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Night photograph of a temple tank with stepped stone sides and string lights overhead. A decorated white boat sits in the water beside a tall stone pillar with a fountain spray. The boat carries a deity murti draped in red and orange flower garlands beneath a small striped canopy, with a woman in an orange sari seated near it. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the steps and in the water, one wading to the boat. Clothes lie folded on the stone edge in the foreground.

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Night-time photograph of a small white boat floating on dark water beside a stepped concrete ghat with a metal staircase. On the boat, a large floral garland and a decorated deity murti are set up on a gold-trimmed platform, with a seated figure in orange robes and another person in white beside it. A standing man in white clothes stands at the boat's edge, another in white climbs the staircase, and a third in white stands in the shallows. Strings of red and white lights are visible in the background above empty tiered seating, and orange cloth lies on the ground in the foreground.2010-11-23November 23 20102010-11-23Night-time ritual at a stepped temple tank lit by a bright floodlight, with strings of coloured lights strung across the top. In the foreground a boat carries a deity murti decorated with garlands, draped in flowers, with a golden umbrella overhead; a figure in a saffron-coloured robe and a white-clad attendant stand in the boat, and a man in white holds the boat's rope from the steps. A central pillar with a fountain stands in the water, and a figure lies prostrated on the stone steps in orange cloth. Several people in white clothing and a few in saffron sit or stand along the steps. The scene appears to be a temple tank ceremony with a deity procession by water. The a person field is unsure because the saffron-robed figure's appearance is not distinct enough to confirm.2010-11-23November 22 20102010-11-22November 23 20102010-11-23December 30 20102010-12-30November 23 20102010-11-23Night photo of a ritual on a river ghat. A seated figure in orange robes and a tall ornate crown holds a lamp before a deity murti decorated with a thick garland of flowers, set on a gilded seat under a striped canopy on a white-draped boat platform. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand on the steps and bank, one holding a rope, and another in white leans over the boat. Strings of lights and a metal steel framed staircase are visible in the dark background.2010-11-23November 23 20102010-11-23December 30 20102010-12-30Night photograph of an outdoor temple-tank ritual beside a stepped amphitheatre-style pool lit by strings of coloured lights. A small white boat carries an ornate deity murti decorated with red and orange garlands and a lit oil lamp, while a man in an orange cloth stands in the boat tending it. Several people in white dhotis and white shirts wade or stand on the wooden ladder and steps, and a seated figure in an orange shawl sits on a red-cushioned throne-like chair at the edge with a couple of women in orange and dark clothing beside him. Large dark pillar-like structures rise from the water at the back. Attendants in white steady the boat and assist with the ritual.2010-11-23November 23 20102010-11-23