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Outdoors on a rural road, a brightly painted pink, turquoise and gold pedestal supports a dark stone deity murti draped in a dark cloth and garlanded with yellow marigolds and white and red flowers. A bare-chested man in a yellow shawl with red border and red dhoti stands at right, one hand raised to his forehead, beside a brass plate holding red kumkum and lit oil lamps. Hills and trees lie in the background under a hazy sky.

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November 11 20132013-11-11July 18 20152015-07-18Outdoor photo of a ritual at a colourful pink, teal and blue pedestal topped with a copper kalasha wrapped in yellow marigold garlands and white jasmine strands. Two men stand beside it: a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha mala and bangles, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti with a red-and-white cloth over his shoulder and a gold chain, touching the base. A saffron flag on a bamboo pole stands at left, and a hazy hilly landscape with houses and palm trees stretches behind. A printed banner with pictures sits at the lower left edge.2013-11-11August 20 20142014-08-20 +1 copiesDecember 30 20172017-12-30December 30 20172017-12-30December 12 20162016-12-12September 08 20152015-09-08January 11 20162016-01-11A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti and white upper cloth stands with his back to the camera before an ornate golden shrine on a street procession. Inside the shrine stands a small metal deity murti crowned with a headdress, draped in pink and white flower garlands and orange cloth. Red and gold decorative panels frame the shrine, and a few onlookers' heads appear at the bottom edge. The priest's hands are at his waist, adjusting his garment before a temple-style procession.2012-06-04A photograph of a ceremonial temple cart or palanquin decorated with heavy garlands of yellow marigolds and magenta flowers, with carved figures and small potted plants on its tiered pink and green structure. A bare-chested man in a pink turban and white dhoti, wearing a gold ceremonial necklace and rudraksha-style beads, holds a silver lamp with several lit oil lamp flames and performs an aarti-style offering beside the decorated structure. Another man in an orange cloth stands at the right edge, and a lion-figure carving is visible at the bottom. The palanquin appears to be a procession or puja setup.2016-09-09Outdoor photograph of a decorated ratha-style cart on a sandy path beside a red wall and green tree. A tall deity murti stands in a horseshoe-shaped arch of marigold and multicoloured flower garlands, on a blue cloth draped over a pink-covered platform, with brass vessels and a plate of offerings in front. A man in saffron clothing stands near the cart, and a person in a dark golden-bordered shawl and maroon head cloth with rudraksha-style necklace faces the deity from behind, bare-backed. A small framed picture is at the right edge.2013-11-15