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A photo of an outdoor puja at a table draped in orange cloth. A man with long dark hair and an orange robe holds a brass lamp with a rising flame and smoke toward a deity murti decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and a red umbrella overhead. Fruits, bananas, coconut, flowers and a carved watermelon sit on silver plates before the murti. Behind the table, a group of about ten men and women in white shirts and lanyards watch, some smiling, with a red-roofed building and distant hills beyond.

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Outdoor ritual at a temple-like setting: a man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair performs arati with a lit flame over a decorated deity murti (utsava murti) draped in flower garlands of yellow and white marigold and jasmine. Behind him a row of devotees in white clothes and lanyards stand with palms joined. The murti sits on an orange-draped table laden with fruit, bananas, coconut, brass plates, a carved watermelon and kalasha-style vessels, under a red and gold fringed umbrella. Corrugated structures and a mountain backdrop appear in the distance, with children watching at left.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor photo of a ritual offering at a decorated cart. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair stands at left, extending arms over a white table draped in an orange cloth. The table holds bananas, green leaves, yellow and red flower garlands, flatbread, a sliced fruit offering and a brass pot with a woven covering. At right, a deity murti is adorned with heavy white and red flower garlands, a gold crown and a red-and-gold silk cloth under a fringed canopy. Behind them, men and women in white ritual clothes and devotees in white stand watching, and a concrete building stands under a pale sky.2009-12-23Outdoor photo of a ritual at a festival cart. A long-haired man in orange saffron robes stands at left with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a decorated deity murti with flower garlands on an orange-covered wooden cart under a red tasselled umbrella. Fruit, bananas, flower trays and a brass pot sit on the table before the murti. Behind, white-clad devotees with folded hands sit or stand, a fire lamp burns in a brass vessel, and a child in a patterned dress stands nearby. Dusty ground and low buildings form the background.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoors at a dusty site, a figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands at a white table draped in orange cloth, lifting a hand toward a deity murti decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and a crown. A red and yellow umbrella with tassels shades the murti, and fruit, flower offerings and a banana bunch sit on the table. Around the table, devotees in white clothes with saffron-yellow shawls stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, some wearing lanyards. Brick buildings and a water tank are behind, with a loudspeaker stack at the top of the frame.2009-12-23A photograph of an outdoor puja at a table draped in orange cloth. On the left, a murti of a deity adorned with white, yellow and red flower garlands sits under a red and yellow umbrella. Platters of bananas, fruit, sweets, coconuts, a carved watermelon and flower offerings surround it. On the right, a person in orange robes with long dark hair raises a brass lamp, a kinara-style lamp with a handle, in a ritual gesture. Behind the table, several devotees stand and sit, some with hands folded in prayer; one woman wears an orange sari and another wears a white top with a yellow shawl. A salmon-coloured building stands behind them.2009-12-23Outdoor puja on an orange-draped table under a red and yellow umbrella with tassels. Two deity murtis are dressed in white and blue cloth, heavily garlanded with white jasmine and yellow and red flowers, wearing crowns. In front stand brass kalasha-style vessels, a brass plate of flower petals, a bowl of bananas, a carved watermelon, a fruit basket and a brass aarti lamp. On the right, a figure in orange robes and rudraksha-style beads holds a brass arati lamp aloft toward the murtis. Several devotees in saffron and white stand behind with folded hands, and a few onlookers watch from the background beside a red-painted building.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23