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A tall ornate brass lamp stand with many tiers of small oil lamps lit and a rooster-shaped finial dominates a ceremonial tent. Behind it, a seated audience in white and cream clothes with red-and-gold shawls watches attentively under yellow draped fabric. On the left, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha beads presses his palms together in devotion, and on the right a woman in a white sari with red border sits with her hands folded. A red digital clock is visible on the tent wall.

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October 12 20152015-10-12September 10 20122012-09-10Indoor puja in a hall with red curtains and pale walls. Women in orange and red sarees and salwar kameez sit on the floor with palms pressed together and eyes closed, and oil lamps burn on brass trays before them. In the foreground a tall silver multi-tiered lamp stand with a flame and petals sits on a red cloth. Other devotees, some in green and blue, are seated in rows behind.2012-05-16September 10 20122012-09-10A large group of devotees dressed in white sits on colourful woven mats in a hall with white draped walls. In the foreground a tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp with a bird-shaped finial stands in a wide brass basin, its wicks lit. Several people wear white clothes with orange-red shawls and orange garlands; a bald man in white with a yellow tilak on his forehead sits beside the lamp, and a woman with a yellow forehead mark holds a small brass item. Cameras on tripods and a cameraman stand at the back. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2015-10-12October 12 20172017-10-12October 12 20172017-10-12September 10 20122012-09-10Photo of a large tiered brass oil lamp stand (deepa stambha style) with many lit oil lamps and peacock-shaped finials, dominating the foreground on a tiled floor. Behind it, under a white draped canopy, a few seated people in white clothes and red-orange shawls sit in a row; the nearest seated figures are blurred. The lamps are lit. No identifiable a person depiction is visible given the blur and distance.2015-10-12A homa fire ritual in a tent with a brick fire pit burning with flames and smoke, flanked by orange marigold flowers. A seated priest with bare shoulders, a red turban and a long rudraksha mala sits behind the fire, tending it with a metal vessel nearby. A standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a mala and folded hands stands beside a tiered brass stand of oil lamps, and a large decorated offering platform with garlands sits at right. Rows of seated and standing devotees in saffron and maroon shawls fill the background, with a few children at left and a camera on a tripod at upper left.2015-07-17December 10 20072007-12-10September 10 20122012-09-10