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Night ritual photograph at an outdoor temple-style stage. A row of young women in colourful silk saris, green, pink, purple and red, with flower garlands and pink lotus flowers in their hands, sit in a line facing right. Behind them a gilded, ornate seat holds a deity murti or portrait figure beneath a trident-topped staff. On the right a standing priest in an orange-brown turban and bare upper body holds a lit oil lamp and a brass bell in a puja. Smoke drifts through the dim light. A cameraman in white with a red shawl films nearby, and another seated devotee in red sits at the lower right.

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Night ritual photograph. In the foreground, a row of young women seated on colourful cloth mats hold pink lotus flowers and wear marigold garlands, bright saris, gold earrings and bangles. At right, a bare-chested man with an orange turban and a rudraksha mala holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, walking past the seated women. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shirt holds a camera, and another man in white stands nearby. A large gold trishul stands in the background among smoke and warm light, with a painted deity figure visible at upper left. Hindu temple ritual setting.2016-10-10Night photo of an aarti ritual at a temple. On the left, a row of about seven women in colourful saris (green, pink, purple, red) sit with garlands of yellow and red flowers and pink lotus blooms in their hands. On the right, a shaved-headed man in a rust-coloured dhoti and wrap, with a brown turban and bare upper body, holds a burning camphor flame on a lamp toward them. Behind him, a man in white dhoti and shirt stands near a metal trident and a glowing golden deity murti is partly visible at the upper left. The scene is lit by warm light and rising smoke.2016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10Night ritual photograph in a decorated temple hall with smoke rising and a bright spotlight. Five or six young women sit in a row on a raised platform wearing green, blue, red and pink saris and garlands of white and yellow flowers, with pink lotus blossoms in their hands. In the foreground a shaven-headed priest in a maroon turban and ochre-brown cloth stands at right holding a ritual vessel and offering it toward them. Behind them are ornate gold and white deity figures, brass lamps and kalasha-style pots, and small seated attendants at the back right. Marigold petals cover the floor.2016-10-10Night ritual photograph of a row of women seated on the ground, wearing bright saris in green, pink, red and blue with flower garlands and flowers in their hands. On the right, a man in an orange-brown turban and orange dhoti stands bare-chested, holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) and a brass bell toward the women. Behind him a man in white with a camera and another person in white stand near a brass trident and a golden deity murti in the background, with a seated woman on the far right. The scene suggests an evening aarti with offerings to the seated devotees.2016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10October 10 20162016-10-10Night photograph of a temple hall during a festival puja with several deity murtis draped in garlands, decorated with white and colourful halos behind them. Six young women in saris sit in a row on a raised platform, holding flowers and garlands, with smoke rising in the background. In the foreground a young priest with a red turban and bare upper body holds a brass plate with a lamp. Flower petals are scattered on the floor. Overhead hang green-and-orange decorative strings. Two or three other people are visible at the right edge. The page refers to Navaratri, but no a person is visible in this image.2016-10-10October 29 20162016-10-29Night ritual photograph at an open-sided pavilion with red pillars and a hanging garland fringe overhead. A bare-chested priest in a red-orange turban and orange dhoti with gold borders stands at left holding a tray of orange-yellow flower offerings and reaching toward the seated girls. Behind him, other priests in orange and saffron robes stand, and a white-clad attendant holds a brass tray of flowers. Five to six young girls sit in a row on a stone bench wearing silk saris in green, maroon, purple and pink, with jasmine and marigold garlands around their necks and flowers in their hair. The scene reads as an arati or puja blessing.2016-10-10A night-time photograph of a ritual scene. On the left, a bare-chested man in an orange-red turban and orange-red dhoti with a gold-edged cloth wrap hands a small yellow flower or offering toward a row of young women seated on a concrete ledge. Six young women in silk saris and pavadai-style dress in purple, green, orange, magenta and multicoloured stripes wear long white jasmine and marigold garlands with red roses and rudraksha-style pendants. Brass lamps and vessels sit on the ledge, and yellow flower petals are scattered on the ground.2016-10-10October 29 20162016-10-29