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Night-time outdoor ritual at a temple-like pavilion with a red roof, strung with fairy lights and bunting. Many devotees, mostly seated on the ground in rows, perform a fire-based ritual with small red trays holding flames, oil lamps, flower offerings and scattered leaves. Men wear white dhotis and shirts, women wear white, pink, green and orange saris, and a girl with a long braid wears white. Smoke rises at the right, and white sculpted deity murtis and ornamented arches stand behind the crowd under a colourful draped canopy. Standing figures in white move at the left. Crowd appears large, extending well beyond the foreground.

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Evening photograph of an outdoor ritual at a temple courtyard with a red-roofed shrine structure. Many seated devotees, mostly in white and some in orange or pink clothing, sit on the ground before small red trays holding lit fires and offerings, with smoke rising. Strings of lights and a decorated canopy with multicoloured bunting frame a row of white deity murti statues on the shrine. Palm trees surround the scene.2009-01-12A night-time ritual scene at an open courtyard shrine under a colourful patterned canopy strung with bunting and fairy lights. Many devotees, mostly in white and pastel clothes, sit on the ground in rows before small red trays holding oil lamps, flowers, fruit and offerings, with smoke rising through the air. Behind them, white deity murtis and ornate figures stand beneath the illuminated shrine structure. Several sit with their backs to the camera. No single individual is clearly identifiable as the a person from appearance, so no candidate is named.2009-01-12Night photograph of a large outdoor ritual with many devotees seated on red mats in rows, facing a decorated shrine with white deity murti figures and string lights under a canopy with multicolour prayer flags. Most devotees wear white or light clothing, some in green and saffron saris. In front of them are red trays holding small oil lamps and offering plates with fruit and leaves, and smoke fills the air. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance cues.2009-01-12Evening outdoor ritual at a red-roofed shrine hung with rows of small lamps and strings of lights. Many seated devotees, mostly in white and light clothing, sit before red trays holding lit oil lamps, flowers and offerings, with smoke rising through the scene. Behind them, white sculpted deity murti stand in niches of the shrine, and a multicoloured bunting of triangular pennants stretches across the top. The crowd is large and mostly seated on the ground, with a few standing figures near the back.2009-01-12Night photograph of a large outdoor puja under a red-and-white canopy strung with multicoloured prayer flags and fairy lights. Many devotees sit on red mats in rows, mostly in white clothes, with women in green, pink and orange saris among them. Each seated person has a red tray in front holding lit oil lamps, flowers, fruit and offerings. Smoke or incense hangs in the air. At the far end, white deity murtis and a decorated altar form the focus of the ritual. A person in white walks along the left side. The scene is a collective puja or aarti in a temple courtyard.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12Night photograph of a group homa or fire ritual held under a multicoloured canopy hung with red, yellow and green cloth. About a dozen seated participants in white dhotis and kurtas and in orange, pink and red saris and salwars sit on the ground before red metal trays holding burning flames and offerings. Behind them, a decorated temple with white stone figures, garlands and strings of lights. A small golden deity face garlanded with flowers sits in the foreground. Smoke rises from the fire pits. Several people appear to be doing a puja with banana leaves and offerings.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12Night photograph of a large outdoor homa or yagna in progress before a decorated temple. Many devotees sit cross-legged on the ground in rows, mostly in white dhotis and kurtas, with women in cotton saris in green, orange and pink. Before each seated person are red rectangular trays holding bundles of sticks, flower offerings, plates of fruit and small fire pits or lamps with lit flames. Strings of coloured lights and a striped canopy with bunting hang overhead, and white deity figures and pillars stand behind the crowd. Smoke drifts through the air. Standing onlookers fill the background.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12