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A photograph inside a covered workshop hall with a corrugated roof, strings of yellow and green paper decorations hanging overhead, and fluorescent tube lights. A priest in a rust-red dhoti and bare upper body stands at a raised orange-draped platform holding a brass oil lamp, while another priest in a white dhoti attends nearby. A devotee group in white dhotis and shirts stands in front of the platform with hands folded. On the platform are fruit, flowers, a brass kalasha-style vessel and small brass items. Behind it stand a painted wooden chariot with red-spoked wheels and a golden ratha panel, along with bronze deity murtis on shelves. Several more people in casual clothes stand along the right side. Offerings and a puja setup suggest a ritual.

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A photograph inside a covered hall of a ritual homa or puja: a brass fire tray with flames at centre, smoke rising, and a golden oil lamp on a peach-coloured draped table at left holding flowers and a white-and-gold garland. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand with folded hands at right, one in a red shirt, while a bare-chested priest in red-orange dhoti and a sacred thread stands behind the fire. A green wooden cart and brass fittings sit at left, and a small brass deity murti and a green gourd lie on the floor at right. Hanging garlands decorate the ceiling.2014-10-02A hall decorated with hanging leaf and flower strings shows a ritual fire in a copper vessel, with a priest in a red-brown silk shawl and white dhoti standing beside it, a second white-clad assistant to the left, and devotees in white dhotis and shirts pouring from a small bowl into the flames. Brass oil lamps with lit flames, a banana leaf with fruits and vegetables, a white flower garland, and a bronze deity murti stand on the cloth-covered table. Behind them is a green and red wooden chariot with brass bells and a painted wheel. The setting resembles a homa or yagna offering.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02A photograph of a temple puja in a covered hall with smoke rising through the air. In the foreground, a priest in white dhoti and a shawl holds a tall brass oil lamp lit with a flame. Behind a low table covered with an orange cloth, offerings of bananas, apples, grapes, flowers and a leaf plate sit around a golden ornate shrine or deity murti. A man in a red shirt and dark trousers stirs or handles a metal vessel, while several men in white shirts and maroon dhotis stand in a row holding offering plates and bowls. Brass lamps, a green wooden palanquin edge and a carved stone figure appear at the sides, and the ceiling is hung with green and paper decorations.2014-10-02August 06 20142014-08-06Interior of a workshop with a corrugated metal roof where deity statues and temple items are being prepared. In the centre, a man in saffron-orange robes with a red-and-gold shawl stands near a wooden palanquin-like stand with a long wooden pole, its surface scattered with red flower petals. To the right, a man in white dhoti and shirt with a white shawl stands with palms joined in namaskar before a large gilded deity murti with an ornate golden crown and jewellery. Behind them, white-clad devotees and a woman in white stand among wooden platforms and gilded figures, including a golden deity statue, a white bull statue and a gold kalasha-shaped pillar. Brass lamps and gold ornaments lie on the table.2014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06August 06 20142014-08-06A workshop hall with a ritual underway beside a red-spoked wooden chariot wheel and a small gilded deity murti on a stand. A central orange cloth-covered platform holds fruit, flowers and a small fire. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts with tilaka stand in a semicircle, some with hands folded. A young man in a red shirt and brown trousers kneels and bends forward toward the fire, with another man in white kneeling beside him. A standing man in an orange-brown dhoti and red-brown shawl wears a rudraksha mala and holds a ritual item. Bronze and metal parts, tools and machine motors lie in a row on the floor at the front. Festoons and ribbons hang from the ceiling.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02August 06 20142014-08-06