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Outdoor temple ceremony at a riverside ghat before a multi-tiered golden-roofed temple with a crowd on steps and a yellow flag. On a red carpet, a shaved-headed man in orange robes and a long orange-ochre shawl stands with a garland of orange beads, while a man in a white shirt beside him holds a cloth. In front, a person in orange robes bends over a patterned rug, and a woman in a leopard-print top and orange shawl with a flower garland sits beside them. Brass plates of fruit, sweets, flowers and oil lamps are arranged before a small decorated altar with orange marigold garlands, and a trident leans at the right edge. Visible people are several dozen, mostly in the background crowd.

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Outdoor ritual at a riverside ghat with temple shrines and stone steps. A bald man in orange robes and a beaded necklace stands at left beside a spread of plates, bowls and offerings on a red cloth. In the foreground a figure in orange robes bends forward over a shrine decorated with marigold garlands and small oil lamps, while a woman with dark hair in a leopard-print top kneels on a patterned rug beside him. Behind them a large crowd of devotees climbs and gathers on the stone steps by the water, and the temple roof above is lined with people.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01Outdoor temple ritual at a riverside ghat beside a stone-stepped temple complex. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes kneels on a red cloth, arranging brass plates, bowls, a conch-shaped vessel and offerings, including fruit, sweets and marigold garlands. Behind him stands a decorated shrine with a deity murti adorned with marigold garlands and orange flowers. A seated figure with long dark hair, wearing a leopard-print garment and marigold garland, watches from the lower right on a patterned carpet. Behind the shrine, a crowd of devotees climbs and descends the wide stone steps, and flower garlands hang along the railings. Pagoda-style shrines and roofs frame the scene.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01 +1 copiesAugust 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01A photograph taken from above of an outdoor ritual at a temple complex with stone steps and shrines. A shaved-headed man in orange-saffron robes and a gold-toned rudraksha-style necklace bends over a red-carpeted platform, arranging items. Around him are silver trays and bowls with food offerings, foil-wrapped packets, brass oil lamps, a silver kalasha-style vessel and a small orange cloth. Nearby stands a deity murti decorated with orange and marigold garlands and a green cloth. Crowds of onlookers stand on the stone steps, and a woman seated on a patterned rug in the foreground faces the scene. Chalk-like white floral kolam designs decorate the stone ground beside the offerings.2012-08-01Outdoor ritual on the stone ghats of a riverside temple complex with tiered pagoda roofs and crowds on steps. In the foreground a figure with long dark hair, wearing a leopard-print garment and a marigold garland, raises a long ceremonial trident-like staff. Near the centre, a saffron-robed priest with a shaved head sits on a red cloth before a decorated green altar with orange marigold garlands and small shrines, with plates of offerings, fruits, sweets and a kalasha-like vessel. Other saffron-clad sadhus sit with a laptop, and white-clad women and a man with a camera watch from the carpeted area. Spectators line a balcony above the temple.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01Outdoor ritual at a multi-tiered Hindu temple complex with golden roofs, stone steps and ghats along a river. In the foreground, a woman with long dark hair, a flower garland and a leopard-print top raises one hand while seated on a red cloth. In front of her, a shaven-headed man in orange robes sits on a red mat beside brass plates of offerings, flowers and oil lamps. Behind them, several people in orange and white sit on carpets watching, one in orange holds a camera and another in orange works on a laptop. A decorated deity murti sits under flowers on a green altar, with a crowd moving along the steps behind.2012-08-01August 01 20122012-08-01