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A ritual puja in a temple-style room with orange-painted walls. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with gold borders bends forward at the centre, offering to a girl in a green blouse and red skirt seated on the floor. Beside them a girl in orange sits cross-legged, holding a flower and a small bowl, while another girl in red sits by a harp-like instrument. A white-clad figure kneels at the right. On the floor are brass plates with rice, a banana-leaf offering, a bell, a silver vessel, lamps and marigold garlands. Behind them stand a dark deity murti with garland and a large white-and-pink goddess murti with gold garland on the right. An orange cloth hangs nearby. Five-lamp brass lamps stand at the left.

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Night outdoor ritual under a corrugated roof with hanging decorative lanterns. A bald man in white dhoti and shawl with gold borders stands at right, holding a small vessel and lifting a smoking incense or ritual object. Seated on a red and gold throne at centre is a figure in orange robes with a shawl, appearing to receive the offering; the appearance is not clearly confirmed. Beside him, a man in white stands near a table of brass plates, bowls and offerings. At left, a seated woman in a yellow sari with flowers in her hair attends to a plate, and another woman in yellow sits on the ground. Large deity murti with white and orange drapery and gold details stand at left, with brass oil lamps in front. Smoke rises through the scene, and a dark night backdrop surrounds the open pavilion.2011-10-05A photograph of a ritual at a deity shrine at night. A standing priest in saffron-orange robes with a yellow border, shaved head and gold bracelet, bends forward toward three seated boys in white dhotis. The boys sit on a low stone platform before a large deity murti with a yellow-and-orange sari draped over it; an oil lamp stands in front, with marigold petals scattered on the ground and a red cloth beside the platform. The boys wear white, one with a sacred thread and one with ash markings on the forehead, and they hold small items the priest is guiding. The priest's robes are the most dominant colour in the frame, and the scene suggests a puja at the shrine. Visible people: four.2011-10-05Night ritual inside a decorated pandal lit by oil lamps. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with red borders stands at a white-draped altar, holding a yellow flower above it. Behind him an older man in white and a second man stand near a red and gold throne, and a seated figure in orange and white sits on the right. On the left, large painted deity murtis, including a goddess with a lion, stand beside strings of lights. Young girls in red and green traditional dress sit on purple cloth, holding pink lotus flowers, with brass lamps and offering plates in front of them. A woman in yellow on the far right holds a silver vessel. Red and orange bunting hangs overhead.2010-10-16 +1 copiesIndoor puja scene on a stone-floored hall. Two men in white dhotis with gold necklaces sit cross-legged; a bald man in orange robes on the left presses palms together in prayer, and a young man in white reaches toward a brass vessel holding flowers and offerings. A woman in an orange and green saree sits in the foreground beside stainless steel cooking pots and a pile of papadams, while a seated man in white at left has a brass lamp and bundled sticks nearby. A carved stone platform stands at right. A woman in red stands in the background near a camera tripod. Brass lamps and fruit sit on a mat.2011-11-06October 05 20112011-10-05A photograph of a ritual homa at a temple shrine. Two priests in white dhoti and unstitched upper cloth stand at a white stepped fire pit, one bending over it and holding a bowl. A young girl in red and gold traditional dress kneels beside the fire pit. Behind them, a large deity murti of Durga with many arms and a lion mount is garlanded, with a smaller white-clad goddess figure nearby. Brass oil lamps, silver vessels, fruit, and scattered flower petals surround the altar, and a third person in white stands at the left edge.2010-10-16Photograph of a nighttime puja at a shrine with a large white-and-pink Ganesha murti wearing a garland, beside a figure of a goddess in pink and yellow with yellow garlands and a lion figure at right. Two priests in white dhoti and bare upper body stand at left, one holding a small lamp or offering. Several young girls in red and maroon traditional dress sit on a white-covered platform before brass plates, a silver bowl, a kalasha-style vessel and a standing brass lamp. Dried leaves and marigold-like flowers lie on the cloth. The scene is a puja or aarti with deity murtis.2010-10-16A ritual puja in a temple-like room with orange-painted walls and string lights. A bald priest in white dhoti with gold borders stands bowed at left, holding a small brass vessel over a plate of offerings. Seated on the floor, boys in white clothes and a beaded necklace face a low wooden chair decorated with a flower and an orange cloth draped over a saffron backdrop. Brass oil lamps, steel bowls, plates of rice, fruit, flower petals and a kalasha sit before a large decorated deity murti of a goddess with a white floral crown and a garlanded elephant-headed figure. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand at left, hands folded in prayer. The overall scene is a devotional puja setting.2011-10-05A homa ritual before a large multi-armed goddess murti decorated with white and silver ornaments, a lion mount, and garlands. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl holds a brass tray of oranges over a fire pit, with an orange flame visible. A seated priest in white with a gold necklace and sandalwood marks sits at left, hands in anjali. Girls in maroon dresses sit near the fire, with a pink Ganesha murti under a colourful canopy and a smaller white-clad goddess figure in the background. Brass lamps and offerings surround the fire pit.2010-10-16 +1 copiesNovember 06 20112011-11-06A photograph of a puja at a temple shrine. Two priests in white dhoti and shawl stand at left; one leans over a wooden peetha with a brass vessel. Several young girls in red and maroon outfits sit on the platform; one smiling girl at center holds a small offering. Behind them stands a pink Ganesha murti with a purple garland and a Devi murti in a pink and green sari with a yellow garland. A lion vahana and a brass oil lamp stand at right, with silver and brass plates of offerings and flowers in the foreground. No a person candidate is visibly present.2010-10-16October 05 20112011-10-05