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Outdoor photo of a ritual offering at a decorated cart. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair stands at left, extending arms over a white table draped in an orange cloth. The table holds bananas, green leaves, yellow and red flower garlands, flatbread, a sliced fruit offering and a brass pot with a woven covering. At right, a deity murti is adorned with heavy white and red flower garlands, a gold crown and a red-and-gold silk cloth under a fringed canopy. Behind them, men and women in white ritual clothes and devotees in white stand watching, and a concrete building stands under a pale sky.

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Outdoor ritual at a temple-like setting: a man in a saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair performs arati with a lit flame over a decorated deity murti (utsava murti) draped in flower garlands of yellow and white marigold and jasmine. Behind him a row of devotees in white clothes and lanyards stand with palms joined. The murti sits on an orange-draped table laden with fruit, bananas, coconut, brass plates, a carved watermelon and kalasha-style vessels, under a red and gold fringed umbrella. Corrugated structures and a mountain backdrop appear in the distance, with children watching at left.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23A photo of an outdoor puja at a table draped in orange cloth. A man with long dark hair and an orange robe holds a brass lamp with a rising flame and smoke toward a deity murti decorated with yellow and white marigold garlands and a red umbrella overhead. Fruits, bananas, coconut, flowers and a carved watermelon sit on silver plates before the murti. Behind the table, a group of about ten men and women in white shirts and lanyards watch, some smiling, with a red-roofed building and distant hills beyond.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram-like site with a bare dirt ground, a red and yellow umbrella overhead, and a white bus behind. A deity murti decorated with white and yellow flower garlands, a gold crown and a green cloth sits on a white table draped in orange, set with fruit, plantain, flower baskets, a brass kalasha-style vessel and other pooja offerings. A long-haired figure in a flowing orange robe with a maroon-edged shawl faces the table with an arm extended toward the offerings, while white-clad devotees stand around with palms pressed together in namaskar. Several men in white kurtas and lanyards and a bearded man in white stand nearby, with a few onlookers in the background. The scene suggests a procession or pooja for the murti. Water tanks and simple brick buildings are visible at right.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoors at a dusty site, a figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands at a white table draped in orange cloth, lifting a hand toward a deity murti decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and a crown. A red and yellow umbrella with tassels shades the murti, and fruit, flower offerings and a banana bunch sit on the table. Around the table, devotees in white clothes with saffron-yellow shawls stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, some wearing lanyards. Brick buildings and a water tank are behind, with a loudspeaker stack at the top of the frame.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor photo of a festival procession: a utsava murti deity on a decorated wheeled cart draped in heavy white and yellow flower garlands, with a red and yellow fringed parasol overhead. A figure in long orange robes with long dark hair stands with back to camera at the cart, hands raised in devotion, with offerings of fruit, flowers and a leaf-plate of food on an orange cloth. Devotees in white with prayer hands surround the cart, and a man with a beard in white stands nearby. A small flame burns at the left, and a bus and rooftop water tanks appear behind, with trees and a dirt field.2009-12-23Outdoor photo of a festival procession on a dirt road. A long-haired person in saffron-orange robes stands at the left with their back to the camera, facing a decorated wooden cart. The cart carries a deity murti draped in green and blue cloth and heavily garlanded with white and yellow flowers, with a kalasha-like vessel, fruit offerings, a large carved fruit and a flower-decorated basket on an orange cloth. Several people in white clothes with yellow or orange cloth and lanyards stand around the cart, some with folded hands, and a woman in white with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala is at the right. Concrete buildings and a loudspeaker stack are visible behind.2009-12-23A photograph of an outdoor ritual at a dirt-road ashram setting. A deity murti of a female form is adorned with white and yellow flower garlands and an orange-and-green cloth drape, and sits on a white wooden cart with an orange tablecloth. Offerings on silver trays include fruits, coconut, sweets, a watermelon half and a banana leaf platter. In front, a man with long dark hair wears an orange saffron robe with a maroon border and stands with hands near the cart, while women in white saris with yellow and red borders stand to the right with folded hands. Several other people in white and orange clothing are behind and to the sides, with a few partially visible at the edges. Small buildings and a water tank are in the background.2009-12-23