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Outdoor photo at a construction-site area with raw earth and a concrete block building behind. A large deity murti or utsava moorthy is decorated with dense yellow and white marigold garlands, a red and green draped cloth and a golden crown-like top, set on an orange-draped table with a carved watermelon, fruit trays and brass items. Around it stand devotees: a woman in an orange sari at the table, women in white and cream saris with long braids, men in white dhoti-style clothing and white shirts, and a young man with a rudraksha mala. Many people are gathered around, some holding small items, in a ritual pooja setting.

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December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23Outdoor procession scene beside a dirt road in a village setting. A deity murti of a crowned figure garlanded with white flowers and marigolds sits on a cart draped with an orange cloth, with fruit baskets, a kalasha-like brass vessel and offerings placed in front. A man in white with a rudraksha mala holds a silver plate of flowers and fruit toward the cart, while women in white saris with yellow shawls stand nearby with palms pressed together, and a bearded man in white with a lanyard watches. Orange-robed sannyasi figures stand at the left edge and a crowd of onlookers fills the background, with simple tin-roofed buildings behind.2009-12-23Outdoor photo of a festival procession on a dirt road. A long-haired person in saffron-orange robes stands at the left with their back to the camera, facing a decorated wooden cart. The cart carries a deity murti draped in green and blue cloth and heavily garlanded with white and yellow flowers, with a kalasha-like vessel, fruit offerings, a large carved fruit and a flower-decorated basket on an orange cloth. Several people in white clothes with yellow or orange cloth and lanyards stand around the cart, some with folded hands, and a woman in white with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala is at the right. Concrete buildings and a loudspeaker stack are visible behind.2009-12-23Outdoor ritual scene beside a red-earth embankment and white compound wall. At left, a decorated palanquin or utsava murti is heavily garlanded with yellow and white flowers, draped in white and red cloth, with fruit, coconuts, lamps and offerings on a table. A man in a long saffron-orange robe and long swept-back hair stands at the centre, his hands near the offerings, apparently performing arati or pooja. Around him, devotees in white clothes raise their hands in devotion, and several women wear white saris. Other onlookers in white and light clothing, including a visitor with a dark backpack, stand close by.2009-12-23December 23 20082008-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor procession on a dirt road beside orange-painted buildings. A deity murti draped in marigold and white garlands sits on a cart with an orange-cloth table holding fruit, flowers and offerings, shaded by a colourful umbrella. A figure in a long saffron-orange robe with a dark sash stands at the cart's front, facing it. Around them devotees in white and yellow clothes stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A man in white clothes with folded hands stands near the centre, and another in white stands behind him. A white van is parked behind the cart.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor puja before a richly garlanded processional deity murti on a wooden utsava palanquin draped with a white and gold cloth, decorated with yellow and white flower garlands. Offerings are laid on orange-covered tables, including a watermelon, fruits, a brass vessel and banana-leaf plates. Devotees in white clothes, a woman in an orange sari with dark hair seated at the front, and women in yellow and red saris stand with palms joined. A man in a white shirt with a gold cord, a woman in purple, and a white-haired woman in the background look on.2009-12-23Outdoor photo of a devotional ritual at a construction-site-like setting with a red earth bank, boulder and white boundary wall behind. At the centre, a figure in an orange robe with long dark hair stands at a long orange-draped table laden with offerings, fruit, coconuts, flower garlands and brass vessels, and a deity murti draped in white and gold cloth stands at left. Many devotees in white clothes, some in yellow and pink saris, stand around with hands raised and folded in worship. Several people hold a palm-leaf or lamp-like item near the table. Whether the orange-robed figure is a person is uncertain, as the appearance cues are only partly visible.2009-12-23