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Evening ritual inside a large tented hall decorated with hanging colourful streamers and lamps. In the foreground a golden peetha-style altar holds a deity murti or decorated seat, draped with white and yellow flower garlands and surrounded by fruit, flower trays, brass bowls and a kalasha. A priest in a yellow-and-saffron shawl over white dhoti stands at right, raising a lit camphor flame and a bell, while a seated attendant in white with a bare upper body sits at lower left. A large seated audience of women and men in white and bright saris fills the background.

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December 05 20162016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 05 20162016-12-05A night photograph inside a large tent hung with colourful tassels and paper decorations. In the foreground a priest in a saffron-orange head wrap, white dhoti with a striped yellow and green border, and beaded malas leans forward to offer a lit camphor flame over an ornate golden canopy. The canopy shelters a deity murti draped in orange cloth and garlanded with white and yellow flowers. Brass vessels, a plate of bananas and fruit, and marigold heaps surround the altar on a red cloth. Seated devotees in white fill the crowd behind, some with hands folded, and a cameraman stands at left. The scene appears to be an aarti or puja during a satsang gathering.2016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05December 05 20162016-12-05A photograph of a ceremonial worship scene in a large decorated tent with a striped canopy overhead and hanging colourful tassels. In the foreground a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with an orange-gold shawl holds up a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a seated figure on a gold throne, who wears a red garment and a floral garland with flower-covered offerings nearby. Behind them a large crowd of devotees, many in white, sits in rows. Red and yellow flower garlands drape a pink decorated pot at left, and smoke rises from the lamp. The ritual appears to be an aarti offering.2016-12-07December 05 20162016-12-05A large tented hall with coloured paper streamers and lanterns hanging from the ceiling, filled with seated devotees in white. In the centre, a wooden homa fire pit stands on a red carpet scattered with flower petals. Two priests in white dhotis, one bare-chested and wearing a saffron shawl, stand beside the pit; a woman in a white cloth with a saffron wrap stands behind them and another woman in a yellow cloth sits in front. On the right, a seated figure in red and gold robes, wearing a garland and a black crown-like headpiece, sits on a gilded throne under a multicoloured parasol, flanked by attendants. Brass pots of fruit, flowers and lamps are arranged in the foreground, and a camera crew films the ritual. Identity of the figure on the throne is uncertain from appearance alone.2016-12-05December 07 20162016-12-07