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Night photograph of a temple hall during a festival puja with several deity murtis draped in garlands, decorated with white and colourful halos behind them. Six young women in saris sit in a row on a raised platform, holding flowers and garlands, with smoke rising in the background. In the foreground a young priest with a red turban and bare upper body holds a brass plate with a lamp. Flower petals are scattered on the floor. Overhead hang green-and-orange decorative strings. Two or three other people are visible at the right edge. The page refers to Navaratri, but no a person is visible in this image.

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Night ritual photograph in a decorated temple hall with smoke rising and a bright spotlight. Five or six young women sit in a row on a raised platform wearing green, blue, red and pink saris and garlands of white and yellow flowers, with pink lotus blossoms in their hands. In the foreground a shaven-headed priest in a maroon turban and ochre-brown cloth stands at right holding a ritual vessel and offering it toward them. Behind them are ornate gold and white deity figures, brass lamps and kalasha-style pots, and small seated attendants at the back right. Marigold petals cover the floor.2016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10Night ritual photograph: a row of young women in colourful silk saris with flower garlands and jewellery sit on a raised stone platform, holding flowers and offerings. In the foreground a man with bare upper body and a saffron-orange turban and dhoti, carrying a tray or plate, stands facing them. Behind them are painted deity figures and a decorated backdrop with garlands, and the floor is strewn with yellow marigold petals and kolam designs.2016-10-10Night-time homa ritual at an open-air pavilion beneath a tarpaulin roof, with smoke rising from a fire pit in the centre. Five young women sit in a row in colourful silk saris: orange and maroon, orange and green, bright yellow and green, pink and magenta, and turquoise blue. Several hold pink flowers, small ceremonial implements and brass items, and one wears a pale headpiece. Behind them stands a decorated deity murti garlanded with yellow marigold garlands, and a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a gold-edged red throne behind him presses his palms together. Another saffron-clad man sits at the right with a plate of flowers. Brass pots, offerings and petals lie on the floor.2013-10-13