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A photograph inside a large white tent hung with multicoloured paper lanterns, with spotlights overhead. In the centre, a square fire pit blazes with a homa or yagna, and two men in orange robes with yellow shawls and marigold garlands stand at the far side. A seated figure in orange and a figure in white stand near the fire. Behind them, a decorated altar displays deity murti and flower garlands, and a large gilded throne draped with garlands stands at the left. A rows of seated devotees fill the floor, with a clock and brass vessels on a striped cloth in the foreground.

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December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19Indoor temple scene with a white-walled interior, a round blue wall clock, and a barred window at left. A central figure in saffron-orange robes and an orange turban, wearing a rudraksha-style necklace and a long garland of red and yellow flowers, smiles while holding a brass plate with a flaming oil lamp. A priest in a white dhoti with red and pink borders offers the plate from the right. Beside the saffron-clad figure, a bare-chested man with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala stands. Several onlookers in shirts and striped clothing watch, including a boy in an olive shirt at left. Orange drapes hang near the right edge.2015-05-01September 15 20152015-09-15December 15 20162016-12-15Photo of a large crowded tented hall with coloured tassels and paper lanterns hanging overhead. In the foreground, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a man in a matching shawl sit beside a wooden homa fire pit with bright flames, a kalasha and brass vessels with offerings around it. A long-haired, bearded man in saffron-brown robes and a floral garland pours or offers something over a seated devotee's shoulder. Behind them a crowd of women in saris and white and coloured garments stands watching, and a deity murti decorated with garlands sits on a golden stand at left. Gold decorations and a film camera on a crane appear at right.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 19 20162016-12-19Evening ritual under a corrugated metal-roofed open pavilion strung with mango-leaf garlands and hanging tassels. At centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe stands at a raised stone fire pit with a burning flame, holding ritual items, while a seated priest in white and orange beside him assists. Behind the fire, a red and gold throne stands empty. At left, a golden deity murti with flower garlands and a woman in white sari with a flower garland sit near offerings. A seated devotee in a white cloth bows low in the foreground before brass vessels, fruit, flowers and a plate of green leaves. A cameraman in white shirt films the scene at right while a large seated crowd, mostly children in orange and white, watches.2011-12-31December 02 20162016-12-02A fire ritual inside a large decorated tent at Adi Kailasa, with a sacred fire burning in a rectangular brick homa pit surrounded by marigold garlands, brass vessels and flower-filled plates. Priests in white dhotis and saffron-orange sashes sit around the fire; one priest in orange cloth and a saffron head-wrap tends the flames while another in white kneels nearby. Behind them, a seated crowd of devotees watches from rows of cushions, and a gilded shrine with deity murti and kalasha decorations stands at the back under hanging colourful lanterns and strings of lights.2016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05