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January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night ritual on a red-carpeted outdoor stage under a red canopy with gold fringe. In the centre, priests in white dhotis and shawls perform abhishekam over a stone yoni-peetha, with brass pots, a kalasha, fruit plates, flowers and oil lamps arranged on the floor. A priest in orange with a red-and-orange turban and rudraksha malas sits on a red cushioned seat at left. In the foreground, a figure with long swept-back hair, a dark-brown wrap and layered rudraksha malas stands with his back to the camera, watching. Behind him, a cameraman films and saffron-robed devotees stand nearby, with a floral-decorated deity murti visible in the background.2018-01-31Night ritual under a red and gold canopy with red drapes and a hanging ornate lamp fixture. A priest in white dhoti with a yellow-marked head and gold ornaments kneels at left, pouring liquid from a ladle over a decorated sacred stone seat with fruit and flower offerings arranged before it. Smoke rises from the altar. A standing figure at right, wearing a rust-orange shawl, a rudraksha-style beaded necklace and a dark patterned head wrap, stands barefoot with palms pressed together in prayer. Several saffron-robed sadhus stand in the background near a floral deity display, and a red carpet covers the floor.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night outdoor ritual on a red-carpeted stage under a red tent. In the centre, a stone yagna or abhishekam platform holds fruit, flower offerings and brass plates, with a decorated deity murti and a kalasha-like vessel nearby. Several white-clad priests with bare chests and sacred threads kneel and tend the offerings, one pouring from a vessel. On the right stands a bare-chested man with long dreadlock-style hair wrapped in a dark turban, a tiger-striped cloth at his waist and a brown robe, hands in anjali mudra in reverence. Behind him, saffron-robed sannyasis and a cameraman stand near rows of onlookers in the dark. a person identity is not established from appearance.2018-01-31January 06 20182018-01-06January 06 20182018-01-06December 09 20132013-12-09May 20 20142014-05-20November 11 20172017-11-11