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Outdoor photo at a Pashupatinath-style temple courtyard with pagoda-roofed shrines, red brick buildings and a balcony crowded with onlookers. In the centre, a priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged on a red cloth, holding a flame over a ritual plate with fruit and offerings, while a deity murti draped in orange garlands and a green cloth sits on a raised platform. Silver lamps and a silver trident stand nearby. Devotees in red and orange clothing sit around the offering mats with hands folded, and a cameraman in a tan cap films from the lower right.

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Outdoor temple ritual at Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal, with a large silver trident in the left foreground. A shaved-headed priest in orange-saffron robes sits cross-legged on a red mat, lighting an oil lamp and conducting a puja beside an altar of marigold garlands. Trays of food, fruit and foil-wrapped offerings, brass plates and a small bell surround the altar, and a devotee in a red sari and women in orange clothing kneel nearby. Behind them stand ornate red-brick and white temple structures, with a crowd of onlookers on a balcony and stone steps. A photographer and camera operators in orange clothing record the scene.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01A photograph of an outdoor temple ritual at Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal. A shaved-headed priest in an orange-saffron robe kneels on a red cloth, reaching toward a shrine where a deity murti is adorned with orange and red marigold garlands, seated before a green cloth. Brass plates of food offerings, fruit, flowers and a small oil lamp surround the ritual area, with a silver trident standing at the left edge. Other devotees in orange and red attire sit nearby, and a crowd of onlookers stands on stone steps in front of stone shrines and a wooden colonnade with garlanded pillars. A bald-headed foreground figure in a cap is partly visible at the bottom.2012-08-01Outdoor ritual at a temple complex with a gilded pagoda-style roof and white stone walls. A bald priest in an orange-saffron robe sits on a red cloth at the centre, surrounded by brass and silver puja vessels, plates of offerings, flowers and a small ornate deity murti. Devotees sit on rugs and red cloth around him: a woman in a white shawl with a saffron sash, a man with a camera, and a person in orange holding a laptop. In the foreground a woman with long dark hair and an orange flower garland raises a ceremonial item. Behind them, a crowd climbs stone steps toward the temple, with marigold garlands on the railings and a yellow flag on a pole overhead.2012-08-01Outdoor ritual on the stone ghats of a riverside temple complex with tiered pagoda roofs and crowds on steps. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing a leopard-print garment and a marigold garland, raises a long ceremonial trident-like staff. Near the centre, a saffron-robed priest with a shaved head sits on a red cloth before a decorated green altar with orange marigold garlands and small shrines, with plates of offerings, fruits, sweets and a kalasha-like vessel. Other saffron-clad sadhus sit with a laptop, and white-clad women and a man with a camera watch from the carpeted area. Spectators line a balcony above the temple.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01Outdoor temple ritual at a stone courtyard with a silver trident standing on a red cloth. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes and a long beaded necklace sits cross-legged on a red mat before a shrine decorated with orange marigold garlands and green leaves, with brass plates, bowls and conch-shaped offerings arranged in front. Beside him a woman in orange clothing films with a camera. A woman in the foreground with marigold garlands and rudraksha beads sits facing the altar. Behind them a crowd of onlookers, some holding cameras, watches from the courtyard, with red-brick temple buildings and white spired shrines in the background.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01Outdoor ritual at a multi-tiered Hindu temple complex with golden roofs, stone steps and ghats along a river. In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair, a flower garland and a leopard-print top raises one hand while seated on a red cloth. In front of her, a shaven-headed man in orange robes sits on a red mat beside brass plates of offerings, flowers and oil lamps. Behind them, several people in orange and white sit on carpets watching, one in orange holds a camera and another in orange works on a laptop. A decorated deity murti sits under flowers on a green altar, with a crowd moving along the steps behind.2012-08-01