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Night outdoor ritual at a Deepavali event. Six young women sit in a row on a raised stone platform, each wearing a white jasmine garland and traditional saris in purple, orange, blue and green with red and gold trim, with gold bangles and earrings. A bright fire burns at the right edge, and flower petals in yellow and orange are scattered along the platform edge. A red wooden pillar stands at left, with a few people and a lit oil lamp blurred in the background. No individual's appearance matches an identifiable a person candidate in this image.

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October 29 20162016-10-29Six young women sit in a row on a raised stone platform at night, each wearing a white floral garland. They wear silk saris in blue, green, orange, red and gold, with bright bangles and jewellery. The woman at the front right has white sacred ash marks on her forehead, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style bead mala, and her hands rest in her lap. Behind them a small fire burns, and at the right edge a painted deity murti stands among oil lamps and offerings. Lush tropical plants form the background.2016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29At night outdoors, a priest in an orange-red turban and orange-red dhoti with a yellow border stands at left, bare-chested with a sacred thread, holding a silver ritual vessel with a lit flame toward a row of young women seated on a stone bench. The women wear white and orange jasmine garlands, red, orange and green saris, and tilak marks on their foreheads. A flower-strewn ground, a brass lamp at right and banana leaves in the background suggest a Deepavali puja. Another figure with a drum is partly visible at left. a person is not clearly identifiable from appearance.2016-10-29October 10 20162016-10-10October 03 20142014-10-03A night-time photograph of a ritual scene. On the left, a bare-chested man in an orange-red turban and orange-red dhoti with a gold-edged cloth wrap hands a small yellow flower or offering toward a row of young women seated on a concrete ledge. Six young women in silk saris and pavadai-style dress in purple, green, orange, magenta and multicoloured stripes wear long white jasmine and marigold garlands with red roses and rudraksha-style pendants. Brass lamps and vessels sit on the ledge, and yellow flower petals are scattered on the ground.2016-10-10October 03 20142014-10-03October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29Night-time outdoor ritual with women seated on a low stone ledge in saffron, orange and red saris, several stringing white flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in a red turban and red dhoti, with rudraksha beads, stands at left holding a brass tray of white flowers, and another priest in an orange cloth stands behind him. Yellow marigold petals and a brass kalasha-style vessel lie on the ground. Lit lamps and a decorated deity murti appear at right.2016-10-29