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Night-time outdoor ritual photograph. A bare-chested priest with a tied-up hair knot and a red-orange cloth kneels at left beside a fire, tending the flames. At right, a seated man with a hair knot, bare upper body and white-and-red garland folds his hands in prayer on an ornate chair. Ornate silver palanquin-style shrines, a silver bull figure, silver ritual vessels and a silver stand stand on colourful striped mats strewn with marigold garlands and yellow turmeric powder. Dark blue deity murtis draped in flower garlands stand at right, and a lit illuminated shrine with a red-and-gold canopy appears at left. Trees fill the dark background.

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January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night-time outdoor ritual scene with a rainbow-striped cloth covering the ground. Silver-toned ceremonial structures stand in a row, including a canopied pavilion, arched shrines, and a silver nandi bull decorated with marigold garlands. At right, a seated man in a dark turban and red-brown dhoti, bare-chested and wearing a long pink-and-white flower garland, sits with palms pressed together in prayer or namaskar. Behind him, dark standing figures in red garments and yellow garlands stand near a row of decorated deity murtis. Silver kalashas, brass pots and a small bowl of vermilion or turmeric sit on the cloth in front. A decorated chariot or palanquin with red and gold canopy appears at upper left.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night photo of an outdoor ritual at a shrine. A large fire burns in a dark metal vessel on the left, while a bronze-and-silver palanquin-style canopy and small silver shrines stand on a rainbow-striped cloth. Behind them, a tiered stone platform holds many dark murti figures draped in yellow and orange garlands. On the right, a man with a black turban, rudraksha-style white beaded garland and red-and-orange cloth sits cross-legged beside brass and silver ritual vessels, appearing to tend the homa. Stray tree branches frame the top.2018-01-31Night-time outdoor ritual photograph at a Thaipusam-style procession setting. A seated man in a dark turban and red-orange cloth, with rudraksha beads and a ceremonial necklace, sits on a raised seat at the right beside a microphone stand, his bare upper body visible. Behind him stand dark deity figures draped in red cloth and garlanded with yellow and orange flowers. In the centre, an ornate silver palanquin-style canopy and silver-plated shrine structures with a silver bull figure, garlanded and arranged on a striped pastel cloth. Brass pots, a bowl and offering plates sit on the floor in front, and a small lit ritual lamp is visible at the lower right. Ornate silver chariot-like shrine and a decorated temple cart appear at the left.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night-time outdoor ritual scene on a striped multicolored cloth. At left, a man in dark clothing tends a blazing fire in a large metal vessel. In the centre, two figures in orange and saffron clothing kneel before a ritual arrangement of brass vessels and offerings; the man on the right has bare shoulders and a red-orange cloth, and the figure beside him wears a dark headwrap. Behind them, a tiered stone structure is lined with many dark deity murtis draped in garlands of yellow and white flowers. Trays of colourful powders, kumkum, and grains sit in the foreground, and an ornate silver palanquin or canopy with floral decoration stands at left. A mural-style mural and a decorated ratha-like shrine appear at the far left.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31