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Two young girls in festive dress stand at night outdoors beside a bright fire at ground level. The girl in front wears an orange and gold blouse and skirt, white jasmine garlands, red flowers and gold earrings, and carries a cloth-wrapped tray in both hands while smiling. Her companion behind her wears a red blouse with a blue and red skirt, also in white flower garlands. Both have white sandalwood marks on their foreheads. Small oil lamps glow on the ground at left. A person in white clothing stands in the background at left, and a string of yellow flowers hangs across the top of the frame.

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October 29 20162016-10-29Night outdoor ritual with several young women in traditional silk saris and jasmine garlands, with sandalwood-paste tilaks on their foreheads. Several young women carry leaf-wrapped offerings on folded green leaves and yellow cloth. A large fire blazes at right beside a green-tiled platform, and oil lamps glow in the background under a leafy garland strung overhead. Gold jewellery and red flower accents adorn their outfits, in blue, purple, maroon and orange. No identifiable a person figure is visible in this scene.2016-10-29Evening Deepavali satsang scene with young female devotees seated on the ground in festive dress. In the foreground a young girl in a red blouse and white sheer dupatta wears a white jasmine and red rose garland, gold jewellery, a maang tikka, bangles, and a small round pendant, touching her forehead with her fingers. Beside her a girl in a mustard-gold sari blouse with a white and red garland sits with her hand raised near her face. Lit oil lamps and a brass lamp stand glow in the background amid floral decorations and foliage.2016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29Night-time temple ritual photographed in warm lamplight. In the left foreground a shirtless man in an orange-red turban and red dhoti, with a rudraksha mala across his chest, carries a silver plate of white flower garlands. Behind him, several young women sit in a row in colourful silk saris, wearing white jasmine garlands and red floral strands, with vibhuti on their foreheads. The woman at right raises one arm to adjust her hair decorated with flowers. A basket of red and pink petals and brass oil lamps sit nearby, and a drummer and other ritual participants stand in the background.2016-10-29October 10 20162016-10-10Night photograph of a row of young girls seated on a stone ledge beside a fire pit, all wearing marigold and jasmine garlands with blue and silver decorative pieces. They wear colourful silk half-saris in magenta, green, purple and yellow-checked patterns, with gold jewellery, nose rings and hair ornaments. Behind them a large painted deity murti with a pink face and orange garment stands in the dark, and the flames of a homa or yagna fire glow at the right edge.2016-10-10Night-time ritual photograph at an outdoor temple-style pavilion lit by oil lamps. A shirtless priest in an orange-red turban and orange cloth, wearing a rudraksha mala, holds a silver tray of white flowers toward a row of young women seated on a stone bench. The women wear vivid saffron-orange and purple-blue silk saris with gold jewellery, jasmine garlands and bangles; one holds a long white flower garland. Behind them, other shirtless men in white dhotis and an orange-clad attendant stand near brass lamps and offerings. The scene suggests a puja or garland-offering ceremony. A small lilac logo appears in the top-left corner, and a copyright notice runs across the lower right.2016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 10 20162016-10-10Night procession on a dark road. A young woman in a green saree with an orange shawl and a white flower garland walks in front, hand on chest, while a line of young women in orange sarees and orange shawls, several wearing white forehead markings and rudraksha or bead necklaces, hold hands and follow. Some wear white flower garlands. Behind them a lit golden chariot or ratha glows with lamps, and a vehicle headlight shines at right. Two women in white clothes and a woman in dark clothing stand watching at left.2014-10-03A photograph of a nighttime ritual at an outdoor temple setting. A bare-chested priest in an orange turban and orange dhoti, wearing a long rudraksha mala, holds a brass plate of white flower petals and garlands on the left. Beside him, a row of young women in orange, red and green saris and salwar, wearing white jasmine garlands and gold jewellery, sit in a line receiving or offering flowers and small brass vessels. The foreground woman in a red sari and gold-patterned skirt holds flowers toward the plate. A glowing fire and a decorated deity murti are visible in the background among green foliage and hanging garlands. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance, so no candidate is marked.2016-10-29