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Night outdoor ritual on a raised golden palanquin-style platform. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold border stands on the platform, holding a small lamp or vessel in his right hand, facing a golden arched shrine with a canopy overhead. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated with white garlands and yellow, red and green flower garlands. Brass plates with fruit and sweets sit on a satin cloth before the murti. Speakers stand beside the shrine. At the right edge, devotees with folded hands are partly visible.

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December 12 20112011-12-12January 09 20132013-01-09January 09 20132013-01-09December 12 20112011-12-12Night-time outdoor ritual at a temple-like setting beside a red-brown wall. On the right, a deity murti is dressed in yellow and red marigold garlands and sits in an ornate golden arched frame beneath a fringed multicoloured canopy. Before it, a gold-trimmed low table holds offerings and a brass plate. A man in white dhoti and bare chest holds a flaming torch and a lamp near the murti, while a woman in a white sari with a red border stands at left holding a lamp. A woman in a white top with gold border sits in the foreground, facing the murti, and a man in white stands at right. Dark trees and speakers are visible in the background.2013-01-09Night photograph of a pada puja performed on a decorated gold-and-brass wheeled float. A priest in white dhoti and white head cloth stands before a silver-framed deity murti draped in yellow, red and green garlands, with a red-and-gold umbrella overhead. A man in an orange robe and ornate white-and-silver cap stands at left with folded hands beside brass plates of flowers, a kalasha and oil lamps. A woman in a white top at right watches. Speakers and a lamp sit behind the float.2011-12-12January 09 20132013-01-09January 09 20132013-01-09December 12 20112011-12-12January 09 20132013-01-09January 09 20132013-01-09Night photograph of a deity murti seated on a white draped platform, framed by a silver arch and covered in yellow, orange and red marigold garlands and rose petals, with a purple bead garland at its neck. A priest in a white dhoti and white head wrap, with a gold-bordered shawl and beaded necklace, raises a brass tray with a lit flame toward the murti during pada puja. In the foreground a figure in an orange robe and beaded cap sits with a brass vessel and oil lamps, and at right a bare-chested assistant in a white dhoti holds a rudraksha mala. Smoke and a small lamp glow mark the ritual scene.2011-12-12