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Night outdoor ritual at a fire pit: a standing man in a rust-red dhoti and saffron-orange shawl with a rudraksha-style mala holds a lit oil lamp aloft to the left. Seated devotees in white clothes with red waist cloths and orange-red shawls sit with palms pressed together before a stone fire pit with a burning flame and brass offering vessels. A shaven-headed priest in saffron with white horizontal markings kneels at the right foreground. Behind them, a golden-framed deity murti is seen in shadow, with a sanctum and plants nearby; more devotees sit in rows.

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April 01 20132013-04-01March 28 20132013-03-28March 29 20132013-03-29Evening ritual in a temple-style hall. Several priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies stand at left, one lifting a lit lamp and a plate of offerings before a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers. A fire burns in a raised stone homa or puja pit in front of the shrine. Devotees sit on the floor facing the altar, mostly women in white clothes with red-orange shawls. A figure in a golden ornamented throne chair at right, dressed in orange and gold, observes the ceremony beside electric fans. The room has a red wall and an arched shrine frame.2013-07-17Night outdoor ritual photograph beside a square fire pit with a bright flame on grass. A priest in a white dhoti and white headcloth with a bare upper body pours from a silver vessel into the fire, while a woman in red garments and a rudraksha mala assists beside him. A crowd of devotees stands in a semicircle in white and red-trimmed shawls, many with palms pressed together in namaskar. Offerings and brass vessels sit near the fire, with a street lamp and building lights behind.2014-07-24March 28 20132013-03-28Night outdoor fire ritual on grass: a brick-lined fire pit burns brightly in the foreground beside brass bowls and small oil lamps. A woman in a red-orange sari with a beaded necklace holds a tray with offerings. To the right, a man in white with a white turban and a red-and-gold striped white dhoti stands with a ritual vessel. Behind, a line of about 20 devotees in white kurtas and dhotis and red shawls stands with palms pressed together. A bright floodlight and street lamps light the scene. This appears to be a homa or yagna.2014-07-24April 01 20132013-04-01March 26 20132013-03-26A square fire pit with a lit fire of burning logs dominates the foreground, as a homa or yagna is performed. Seated on striped mats, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes with a white headband, rudraksha mala and white markings applies offerings from a brass plate, with brass bowls, a kettle-like vessel and ritual implements around him. Around the fire, several devotees in white clothes with orange and red sashes sit with palms joined in prayer, and a woman in white at left presses her hands together. Behind them more participants are seated in the dim hall.2013-04-01Night outdoor ritual on grass beside a small fire pit, where flames burn in a rectangular brick hearth with offerings in brass vessels at lower right. A woman in a red-brown robe with a rudraksha-style bead mala stands in prayer with palms pressed together, facing the fire. Behind her, a row of devotees in white and red-bordered garments stand with hands folded, some holding flowers. At left, a large conical kalasha-like object draped in orange cloth with coconuts and leaves sits in the foreground. A decorated silver palanquin or throne with an ornate canopy stands at the right edge.2014-07-24July 04 20162016-07-04