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Night outdoor ritual at a flower-decorated platform. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with white-marked forehead and arms raises a brass oil lamp (aarti) with his right hand beside a small fire on a stone step. Behind him, a monk in orange robes and rudraksha stands by a golden palanquin-style canopy hung with tassels. A seated figure in orange robes sits at the centre, and another orange-robed man stands further back. The altar has red and gold cloth, mounds of grain, kalasha pots in blue and green cloth, marigold garlands, and coconuts on the ground.

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December 21 20132013-12-21December 21 20132013-12-21December 21 20132013-12-21December 21 20132013-12-21December 21 20132013-12-21Night homa at an outdoor altar. A priest in white dhoti with gold border, bare-shouldered and with a shaved head, pours an offering from a long ladle into a fire burning in a square white fire pit strung with yellow marigold garlands. Behind the fire, a row of kalasha pots wrapped in yellow flower garlands and blue cloth sits on a maroon-draped platform, with a small lit gold-framed deity image at upper left and coloured string lights overhead. Brass bowls, lamps and offerings rest on the steps and mat. A young man in saffron-orange robe with white forehead markings sits at right beside the fire, with another person in orange partly visible behind him.2013-12-21April 24 20122012-04-24A night ritual scene at an outdoor shrine with a golden arched canopy framing a deity murti draped in garlands of yellow marigolds, with blue and red figures beside it. In front, a seated priest in white clothes with a shaved head holds a flaming lamp or camphor aarti plate toward the altar, while several young shaved-headed sannyasis in saffron-orange robes with pink borders sit cross-legged on mats facing the deity. A fire pit with a square raised edge lies between them, with brass vessels, yellow flowers and a tray of sticks nearby. Several are visibly seated, with white tilaka and rudraksha malas. The setting is a night homa or aarti with floral offerings.2013-12-19April 24 20122012-04-24November 10 20112011-11-10April 24 20122012-04-24October 15 20102010-10-15