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Night-time outdoor ritual before a decorated deity murti on a raised platform, garlanded with yellow, red, white and purple flowers, with a gold kalasha-style crown above. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a tall ornate headdress sits before the offerings of bananas, fruit and sweets on brass trays, with a kumkum-marked standing attendant in white beside them. Around the platform are men in white shirts and dhotis, a bare-chested attendant with a sacred thread, a woman in orange holding a flower offering, and a man in a plaid shirt filming with a video camera.

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Night photograph of a ceremony on a wooden cart decorated with carved panels and a Ganesha relief. A seated young man in orange saffron robes and a rudraksha mala sits before a deity murti draped in yellow and red flower garlands, with a silver-and-gold crown behind him. In front of him is a brass plate of fruit and coconuts. A bald priest in white dhoti and shawl holds out offerings, while a cameraman films and a woman in red shawl and glasses stands at right. Oil lamps burn at the edge of the scene.2011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24Night outdoor scene of a ceremonial procession or ritual at a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded platform, the image of a deity wrapped in a band of red, yellow, white and green marigold garlands under a fringed canopy. In the foreground a young priest in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha-style necklace sits cross-legged on a cloth, offering a plate of fruit, flowers and offerings. Beside him a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti with a tilak holds a brass tray of fruit and garlands. Behind them a man in a checked shirt holds a lit torch, and devotees in white with folded hands stand nearby, including an older woman in white wearing glasses at the right. A wooden or metal vehicle-like platform carries the scene, with a red-roofed building and signage behind.2011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24Night scene outdoors at a procession or temple ritual. A seated man in saffron-orange robes with a white ceremonial headpiece and rudraksha-style beaded necklace sits on an ornate gold palanquin-like seat before a deity murti decorated with yellow, red and white flower garlands and a magenta cloth backdrop. A woman in a yellow sari hands him a small box, and fruit offerings sit on the golden tray. On the left a cameraman films with a handheld video camera. On the right a standing man in a red-checked shirt watches, and a man in white dhoti with a beaded necklace holds his hands in namaskar. A lit torch flame stands at right and trees and a red building fill the background.2011-12-24Night photo of a procession with an ornate deity murti decorated with yellow, white and red garlands, seated on a wooden cart. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes with a tall decorated crown and beaded necklaces offers bananas and fruit from plates arranged on the cart. Around the cart, shaved-headed devotees in white dhoti and sacred thread kneel and assist, one holding a basket of bananas and coconut, while a man in white shirt and dhoti stands nearby and a torch flame burns at left. Fruit offerings in baskets fill the cart in front of the murti, and a crowd of onlookers watches from the foreground.2011-12-24Night procession on a flat wooden cart lit by flaming torches held by men at both sides. A large deity murti. A seated figure in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a beaded necklace and an ornate headpiece, sits cross-legged before the murti on a cloth. Women in white and orange saris stand near the cart; one holds a tray of fruit and flowers, and brass puja plates with offerings are set on the cart. A speaker sits behind the murti. Trees and streetlights frame the night scene.2011-12-24December 24 20112011-12-24Night procession photograph of a decorated palanquin carrying a deity murti under a multicoloured ceremonial umbrella. The murti is garlanded with yellow, red and green flower strands. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes and a white crown-like cap sits beside the murti on a brass-framed cart, with a small brass lamp and offerings before them. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti and a brown head covering holds a flaming torch. A woman in a red shawl walks at left, and two men sit at right near the cart.2011-12-24November 11 20102010-11-11