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Four women sit on a floor covered with yellow flower petals, each wearing a white jasmine garland and red or orange silk saris with gold borders, with white vibhuti stripes on their foreheads. Beside them, a priest in a white dhoti and a pink turban works with his hands over a row of small brass bowls and cups, placed on a pink cloth. Green foliage and a painted wall with blue and red panels form the background.

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A ritual scene in a tent-covered hall with a decorated shrine behind. Seated in a row on the floor are six women in red and maroon saris, adorned with white and orange flower garlands and red coral necklaces. A bald man in a saffron-orange dhoti with a gold-bordered cloth and beaded necklaces sits at left, leaning forward to perform a ritual with metal vessels and a plate of offerings. Rose petals and yellow flowers are scattered across the floor. Behind them, more seated people in white and red clothing watch. A small triangular banner with an emblem hangs at the top.2015-10-21 +1 copiesNight-time ritual outdoors at an ashram. A bare-chested priest in orange-red turban and dhoti, with rudraksha mala, holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward three young women seated on a raised platform strewn with yellow marigold petals. The women wear white jasmine garlands, orange, red and teal sarees, kumkum and vibhuti marks on their foreheads, and one has flowers in her hair. A brass lamp stand with flame sits at right, with banana plants behind. The scene suggests a Deepavali lamp ceremony.2016-10-29A night ritual scene at an outdoor stage. A shirtless man in a saffron-orange turban, orange upper cloth and gold-bordered dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands at left holding a small metal bowl toward a row of seated women. Five women in saffron-red, green, purple and maroon saris wear white, yellow and orange flower garlands and blue beaded necklaces, several with eyes closed in devotion. Some hold pink lotus flowers. Marigolds lie on a tray at left. The white-garlanded women are devotees receiving a blessing or offering; the orange-robed man is a priest-like figure.2016-10-10October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 29 20162016-10-29October 03 20142014-10-03October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 13 20132013-10-13