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Night-time satsang held outdoors under a dark sky, with a seated audience of devotees in white and red clothing facing a shrine. At the centre, a gilded arched frame holds a pair of metal deity murtis, one wearing a red and gold crown and red garland, the other in an orange sari with a crown and red beaded necklaces. Behind them is a red cloth backdrop. Seated women in white kurtas and red shawls fill the foreground and sides, some with a small brass lamp and offerings on the mat. A tall copper lamp stand wrapped with a marigold garland stands to the right.

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A night-time outdoor gathering of many seated devotees, mostly women in white saris with dark borders and some in saffron or orange garments, sitting on a reddish-orange mat before a raised ornate golden shrine. On the shrine stand two deity murti adorned with garlands and crowns, one in red and one in gold tones, framed by a gold arched backdrop with a glowing lamp-lit canopy. A tall kalasha-style pillar stands to the right, and standing devotees with folded hands line the back of the crowd. Fairy lights glow faintly in the distance. A standing figure at the rear wears a white shirt and a saffron-clothed attendant is visible at right, the scene reading as satsang or puja.2013-03-10October 06 20132013-10-06Night outdoor gathering of devotees seated on an orange mat before a golden arched shrine. On an illuminated red-and-gold platform sits a large seated deity murti with a crown, holding a trident-like staff, adorned with red garlands; a smaller figure sits beside it. Many women in white saris, some with red or orange blouses and garlands, sit cross-legged, and standing men in white shirts and dhotis watch from the back and left. Trees and a tall lamp post frame the scene. The statue is a murti, not a person, and the exact identity of any person is not determined from appearance.2013-03-10March 10 20132013-03-10Night-time outdoor ritual with a seated group of devotees in white clothes and red-and-white sashes facing a decorated shrine. Garlanded deity murti with flower garlands stand on a gold-framed altar, and a large Ganesha murti sits on a pedestal at right. A man in orange and blue sits in the front row on a plastic chair, and a robed figure in orange sits on the mat among the devotees, with an empty blue plastic chair in the foreground. Priests in white sit before the altar, and a figure in white walks at the far right. Oil lamps and flower offerings are arranged on the platform, with a patterned mat underfoot.2014-09-11Photo 11735602A night photograph of devotees at a temple shrine, viewed from behind. Many people in white dhotis and white garments, some with brown or saffron shawls over their shoulders, stand in rows with hands folded facing a gilded deity murti group. The central figures are a Shiva-form murti with trident and jewelled ornaments seated beside a goddess-form murti in a red-draped arch, with flower garlands at the base and oil lamps glowing on the sides. A smaller murti stands to the left. Ornate painted pillars with floral and bird motifs frame the scene.2016-07-18A night-time outdoor ritual at an open stage with a red-and-white striped base. Behind a golden kalasha-style arch, a deity murti stands draped in colourful cloth and garlands above a gold-trimmed yagna pit. On the left, several people in saffron-orange robes sit cross-legged, some with white-painted foreheads and gold necklaces; a shaved-headed man in orange appears among them. On the right, an empty red-and-gold throne stands beside a seated woman in orange with white forehead markings. A small fan is visible. Facing the stage, a seated audience in white, blue and beige clothing sits on red chairs and mats, many seen from behind.2013-09-13October 04 20132013-10-04February 16 20092009-02-16November 04 20132013-11-04Night photograph of a riverside ritual at a ghat. Two gilded deity murtis, seated on a red-draped peetha beneath an ornate golden arch, wear white and red garments and silver crowns with garlands. A standing man in orange robes with a red-edged shawl holds a small ritual implement near a brass puja set. Seated devotees in orange and white clothing face the murtis, with a woman in an orange sari on the right touching an offering tray. Oil lamps and a crowd in white and orange stand in the background under dark night sky.2007-07-24