saffron wrap stands at the back. Behind them stand decorated deity murti and a large ornate canopy with floral garlands and banana plants. Nobody in this scene is identifiable as a person by the cues the guidelines require, so no candidate is marked.

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January 13 20152015-01-13A large open-sided pandal with a corrugated roof and banana plants shows a ritual in progress on bare ground. On the left, a decorated altar with garlands and a deity murti is attended by priests in pink and magenta dhotis. Men in green and orange cloths sit in rows on the ground, some with bare upper bodies, and a yellow basin with offerings and baskets lies in front. On the right, a standing man with white-painted face and bare chest in white dhoti and ornate necklaces tends the ritual, with a microphone on a stand in the foreground. Behind the pandal, rows of seated devotees in white are visible under a striped canopy, consistent with a puja or yagna gathering.2015-01-13A photograph of a homa or yagna in an open pavilion. A square fire pit with a white-and-blue patterned rim is surrounded by seated priests in green shawls and orange-yellow turbans. One priest on the left in a yellow and red shawl holds a flaming plate, and another bare-chested priest holds a brass vessel near the fire. A standing bare-chested man in a yellow dhoti stands at the back. Banana plants, a red fenced platform and painted deity murti line the background. No appearance-based candidate for a person is clearly visible.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13Outdoor temple-style ritual under a open-sided pandal with a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded wooden ratha/palanquin at the left, a golden canopy above. Standing men, bare-chested with pink, yellow and maroon dhotis and sashes, face a seated group of men in green, pink and orange cloths with colourful turbans. A brass plate with a lit flame and offerings is held in front of seated priests, one with a shawl. a person's presence is not clearly identifiable in the image.2015-01-13A large outdoor homa or yagna under a pink and white tent, with many men in green dhotis and orange-yellow turbans seated in a circle around a white lotus-shaped fire pit. Flames and smoke rise from the pit, which is decorated with garlands of yellow and orange flowers. Several men sit bare-chested, one in yellow dhoti and one in orange dhoti, scooping grains and offerings from plates and bowls placed around the pit. Metal barricades and a red-draped table with people in the background are visible behind the circle.2015-01-13January 12 20152015-01-12January 12 20152015-01-12A photograph of a temple-style ritual inside a large open tent with a corrugated roof. A decorated palanquin-like ceremonial structure with a golden canopy and garlands of yellow and orange flowers stands at center, surrounded by a deity murti in a yellow dhoti and green cloth at left. Many priests in pink, yellow and green dhotis and orange or yellow turbans sit cross-legged on the ground, while a bare-chested man stands at center in a green and yellow wrap. Brass vessels and plates of offerings sit in front, and banana plants and colourful bunting line the right side.2015-01-13Outdoor homa or yagna at a circular fire pit with a black ash-filled centre, its raised rim painted with blue, red and white bands and decorated with flower petals. Several men in green dhotis or wraps and striped yellow-orange headwraps sit cross-legged around it, some holding wooden ladles and bowls of grain. Behind them, other seated participants in saffron, orange and pink cloth sit among smoke and steam, with bowls of offerings and plates of fruit nearby. The scene is a ritual gathering in an open courtyard.2015-01-13Outdoor homa in progress at a temple courtyard with a square fire pit lined in white and red-painted border, filled with dark ash. Around it sit a group of priests and devotees on the ground: several shaved-headed men in pink dhotis and bare torsos, others in green and yellow silk, and a seated man in pink and a man in green with an orange-and-green shawl wearing a round yellow badge. Bowls of grains, rice and flower petals surround the pit, with a small bowl of oil and a brass lamp nearby. Behind them, decorated deity murtis with garlands and a floral backdrop stand under a red-and-white tent, and saffron-robed men sit at right beside a microphone stand.2015-01-13January 13 20152015-01-13