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A photo of a ritual abhishekam under a tent-like canopy, with thick incense or camphor smoke drifting through the air. A young priest in an orange saffron cloth holds a microphone and speaks at a wooden platform, while beside him another young man with a pink headband, bare-chested, a rudraksha mala and white dhoti pours or tends a large copper vessel. The platform is heaped with marigold garlands, yellow flowers, bananas, oranges, apples and red blossoms. Lights hang overhead, and a few seated devotees and a bare-chested attendant in white are visible at the edges.

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December 02 20162016-12-02Night-time ritual at an open pavilion with a wooden platform spread with yellow marigold garlands, orange and red flowers, fruit, bananas and a copper bowl. Smoke rises through the scene. A bare-chested priest in a purple head cloth, rudraksha mala and gold armband points or gestures over the offerings. Beside him a man in an orange-saffron shawl holds a microphone and sits at the platform. Other attendants in white dhotis and a man with glasses stand nearby, with a gilded ornate seat and a bright lamp overhead. Blurred marigold garlands fill the foreground. The scene reads as an abhishekam-style puja with offerings.2016-12-02A ritual fire ceremony under a tent-like canopy with bright lights and rising smoke. A shirtless young priest with a purple head cloth and beaded necklace leans over a wooden platform holding a metal vessel while a flame rises from it. Another priest in orange cloth and a white-clad assistant stand beside him. Marigold garlands, red flowers, bananas, fruits and a kalasha-like offering decorate the altar, and a young man in glasses wearing a white shawl watches at right. Yellow marigold garlands fill the foreground. Appears to be an abhishekam or homa offering in progress.2016-12-02Night ceremony at an open-air hall with a crowd of devotees standing and seated, many with hands folded in prayer. In the centre, a man in an orange turban and red-and-blue beaded necklace sits on a low wooden platform, holding a lit flame and a small bowl. Marigold garlands and yellow flowers decorate the wooden platform and coconuts in front. Two shirtless attendants in white dhotis sit in the foreground, one wearing a saffron-orange shawl and the other a yellow sash. Strings of lights and a golden ornamental structure appear in the background.2016-12-05 +1 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02 +1 copiesA homa or yagna at a temple pavilion. A bare-chested young priest in an orange dhoti and a sacred thread stands at left holding a brass tray of offerings, and another priest in white dhoti holds a tray of grains and fruit beside him. A priest in a yellow shawl and white dhoti at centre pours an offering into a fire pit on a tiered platform decorated with yellow marigold garlands. Smoke rises through the hall. Behind the fire pit, a golden peetha with a decorated deity murti sits beneath a colourful canopy, with a bell-shaped kalasha and banana, apple and orange fruit offerings on banana-leaf mats in the foreground. Ceiling decorations and hanging lamps are visible, and a microphone is held nearby.2016-12-15December 02 20162016-12-02Two men sit before a brass bowl on a wooden platform strewn with white rice, red petals and yellow flowers, with smoke rising in the foreground. The bare-chested man on the right wears a purple headcloth with a yellow tassel, a red thread around the neck, rudraksha and multi-coloured beaded malas, a white dhoti with a blue border, and a wristwatch; he gestures forward with his right hand. The second man beside him wears a yellow-and-maroon bordered dhoti and gold bangles and holds a handheld microphone. Blurred devotees in white are seated behind them.2016-12-02Photograph of a Hindu ritual homa at a temple hall decorated with marigold garlands and red and orange paper lanterns. Several shirtless men in white dhotis with gold borders stand around a brick fire pit where a small flame burns, surrounded by stacked yellow-and-pink flower garlands and offerings on the ground. A man at centre wears a magenta head cloth, a gold chain and a shawl over his shoulder, holding a brass vessel. Another man in white dhoti with gold border holds a white cloth-wrapped object, and a man on the right wears rudraksha beads and an orange-red cloth. Behind them, saffron-robed participants stand near a purple ornamental umbrella, and brass lamps and a plantain tree stand nearby.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A homa fire is burning in a sunken fire pit on a red floor inside a decorated temple hall, with a flower-tiered offering platform and coconuts and fruits to the right. Several priests in white dhotis with gold borders and bare upper bodies stand at the fire; the central priest in a maroon turban pours from a brass vessel with a flower garland, while others hold offerings. Umbrellas with ornate canopies and marigold garlands decorate the hall, and a few onlookers in orange and white sit at the edges. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person, so this is a ritual scene with priests and devotees.2018-04-14A photograph of a ritual at a pavilion lit by hanging decorative lamps. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis with coloured borders stand around a square fire pit of wooden frame, possibly a homa or yagna. One man in a yellow-and-orange-bordered dhoti holds a long ladle or implement over the pit, while another in white with an orange sash stands nearby. To the right sits a figure on a red cushioned seat under an ornate golden throne with sun-ray backrest; the seated person wears an orange-brown robe, a garland of white and orange flowers and a rudraksha-style necklace. Offerings of fruit, flowers, bananas, coconuts and betel leaves sit on banana-leaf trays beside the fire pit, and devotees sit on the floor in the background.2016-12-12