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A photograph of a temple ritual with smoke rising through the frame. Two men in white dhotis with coloured borders are seated at the front of a decorated platform, one in green and yellow cloth and the other in red and gold, both holding ritual implements. A large drum-like vessel and brass pots sit on a colourful striped cloth, surrounded by marigold garlands, fruit and flower arrangements. Bright stage lights and a plume of incense or homa smoke fill the upper area, with an ornate decorated structure behind.

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A photograph, rotated sideways, of a temple ritual with smoke and bright light. Three men in white dhotis stand before a decorated altar, one in the foreground wearing a yellow and white cloth and holding a silver-coloured ritual vessel while bending forward. Another man in white with a rudraksha-style mala and bare shoulders stands behind, and a third figure in white is partly visible. The altar is draped in striped fabric and garlanded with yellow and white flowers, with bananas, fruit, a woven basket and brass lamps with flames. Smoke drifts across the scene. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person.2016-12-15A temple ritual with a fire offering in a tented hall lit by stage lights. A priest in a yellow and green sash and white dhoti lifts a lamp high above a raised wooden platform heaped with marigold garlands, fruit and bowls. Smoke rises around him. To the left, a young man in an orange-bordered dhoti and rudraksha-style necklace holds a brass tray, and beside him another man in white dhoti and shawl holds a tray and speaks into a microphone. Strings of colourful lights and a golden deity murti decorated with flowers stand at right, with a kalasha-like offering vessel in pink. Baskets of bananas, oranges and grains sit on a striped cloth in the foreground. Background figures in white are seated in the hall.2016-12-15Night ritual inside a tent with a fire pit (homa/yagna) on a golden-yellow tiered platform decorated with flower petals and marigold garlands. Smoke rises from a small flame at the centre. Several priests in white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred threads, tend the fire and offerings; one stands at right with a silver bowl and a red-and-purple cloth. Behind them a golden shrine or palanquin, a silver deity figure, and brass vessels and a ceremonial implement sit on striped mats. Bright stage lights and hanging drapes frame the scene.2017-09-26 +1 copiesA night homa at a temple pavilion under a white canopy. In the foreground, a shirtless priest in white dhoti with a colourful border kneels and pours from a metal vessel into a gold-coloured fire pit, with smoke rising and flames visible. Another priest in a white dhoti bends over the fire pit to the left. Striped multicoloured mats cover the floor, scattered with flower petals and garlands of yellow marigolds. Seated devotees and priests sit behind silver vessels and offering trays. At the back left, a deity murti set under an arch is decorated with orange and red garments and garlands, and a seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits near it. A gold palanquin stands at right, and a film camera on a tripod is at the left edge.2017-09-26 +1 copiesDecember 15 20162016-12-15December 12 20162016-12-12A fire ritual inside a tented hall decorated with hanging colourful tassels and gold-edged panels. Smoke rises from a central fire pit. A priest in a yellow-bordered white dhoti and sacred thread holds a silver vessel and pours grains or flowers into the fire. Beside him a man in an unadorned white dhoti stands with folded hands. On the right, an older man with grey hair wears a white shawl with a green border and watches. Behind them, devotees sit on striped mats. In the foreground, a pink ceremonial structure, brass lamps, garlands of marigolds and sprigs of greenery, and wicker-wrapped vessels sit on a red cloth. A small framed clock is at lower left.2016-12-15 +1 copiesDecember 12 20162016-12-12December 15 20162016-12-15December 12 20162016-12-12December 15 20162016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15