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Night-time ritual scene at an outdoor temple-style pavilion. A red-draped platform holds a tray of fruit, marigold-garlanded kalasha pots and small oil lamps, with a banana plant behind it. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis and women in saris and kurtas stand and sit around the platform, some holding plates or offerings, forming an abhishekam or puja. A man in a saffron-orange garment with gold border stands at left, and a bare-chested man sits on a colourful striped mat in the foreground. Marigold garlands decorate the shrine area at left. The figures are visible but no individual can be confirmed as the a person from appearance, so the role is given instead.

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Night-time outdoor ritual under a white tent at an abhishekam or puja. In the foreground, several seated priests with bare upper bodies and white dhoti-style cloths, one in a yellow shawl, attend a red-draped altar laid with brass pots, flower garlands, coconuts, bananas, a wicker basket of sticks and bowls of offerings. A long-haired figure in an orange-brown robe bends over the offerings. On the left, a shirtless man with an orange forehead band and silver-grey dhoti stands beside a gold-trimmed throne, and a man in a dark robe sits near it. Behind them a crowd of devotees in saris and white clothes watches. Strings of coloured lights hang overhead, and a screen shows a green image at the back.2016-12-02Evening ritual in a tented outdoor pavilion with a lit screen and hanging paper lanterns. Devotees crowd around a long table covered with a red cloth, fruit, marigold garlands and offerings in brass bowls, which resembles an abhishekam or puja. 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