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Night ritual inside a open-sided pandal with yellow canopy and hanging lamps. Priests in white dhotis sit on a striped mat before a wooden platform decorated with fruit, bananas, flowers and a kalasha, with brass vessels and a lamp stand in the foreground. Smoke rises from the altar area. A cameraman in white stands at left filming, and a central figure in dark attire with a white cloth receives the rite near a decorated deity murti. Men in orange shawls sit at right beside devotees and women in white saris. Hanging lamps and garlands decorate the ceiling.

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December 12 20162016-12-12A night ritual homa under an open pavilion with striped tent fabric and hanging garlands. A large wooden platform holds a fire pit with flames and offerings of bananas, pomegranates and flowers on banana leaves, with a silver kalasha-style vessel and brass pots nearby. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with headcloths, sit and kneel around the fire, while a man in an orange-saffron shawl and dhoti sits at the right edge. A decorated deity shrine glows in the background behind rows of onlookers. The scene suggests a fire ritual with puja offerings.2016-12-12May 25 20172017-05-25Photograph of a homa fire ceremony under a white tent with a golden shrine backdrop. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti and maroon-striped cloth sits at a tiered wooden fire pit with a visible flame, surrounded by fruit, flowers and brass vessels. Nearby, several men in saffron and orange cloths sit on striped mats, and a line of women in white saris with yellow borders sit in rows at right. A cameraman with a tripod films at left, and a bearded man in a dark turban and saffron garment sits at centre. Gold deity figures and ornate canopies fill the background.2016-12-12Night-time ritual under a tented pavilion with hanging coloured tassels and a small shrine at the back. A large wooden platform in the foreground is decorated with flowers, fruit and brass vessels, with a central figure in an orange-and-white costume garlanded with yellow and white flowers. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with orange shawls, sit or stand around the platform while a man in a red-and-orange turban sits at left. A cameraman with a shoulder camera on a tripod films the scene. Smoke or incense drifts through the lit space, and a deity murti sits in the shrine behind.2016-12-12December 02 20162016-12-02Photograph of a night ritual under a yellow-draped canopy hung with festoons and small lamps. In the foreground a large orange-brown wooden platform holds a tall kalasha-like vessel wrapped in white cloth, surrounded by fruit, bananas, a brass bowl and silver lamp stand, and offerings on a colourful striped cloth. Behind it, men in white dhotis and bare torsos sit in rows, and a shirtless man in the left foreground raises his arm with a white cloth. A figure in orange cloth sits on the right, and a photographer in white stands at the left edge. In the background a decorated shrine holds a deity murti with garlands, and a gold throne-like seat appears at the far left. Several people in white are visible seated and standing near the shrine. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance cues, so the identity is left uncertain.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12May 25 20172017-05-25December 12 20162016-12-12A night ritual in an open-sided pavilion with a white canopy and hanging lamps. At centre, a square wooden homa fire pit with a smoking fire sits on a red floor, scattered with petals and flowers. Several men in white dhotis stand and kneel around it; one holds a brass vessel and another pours offerings. On the right, a decorated deity murti with garlands of yellow and red flowers sits on a silver-and-gold setting, with brass lamps and a kalasha nearby. At left, seated men in white clothes chant into microphones, with fruit plates and a ceremonial bowl in front of them. A standing man wears an orange turban and rudraksha mala. Hanging decorations and lamps fill the upper area. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person by the cues required.2016-12-07December 12 20162016-12-12