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Night puja under an open pavilion with a red carpeted stage. Two bare-chested priests in white dhotis with saffron shawls sit cross-legged before a brass vessel and offering trays. A third priest in a white dhoti and purple-striped shawl sits at right speaking into a microphone. Behind them a deity murti is adorned with flower garlands and framed by a multicoloured floral arch with hanging decorations and oil lamps. An empty gold throne with red cushions stands at right. A few devotees sit in the foreground.

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December 02 20162016-12-02Night ritual in an open-sided pavilion with a tin roof and draped yellow cloth. At centre, a fire pit with offerings sits on a red-carpeted dais in front of a decorated shrine with a deity murti garlanded in flowers. Two priests in white dhoti sit at left, one bare-chested with a sacred thread and tilaka, the other in white, both performing a homa or puja over the fire pit. A seated figure on a gold-framed throne with a deep red cushion, wearing a red-orange shawl, a rudraksha mala and a headdress, sits at right under a large multicoloured umbrella. Devotees sit on the floor at the edges. Hanging lamps and flower garlands decorate the space.2016-12-07Night-time ritual in an open-sided temple pavilion with a red mat floor, strings of multicoloured fairy lights and banana plants. A figure seated on a golden throne with a red cushion, wearing beads and a garland, sits before a deity murti decorated with flower garlands. In front, a raised wooden homa/yagna fire pit with flames and marigold petals. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis sit or stand around it, one playing a small bronze bell, others with ritual vessels and offerings of fruit, flowers and grains. A small child sits near the pit. a person is. Approximately ten people are visible.2016-12-02December 02 20162016-12-02December 07 20162016-12-07December 02 20162016-12-02A photograph of an outdoor-roofed temple pavilion at night with a deity murti decorated with garlands in the center, surrounded by brass lamps and offerings on a red stage. On the right, a seated man in a golden throne chair with a red cushion wears a saffron shawl, a red turban and a rudraksha-style mala, beneath a large colourful parasol. On the left, priests in white dhotis and bare-chested seated ritual attire perform puja with brass vessels and an oil lamp near the platform, while devotees in saffron and white sit in front. The assembled audience numbers around twenty visible people.2016-12-07December 19 20162016-12-19December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07December 02 20162016-12-02A night-time ritual photograph in an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof. At left, a priest in white dhoti and shawl sits at a low altar tending a fire pit and brass vessels, with smoke rising. Center background shows a decorated shrine with deity murti adorned with garlands and colourful fabric. At right, a seated man in a red-and-brown head wrap and saffron-toned shawl with rudraksha beads sits on an ornate gold-and-red throne beneath a large striped umbrella; a few seated devotees in the foreground and a child sit on striped mats. Hanging colourful streamers and kalasha-like decorations surround the scene, with a small ritual setup and brass plates before the altar.2016-12-07