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Night-time outdoor ritual at an ashram. On the left, two deity murtis of a bride and groom, adorned with orange and yellow garlands and a gold crown, sit on a gold ornate palanquin-style platform with oil lamps, while a woman in white stands beneath a red umbrella. On the right, a person in a red robe with long hair, holding a brass bell and a lit flame, is shielded by an orange umbrella held by a man in pink-and-white dhoti robes. A seat with a gold-framed throne sits behind, a fire pit lies in the foreground, and a cooler and a yellow backhoe appear in the background.

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October 14 20122012-10-14 +1 copiesOctober 14 20122012-10-14October 14 20122012-10-14October 14 20122012-10-14Night outdoor ritual at an ashram. Two deity murtis stand on a golden palanquin-style base, decorated with red and white garlands and yellow marigolds, lit by oil lamps. A man in orange robes holds a brass plate of yellow flowers toward the figure in a red shawl. The red-shawled figure, with long dark hair and a white headband, stands under an orange umbrella, with a bald attendant in pink-saffron dhoti holding a second umbrella and a chair nearby. Red and multicoloured canopies and a street lamp frame the scene, with a woman in a sari in the background. Appearance-based candidate: a person, the red-shawled figure with long hair under the orange umbrella, receiving the offering.2012-10-14October 14 20122012-10-14Night-time outdoor homa at a temple-style shrine. A bare-chested priest in an orange-red dhoti with a rudraksha-style mala stands at left holding a lit oil lamp over the fire pit. At right, a second robed figure in orange-red clothing stands near a gilded arched shrine decorated with marigold garlands. Behind the fire pit a tiered decorated kalasha-style pedestal, and at left a deity murti dressed in garlands with a crown-like headdress. A brass pot and brass vessels sit near the yellow-ochre altar base, with a white cloth bundle at lower left.2014-11-25Night-time ritual inside an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof. In the foreground a square yellow-edged fire pit holds a bright flame, scattered with marigold petals. Behind it, a priest in white dhoti and a purple head wrap holds a lit oil lamp before a white-clad deity murti seated on a maroon-draped throne. To the left, another priest in a saffron-and-white cloth bends over an offering table with fruit, lamps and flower garlands. On the right, a seated man in a dark red robe and dark cap with hands folded in prayer sits on an ornate gold throne under a multicoloured canopy, wearing red and white garlands. A standing man in white clothes watches from the background, beside a fan. a person: the seated man in dark red robe and garlands, on a gilded throne under a canopy, is a plausible match by these cues, though his face is not clearly visible.2016-02-22 +1 copiesNight outdoor fire ritual at a homa pit built of alternating white and red brick tiers. A young man in saffron-orange robes kneels at the pit, tending a bright flame with a ladle or stick. Behind him stands a standing man in white ritual clothes and glasses, beside a gilded ornate palanquin-style platform holding two deity murtis draped in red and yellow flower garlands; one is crowned in red. Oil lamps glow on the platform and beside the pit, with brass plates of offerings on the ground at left. A seated woman in a blue-and-white sari watches at left under a red canopy. The orange-robed figure is a priest performing the fire ritual; no identifiable a person candidate is clearly present.2012-10-14 +1 copiesNovember 29 20112011-11-29February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copies