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Outdoor temple scene with a white-painted homa fire pit in the foreground, its square platform steps covered in scattered rose petals and smoke rising from the central pit. Behind it stands a small white shrine with a dark deity murti and a tall copper kalasha-like pillar amid palm trees. On the right, a painted clay Ganesha figure in red, green and gold garments sits beside a brass pot with a mango-leaf arrangement and a yellow-orange cloth covering the foreground, with a multicoloured striped mat beneath. No people are visible.

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October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01October 01 20082008-10-01December 26 20102010-12-26Outdoor ritual on a striped red-and-white raised platform in an open courtyard beside a tall flagstaff and palm trees. A central figure in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged before a fire or incense smoke rising into the air. Around him, robed participants in white garments with orange and yellow shawls sit on mats, many with hands folded in prayer. Offerings, a yellow cloth, a small brass pot and a tray are set on the platform. Behind them, a white shrine houses a dark deity murti beneath the flagstaff. Approximately fifteen to twenty people are visible.2008-09-30October 08 20082008-10-08Outdoor homa ritual at a white stepped fire pit with smoke rising. Three people in white clothes with orange shawls sit on a woven mat: a woman on the left, a young man in the centre seated before a brass kalasha and offerings, and a man on the right holding an orange cloth. A white shrine with a black Shiva linga garlanded with orange flowers stands behind, with a copper-topped structure and palm trees. Brass plates, flower petals, a ladle and a bowl of white offerings lie on the white platform in front of the fire.2008-09-30October 04 20082008-10-04April AF 2012June 27 20102010-06-27December 26 20102010-12-26May 26 20152015-05-26