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Night ritual under a corrugated metal-roofed open pavilion with red steel supports and string lights. Participants in white clothes and orange-red shawls sit on striped woven mats facing a central raised platform holding an ornate golden shrine, a kalasha-like structure and a deity murti. A standing figure in a reddish-orange robe stands near the shrine, and a small fire pit smokes in the background. Several shaved-headed priests in white and orange sit at the front; one man in a white dhoti bends forward near the platform. A photographer with a tripod films the scene at the left, and a wooden ladder leans against a pillar beside a poster of colourful figures. Counting visible people, around twenty to thirty are seated or standing in the scene.

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April 28 20172017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28A covered open-air ritual hall at night during a homa. Dozens of seated participants in white dhotis and orange-red shawls sit on striped mats in rows, facing a raised platform where priests in white and one in a red garment tend a fire pit with offerings and brass vessels. Behind them stands an ornate decorated deity shrine with a kalasha and a golden idol visible at right. A man in saffron-orange robes sits at the platform's right edge. A ceremonial photograph of a figure in a red and gold garment is displayed on a screen at left, with a camera on a tripod filming the scene and a ladder against a support post. Fairy lights hang across the ceiling.2017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28Night-time photograph inside an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and string lights. A homa fire pit burns at the centre of a raised platform, with smoke rising. Around it, dozens of people in white and saffron clothing sit on striped woven mats in rows facing the fire. A man in a white dhoti stands near the fire, and a photographer on a tripod works at the front left. Dark-robed figures and a seated bare-chested man in orange cloth are at the left edge. A large orange-and-gold draped cloth lies in the foreground right. No identifiable a person candidate is clearly visible.2017-04-28Night-time homa in an open-sided tent with a corrugated metal roof and red steel beams. Dozens of people sit cross-legged on striped woven mats facing a central fire pit with rising smoke and a decorated ritual altar. Many participants wear white dhotis and some wear saffron or orange robes; a few sit bare-chested with shawls. Near the altar, a man in white robes stands beside a seated figure in an ornate red and gold garment under a canopy, with a kalasha and deity murti displayed. A cameraman with a tripod films in the foreground. Strings of small lights hang in the background.2017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28Night photo of an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and red steel posts, strung with coloured fairy lights. Dozens of devotees sit in rows on striped woven rugs in red, green, blue and white, facing a central homa or yagna area with a fire and offerings on a raised stepped platform. Many men sit bare-chested in white dhoti with saffron/orange shawls, and many women wear white and orange saris. Behind the fire pit stands a decorated deity murti in a red and gold setting. Spotlights light the scene and a red digital clock shows 09:44 on a side screen.2017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28May 02 20172017-05-02