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A photograph of a night ritual. In the foreground a brass lamp holds a large open flame, with a smiling woman with short dark hair and a small earring at the left edge looking toward it. Behind the flame stands a deity murti dressed in a striped white, red and green garment with a blue lower cloth and yellow sash, under a blue and red umbrella-like canopy. Brass and wooden items sit on a table in the dim background, and a faint figure in white is partly visible at left.

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Night photo of a brass lamp holder with a large flame rising from a dark wick mass, held in the foreground. Beside it, a smiling woman with short dark hair and a red top looks toward the flame. Behind, a deity murti is dressed in striped white, red, green and purple garments with garlands, under a blue and red decorated canopy on a table. The flame is an aarti lamp, and the setting suggests a puja.2013-11-22November 21 20132013-11-21Night-time photograph of a brass torch with a large open flame held aloft by a woman seen from behind, with short dark hair, beaded necklace and red and black bangles on her wrist. Behind her, a red and gold embroidered pennant with floral motifs hangs from a pole, and several people stand in the dark, including a man in an orange-brown robe and a man in a white shirt. A bright light glows in the background, and a silver tinsel-covered pole is visible at right. The setting appears to be an evening procession or outdoor ritual.2013-11-21Close view of a devotee's hand raising a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame toward an altar. The devotee, seen from behind with short dark hair, is partly visible at the lower left. Behind the lamp is a deity murti adorned with red and white garlands and gold ornaments, with a gold-framed backdrop and gold lamp stands at the left. Blurred figure in green and white beside the altar. The scene suggests an arati offering at a temple shrine.2017-01-26 +1 copiesNight outdoor photograph of a festival procession or ritual. At centre sits a deity murti decorated with a thick garland of white, red, yellow and green flowers, under a large orange and blue ornate umbrella with fringe. A young man in white dhoti and shawl, with white forehead markings, rudraksha mala and bangles, holds a brass torch with a bright flame toward the camera. Behind the murti, a seated man in orange robes and a tall ornate cap sits on a tiger-striped cloth, with another person partly visible at left. Warm lamp light and dark foliage surround the scene.2013-11-21Night photograph of young boys in red-orange sannyasi-style robes holding two tall brass torches with flames rising high. The boy in front wears a rudraksha mala necklace and has a red tilak on his forehead, with a bare upper body beneath the robe. Other boys stand behind, partly visible in a dark outdoor setting with lamplight and blurred figures in the background.2013-11-21A night procession of young devotees in red-orange robes and rudraksha malas walks under a dim shed. In the foreground a boy in a red-orange cloth holds a tall torch with a bright open flame. Behind the group, a deity murti decorated with white, red and green garlands is carried beneath a colourful canopy with a lit lamp. Several girls in orange saris with white headbands follow, and a few onlookers in white shirts stand at the right edge.2013-11-21Night photo of a temple-style ritual at an outdoor shrine. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a white shoulder cloth and a beaded necklace holds a lit oil lamp aloft in his right hand while holding a small brass bell in his left. Behind him an ornate golden deity murti or image is decorated with garlands of marigolds and green foliage, set in a canopy hung with tall embroidered orange, red and teal fabric panels. Oil lamps and a table covered in orange cloth sit in front. A man in white with a red scarf stands at left, partly visible, with a red cloth held up behind him.2012-04-26Night photograph of a procession. A brightly lit ratha or chariot with a golden canopy, dangling tassels and a garland-draped structure glows in the background. In the centre, a person in a dark robe with a garland of blue and white flowers walks forward. A large ornate blue umbrella held aloft stands at right beside a figure in dark clothing. A figure in white and a person in a white sari with gold-trimmed border stand to the left, with other people in dark and light clothing scattered through the dim foreground. A low modern building is visible at right. The overall scene is a dark outdoor ritual procession lit by the chariot's lights.2016-02-17Night photograph of an aarti ritual: a large brass aarti lamp with multiple tiers of flames is raised high against a dark sky, with smoke drifting around it. The lamp has a curved long handle held by a person in a red-and-white checked cloth wrapped around the hand, and a partly visible man in the lower right corner with a yellow canopy or umbrella-like shade behind him. Strings of wire cross the upper right, and a few distant lights glow at the bottom edge of the frame.2016-04-24Night photograph of an outdoor procession. In the right foreground a shaved-headed man in an orange-red garment looks toward a tall torch whose flame rises to the left. Behind it, a lit illuminated deity murti of a multi-armed goddess with a crown is displayed on a decorated float beneath dark trees. Several people in white dhotis and shawls, some holding umbrellas, stand in the dim background. The figure in the foreground wears a dark garland or mala around his neck and does not show distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.2016-10-11January 26 20172017-01-26