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Photograph at night of a priest seen from behind, wearing a maroon-and-gold turban, a maroon robe with gold border, and rudraksha beads around his neck, as he adorns a decorated deity murti with white flower garlands and a bead necklace. The murti stands on a painted pedestal flanked by kneeling figures and golden lions, with green leaves and oil lamps nearby. Blurred illuminated shrine figures appear in the background. The priest is a ritual officiant performing puja; his face is not visible and his identity cannot be determined from appearance.

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August 21 20142014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21Night photograph of a puja at an outdoor shrine. A priest with a shaved head, wearing a maroon turban, bare-chested with a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti, and white sacred marks on his body, raises a long slender rod toward a decorated deity murti on a tiered pedestal. The murti is draped in orange and green cloth and heavy garlands of white flowers, with a kalasha-like crown and a mound of green leaves. Two carved lions flank the base, and two small seated figures with folded hands sit on the pedestal. Behind, illuminated shrine figures and red-clad deities glow in a lit doorway.2014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21A night-time puja at a decorated deity murti of Ganesha, dressed in an orange and green cloth and wrapped in white and yellow flower garlands. A priest with his back to the camera, in a red-orange turban and reddish-orange dhoti with a gold border, holds a flame or oil lamp toward the idol. The deity sits on a red-trimmed pedestal flanked by two yellow-orange lion figures and small seated figures with mustaches. Ornate vessels and leaves surround the altar, and a lit shrine with a red and gold decorated figure appears blurred in the background. The flame and incense smoke add a warm glow to the dark setting.2014-08-21Night photograph of a temple ritual at a decorated ratha-style deity platform draped in white jasmine garlands, green leaves and a maroon and gold cloth. A deity murti with ornate gold and jewelled adornments sits at the centre on a kalasha-like crown. A man seen from behind, wearing a maroon turban and a maroon and gold wrap with a rudraksha mala, extends his arm to offer flowers or a lamp at the platform. Carved golden lion figures and small seated sage statues flank the base. Lit shrine figures glow in the background.2014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21A night-time outdoor ritual photograph. A bare-chested priest in a red and gold dhoti and shawl stands at the front of an elaborately painted stepped platform, raising a silver-and-white decorated kalasha topped with a garland and green leaves high overhead with his right arm. Two painted lions flank the platform base, and a painted Ganesha figure sits on the right. On the left, a man in white ritual cloth with a rudraksha mala holds a brass vessel and looks upward. Behind the platform, an illuminated deity murti in a colourful decorated shrine glows against the dark background. Pink lotus shapes and leaves decorate the platform sides.2014-11-25August 21 20142014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21August 21 20142014-08-21