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Outdoor temple-style ritual on a raised stone platform. Two priests sit before a small fire pit with flames and marigold-decorated offerings, one wearing an orange cloth and reciting into a microphone while the other in white dhoti sits cross-legged. A young assistant in a yellow cloth and white beads tends a basket beside the fire. On the right, a golden throne-like peetha holds a deity murti draped in red fabric and heavy garlands of yellow and red flowers with a gold necklace. A decorated ratha-like shrine with flower garlands stands at left, and a striped white wall and palm trees form the background.

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Outdoor temple ritual with a sacred fire. On the left, a priest in an orange dhoti with rudraksha beads and a microphone speaks to the assembly while a second priest in white dhoti and shawl sits bare-chested beside a fire pit. Behind them an ornate golden-and-red peetha holds a deity murti draped in red cloth and garlanded with yellow and red flowers and a long gold-toned necklace. A young assistant in white sits at right near offering baskets. A flame rises from a homa kund decorated with flower petals, with brass lamps and kalasha vessels nearby, and a palm-lined background with a red-and-white striped wall.2016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual on a raised stone platform. A homa fire burns in a metal pit at center, with brass pots, a flower-decorated kalasha and trays of fruit and flowers beside it. Three priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies tend the rites; one pours from a vessel and another holds a lamp. In the background a large deity murti in a gold arched shrine is garlanded with flowers and beads, backed by red cloth. To the right a seated man in a dark red robe with palms pressed together sits on a gilded seat beneath a multicoloured umbrella. Roughly a dozen devotees seated in front, in orange and white clothes, face the platform, seen from behind.2016-02-16 +1 copiesNight outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard with smoke rising. A priest in an orange dhoti with bare chest and a red offering bowl raised in both hands stands at left beside a brass lamp. In the centre, a fire pit burns with offerings of flowers and fruit around it. Behind it, a deity murti in red cloth sits on a golden throne decorated with yellow and orange marigold garlands and a rudraksha-style necklace. At right, a seated figure in dark red-brown robes wears a flower garland and a rudraksha mala, seated on an ornate golden chair under a striped canopy. Scattered flower petals cover the ground.2016-02-16 +1 copies