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Night-time temple courtyard scene beside a red brick wall. A young priest in saffron-orange dhoti and a patterned conical crown stands at left-centre holding a brass lamp with a lit flame and a small bell, facing a procession. To the left stands a weathered grey stone carved figure, possibly a Ganesha-style sculpture. In the background at right, a deity murti adorned with garlands sits on a golden palanquin under a decorated canopy. Several devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand with folded hands, one older man in white clothes and one elderly man with shaved head in white. Their attention is directed toward the lamp and the deity. The arrangement suggests aarti during a procession.

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Night photograph of a procession at a temple-like site. A man in saffron-orange robes with a bare shaved head holds a lit oil lamp aloft on a long brass trident-topped staff, offering arati before a weathered granite Ganesha-form murti set on a pedestal beside a red-walled building. Behind him, several men in white dhotis with red-bordered shawls and beaded necklaces follow, one carrying a brass plate, and a second brass trident staff rises in the background. A woman in an orange top stands at the lower right edge with her back partly to the camera. Red flower petals lie at the murti's base.2010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20Night outdoor ritual photograph. A shaved-headed man in an orange saffron robe and a gold-toned necklace raises a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a large carved grey stone relief of a deity beside a stone base with flowers and a brass plate. Behind him, white-clad men and women stand in a procession, a drummer in white beats a barrel drum at right, and a lit canopy or ratha-like structure with orange and gold decorations glows in the background. Smoke rises from the flame against the dark sky.2010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20November 11 20102010-11-11Night procession outdoors beside a red brick wall. A priest in saffron-orange dhoti and a decorated silver-patterned cap stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp in one hand and a brass vessel in the other, facing a small stone deity relief. Beside him a decorated palanquin or ratha beneath a multicoloured fringed canopy carries a deity murti adorned with garlands, with orange and red cloth draped on its poles. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, one in white dress with a red shawl, stand along the procession, and devotees and onlookers, including a child, watch from behind. Green shrubs and a paved path fill the lower frame.2010-11-11November 01 20112011-11-01November 01 20112011-11-01November 20 20102010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20