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A temple ritual photograph in front of a gilded shrine decorated with white and orange-red flower garlands around deity murtis. Two standing priests with their backs to the camera wear orange dhoti-style cloth with gold waistbands, white flower garlands, and one wears a green and gold cap while the other has a gold turban. Seated figures on the left in orange cloth and beaded ornaments sit before a striped cloth-covered platform holding brass lamps, a flame, offerings of fruit and flowers, and a bowl. Their bodies show white markings.

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December 19 20162016-12-19December 19 20162016-12-19March 27 20162016-03-27March 27 20162016-03-27December 19 20162016-12-19May 07 20172017-05-07May 07 20172017-05-07April 30 20152015-04-30 +1 copiesMay 07 20172017-05-07A temple-style ritual hall decorated with marigold and red flower garlands. On a raised ornate golden throne at left, a figure in saffron-red clothing sits with hands joined, seated before a large multi-coloured hooded backdrop. Standing at centre left, two bare-chested priests in white dhotis and gold-coloured shawls wear garlands, one with a red headcloth. A seated priest in a yellow-and-green shawl sits on a striped mat tending a fire pit with offerings and brass vessels, while a man in a red headcloth and white dhoti, seated in front of a red and gold throne, wears a yellow garment and rudraksha-style beads. Several deity murtis and a large decorated kalasha are garlanded. The scene suggests a homa or puja.2016-02-02Photograph of a night-time homa or yagna at a decorated temple-style hall. A fire burns in a raised golden fire pit in the centre, with rice, flowers and offering plates on a striped cloth in the foreground. Three or four male priests stand at left wearing bare upper bodies, orange-gold dhotis and rudraksha necklaces; one holds a microphone and another has hands folded in prayer, while a man in white stands at right. Behind them, a gilded altar holds deity murtis draped in marigold garlands, flanked by golden arches, yellow flower strings overhead and a hanging banana plant. The people visible are priests and attendants, and no person here is identified as a person.2016-12-19A priest in a green turban and white dhoti, bare-chested with rudraksha-style white and green beaded necklaces, stands at left holding a multi-tiered brass aarti lamp with a lit flame while facing a decorated deity murti. Beside a fire pit with burning flames at lower left, two seated attendants in white and gold ceremonial dress with flower garlands sit in front of a richly garlanded altar. The altar is hung with yellow and red marigold and rose garlands, brass lamps and a golden kalasha-style crown canopy above, with a colourful fringed canopy overhead. This appears to be an aarti and homa-style puja. A throne-like decorated seat stands behind the priest, and the scene is an ashram puja setting.2016-03-27