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Night outdoor ritual on an open ground lit by tall floodlights, with a large seated crowd behind. A gold-framed palanquin-style stage holds a standing deity murti draped in yellow and red garlands. In the centre, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits cross-legged behind a low arrangement of banana-leaf offerings, brass vessels, mango leaves, and stacked yellow blocks. To the right, a bald priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold-striped border sits before a microphone. Several white-clad assistants attend the rites. Audience members in saffron, white and coloured saris sit on the ground.

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December 08 20112011-12-08December 08 20112011-12-08 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual photograph on a green mat beneath floodlights. A gilded palanquin holds a copper-toned deity murti in orange and gold drapery with a flower garland and a crown-like headpiece. In front, a man in an orange robe with rudraksha mala sits at a brick fire pit with offerings and banana leaves, while a bald priest in white dhoti with gold border sits on a low seat and speaks into a microphone. Several people in white sit along the back; a seated crowd of roughly two dozen fills the rows behind the stage, with cameras on tripods and a screen at left showing a live feed.2011-12-20Night outdoor ritual on a green mat under string lights. A seated man in orange robe with rudraksha mala sits before a fire pit built of stacked gold-coloured bricks, with a second seated priest in white beside him. A bald priest in white dhoti with gold-bordered shawl sits at right holding a microphone. At left a golden palanquin carries a deity murti in orange and gold draped with white and yellow flower garlands. Behind them a seated crowd of devotees in white clothes watches, with banana leaves and offerings at right and a tented structure beyond.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night outdoor photo of a ritual at a temple-style open ground with a green mat. On the left, a golden palanquin-style stand holds a metal deity murti in orange and red cloth, draped with yellow and white garland flowers. At centre, a fire pit surrounded by stacked bricks and offerings of fruit, banana leaves and flower garlands, with a small flame. A man in an orange cloth with a beaded necklace sits cross-legged before it, and a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with gold border sits at the front-right, speaking into a microphone. Another priest in white sits beside the fire. Behind them a crowd of devotees, mostly in white, sits on the ground and in chairs under string lights and banks of speakers and a camera on a tripod. Ritual: homa/yagna beside a deity puja.2011-12-20Night-time outdoor ritual on a green cloth-covered ground under bright floodlights. At centre, a seated priest in saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a kumkum-marked forehead tends a fire-pit built of stacked golden bricks, with a brass kalasha and banana leaves with offerings nearby. To his right, another priest in white dhoti chants with folded hands beside a white-robed figure holding a microphone. Left, a golden palanquin carries an orange-clad deity murti garlanded with white and yellow flowers. Behind, a large seated and standing crowd in white and yellow clothes watches, with a screen and string lights in the background.2011-12-20December 20 20112011-12-20Night outdoor ritual on a green mat under floodlights, with a fire pit built of stacked golden-yellow bricks at centre. A shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged at right, speaking into a microphone. Beside the fire pit, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a ceremonial mala stands performing a homa, offering into the fire. A second priest in orange sits near the fire pit. At left, a gold palanquin carries a golden deity murti wrapped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow and white flowers. Banana leaves, flowers, brass pots and fruit are arranged around. A crowd of devotees in white and orange stands behind a barrier, and a television screen shows the same scene.2011-12-20Night outdoor ritual homa at a temple-like ground lit by bright floodlights, with a large crowd of devotees standing behind. In the foreground a man in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered trim, hands folded in namaste, sits before a microphone on a striped mat. Beside a brick fire pit, several priests in saffron and orange robes with rudraksha malas and folded hands perform the ritual. A golden ornate palanquin or peetha with a pink and gold cloth stands at left, with brass kalasha pots and marigold garlands. Two white-clad devotees sit at the fire pit, and a woman in a dark saree stands near the pit.2011-11-10Night outdoor ritual at a temple-style ground. In the foreground a priest in an orange-saffron cloth with a white tripundra on his forehead and beaded necklaces stands before a square yellow-brown ritual altar of stacked yellow bricks, with fruits, flowers and plantain leaves laid out. To the left a golden ornate palanquin-like stand holds a large gilded deity murti decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands. A shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and shawl with gold necklace sits at right, speaking into a microphone. Behind, a seated crowd of devotees, mostly women in white and colourful saris, fills the ground under strings of lights, with cameras on tripods. Scene is a puja or homa-style ceremony with an offering arrangement.2011-12-20Night-time outdoor event on a raised orange-draped stage with floodlights. On the left, two gilded deity murtis adorned with yellow marigold garlands stand on a golden palanquin-style platform. In the centre, a man in an orange robe with a red-and-gold beaded mala sits cross-legged before a row of golden kalasha-style vessels and yellow-wrapped offerings on banana leaves, with brass pots and a lamp nearby. A bald priest in white dhoti and shawl sits to the right with a sacred thread, while a crowd of onlookers and filming crew with cameras and tripods fill the background. Ritual puja or abhishekam-style worship is in progress.2011-12-08