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Photograph of a night ritual inside an open-sided covered hall decorated with string lights and a red-brown metal frame. In the foreground, a figure in an orange saffron garment with long dark braided hair stands with back to camera, hands clasped, facing an altar. Ahead, a row of young male devotees, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with white shoulder cloths and sandalwood marks on their bodies, stand holding yellow-wrapped items. Near the centre, a decorated deity murti sits on an ornate yellow-and-red palanquin-like platform with a canopy, with smoke rising behind it and a kolam pattern drawn on the floor. A world map poster hangs on the back wall.

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May 02 20172017-05-02Night ceremony under a corrugated roof strung with small coloured lights and red cords. Smoke rises from a fire pit at left, where people in saffron and orange garments tend offerings near a decorated deity murti on a yellow-and-red cart. Many bare-chested young men in white dhotis stand in long rows at right, their torsos marked with white ash, some holding small vessels, while older men in white and saffron attend nearby. A world map hangs on a red pillar and a speaker sits at centre. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance here.2017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02Night-time photograph of a large open-sided hall under corrugated roof, filled with a dense crowd of devotees mostly in white dhotis and white saris, many bare-chested men and women in white. At centre, a golden throne-like seat with a parasol canopy, and a richly decorated altar with a small fire pit giving off flame and a pink-and-blue layered platform with lion figures. Orange-robed participants sit near the front of the altar. A cameraman films the ceremony at right; a large banner at upper right shows a trident-bearing figure. Strings of coloured lights hang overhead. Appears to be a ritual gathering with fire offerings.2017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21Night ritual in an open-sided hall under corrugated roofing, strung with colourful festoon lights. A large crowd, mostly men bare-chested in white dhotis with white shoulder cloths and rudraksha-style neck strands, stands around a central fire pit with flames and smoke rising. On the left, a figure in a gold-and-yellow ornate throne with a parasol canopy and a ceremonial staff sits beside women in red and orange saris. A decorated square altar with a lotus-shaped kalasha and lion motifs stands to the right. On the wall, a banner shows a world map with green lights. This appears to be a homa or yagna during a Rudra abhishekam.2017-02-21Night ceremony under a corrugated metal shed hung with string lights, with a large crowd seated on the ground. A man seated on an ornate gold throne-like chair at the centre is attended by people in saffron/orange garments and white dhotis who stand and kneel on colourful striped mats around offerings. Smoke rises in the middle of the scene, and a cameraman in dark clothing films at right. A world map banner with a painted figure hangs at upper right, and a TV monitor sits in the foreground.2017-04-16February 21 20172017-02-21Night-time outdoor temple ritual under a covered pavilion strung with multicolour fairy lights. A large fire pit burns at centre right beside a decorated altar with flowers and a brass kalasha. At the centre-left, a seated figure in an orange robe with a golden throne, canopy and ceremonial staff is surrounded by devotees. Many people in white dhotis and bare-chested young men with white sacred threads, plus women in orange and red saris with garlands, gather in a dense crowd, some with hands folded. A tall deity murti stands in the back. Floor is hex-tiled with kolam patterns. The figure in orange with a throne and canopy is the presiding teacher; treat identity as uncertain.2017-02-21May 02 20172017-05-02