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Night photograph outdoors beside a red-painted wall topped with barbed wire and bamboo. A grey stone Ganesha murti, seated on a carved pedestal, is on the right with small white pebbles at its base. Two men stand at left: one with hands folded in prayer and white tilak marks on his forehead and arms, wearing rudraksha beads; a second man in white clothes and rudraksha mala raises a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame, with a handbell in his other hand.

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April 29 20152015-04-29A night-time outdoor puja before a large grey stone Ganesha murti seated on a carved pedestal. A man in white ritual dhoti with a gold border and a gold-bordered cloth on one shoulder holds a silver aarti lamp with two flames toward the deity, a small bell in his other hand. Marigold garlands in yellow and orange hang on the murti. White pebbles surround the base, bamboo stands behind, and a red wall with strings of small lights frames the scene. The man's face is turned away and he is not clearly identifiable as a person; he is described by role only.2013-12-24At night outdoors, a man in a white dhoti with a gold border and bare upper body holds a brass lamp with a bright flame in his right hand and a small brass bell in his left, offering arati before a large grey stone Ganesha murti seated on a carved pedestal. Bamboo and a red-washed compound wall frame the scene, with pebbles and rocks on the ground. The figure's face is turned away and his ceremonial role is clear; his identity is not established by appearance. No a person candidate is distinctly visible.2013-11-14Night outdoor scene at an open-air shrine. A shaved-headed person in white ritual dhoti and shawl with gold borders stands at left, holding a silver multi-flame aarti lamp with several burning flames toward a dark grey stone Ganesha murti with a trunk, adorned with yellow marigold garlands. The murti sits on a stone base before a red wall with bamboo and fairy lights; the person's arm has pale ash markings. Smoke rises. Small pebbles and a stacked stone ring surround the base.2013-12-24December 17 20112011-12-17Night photograph of an outdoor shrine in an ashram-like garden. A black stone Ganesha murti with a trunk stands on a stone platform surrounded by reddish rocks, beside an orange-red compound wall and bushes with pink flowers. Three people in plain white dhoti-style garments with gold borders stand in prayer. The person on the left has a shaved head and holds a red bag, the woman in the center has hands folded in namaskar, and the person on the right holds a lit oil lamp toward the murti.2013-01-09Night photograph of an outdoor shrine. A priest in an orange saffron robe and an ornate embroidered cap waves a lit oil lamp, a flame in a brass vessel with bells, toward a large dark stone deity murti of Ganesha with an elephant head and multiple arms. Two devotees in white clothes stand with their backs to the camera, and a photographer with a camera is at the lower left. A terracotta-coloured wall and bamboo frame the scene.2011-11-01December 24 20132013-12-24October 03 20142014-10-03Night-time outdoor ritual photograph in a garden. A shaven-headed priest in white dhoti with a bare chest and gold waistband holds a lit oil lamp aloft in one hand while ringing a handbell in the other. Beside him, a devotee in saffron-orange cloth with a wrap over the shoulder stands with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind them, three grey stone deity murtis stand on a plinth, and a low pile of rough red-brown stones is scattered with white flower petals and offerings. Dark foliage and a red wall form the background. Two physical people are visible, and the scene reads as aarti at a murti.2014-10-03November 14 20132013-11-14January 01 20142014-01-01