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A night-time ritual puja under an open pandal roof draped with yellow and orange cloth, hung with decorative tassels and small lamps. In the centre, a low wooden platform holds a silver lamp, banana leaves, fruits, flowers and a pineapple-shaped offering with white cloth. Shirtless priests in white dhotis, some with saffron-coloured shawls, sit around it, and one stands on the left pouring or offering from a vessel while holding a camera nearby. Behind the platform, a shrine with a deity murti is decorated with garlands. Seated devotees in white clothing watch on the right.

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A nighttime ritual under an open-sided canopy with orange draped cloth, hanging lamps and strings of flowers. In the centre, a large orange-brown stone platform is set out with flowers, bananas, apples, a kalasha-like brass vessel with a yellow top, and brass lamps and vessels. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred threads and tilak, sit or kneel on the floor performing puja. A man in a light shirt and orange shawl sits at right, and a figure in a white dhoti and cloth wrap sits near the centre. A shrine with decorated deity murti and garlands stands behind. Crowd members are seated along both sides. No clearly recognizable a person appearance is visible.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12Night-time ritual under a tented pavilion with hanging coloured tassels and a small shrine at the back. A large wooden platform in the foreground is decorated with flowers, fruit and brass vessels, with a central figure in an orange-and-white costume garlanded with yellow and white flowers. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with orange shawls, sit or stand around the platform while a man in a red-and-orange turban sits at left. A cameraman with a shoulder camera on a tripod films the scene. Smoke or incense drifts through the lit space, and a deity murti sits in the shrine behind.2016-12-12A night ritual homa under an open pavilion with striped tent fabric and hanging garlands. A large wooden platform holds a fire pit with flames and offerings of bananas, pomegranates and flowers on banana leaves, with a silver kalasha-style vessel and brass pots nearby. Several men in white dhotis, some bare-chested with headcloths, sit and kneel around the fire, while a man in an orange-saffron shawl and dhoti sits at the right edge. A decorated deity shrine glows in the background behind rows of onlookers. The scene suggests a fire ritual with puja offerings.2016-12-12Night ritual inside a open-sided pandal with yellow canopy and hanging lamps. Priests in white dhotis sit on a striped mat before a wooden platform decorated with fruit, bananas, flowers and a kalasha, with brass vessels and a lamp stand in the foreground. Smoke rises from the altar area. A cameraman in white stands at left filming, and a central figure in dark attire with a white cloth receives the rite near a decorated deity murti. Men in orange shawls sit at right beside devotees and women in white saris. Hanging lamps and garlands decorate the ceiling.2016-12-12Photograph of a night ritual under a yellow-draped canopy hung with festoons and small lamps. In the foreground a large orange-brown wooden platform holds a tall kalasha-like vessel wrapped in white cloth, surrounded by fruit, bananas, a brass bowl and silver lamp stand, and offerings on a colourful striped cloth. Behind it, men in white dhotis and bare torsos sit in rows, and a shirtless man in the left foreground raises his arm with a white cloth. A figure in orange cloth sits on the right, and a photographer in white stands at the left edge. In the background a decorated shrine holds a deity murti with garlands, and a gold throne-like seat appears at the far left. Several people in white are visible seated and standing near the shrine. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance cues, so the identity is left uncertain.2016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12December 12 20162016-12-12September 26 20172017-09-26A photograph of a large ceremonial hall with a striped tented ceiling hung with colourful tassels and paper lanterns. In the left foreground a bearded man with a red-and-gold turban, rudraksha mala and garland sits on an ornate gold throne with a canopy, a probable Swamiji candidate by visible cues of turban, mala and ceremonial dress. Before him, a white-haired shaven-chested priest in white dhoti with yellow sash sits behind a wooden homa/yagna platform holding a ladle. Another priest in an orange-and-yellow shawl stands pouring from a vessel while seated devotees in white and yellow sit in rows. Fruits, leaves, bowls and offering trays cover the red mat in front, and a crowd fills the hall.2016-12-07A tented hall decorated with hanging colourful tassels, paper lanterns and oil lamps shows a fire ritual in progress. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a striped border, wearing an orange cloth and a flower garland, leans over a wooden homa fire pit on a red carpet, lighting it with a flame while offerings of fruit, flowers and brass vessels surround the pit. Two men in white dhoti stand at left, one speaking into a microphone, others with hands folded. Behind them a large seated crowd, many men bare-chested in white, sits in rows. On the right a seated figure in saffron-orange robes wears a crown-like headdress, rudraksha-style beads and a white flower garland, seated on a gold-and-red throne. The scene reads as a homa with puja offerings.2016-12-05