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Two men in saffron-red robes sit on a multicoloured striped mat during a ritual at dusk. The man on the left, with a black head cloth and bare upper body, pours from a small vessel into a silver pot set on a stand. The man on the right, wearing a black head cloth, white tilak and a rudraksha mala, tends silver vessels and brass bowls of offerings. Behind them is a silver throne-like seat with a red cushion, a silver elephant figure, silver lamp stands, marigold garlands and framed portraits on a draped table. The setting is an outdoor ritual space with string lights overhead.

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March 03 20182018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03A photograph of a ritual scene inside a shrine lined with black stone deity statues draped in marigold garlands and colourful cloth. A man with long dark hair and a pink-and-white flower garland sits on an ornate silver-backed chair, dressed in a rust-red cloth wrapped at the waist, with a silver ritual item and small oil lamp before him. Beside him, a younger man with a tied topknot and orange cloth kneels, and another man in a red headcloth kneels on a multicoloured woven mat, handling metal bowls and offerings. A silver elephant figure and a tall silver lamp stand nearby, with bowls of kumkum and turmeric at the lower right. The men appear to be performing a puja or abhishekam at the shrine.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A photograph of a fire ritual inside a temple hall. In the centre, a bearded man in a dark turban and red-brown robe with rudraksha malas sits cross-legged beside a small burning fire pit and wooden ritual apparatus, his hand over the offerings. To his right, a bare-chested young man in orange cloth with white body markings tends the flame. Behind them stand garlanded deity murtis and a decorated altar, with silver kalasha vessels and lamps set on a patterned mat in the foreground. Marigold garlands hang across the stone pillars.2018-03-03March 03 20182018-03-03June 04 20182018-06-04Night-time homa at an outdoor ritual site. A young priest in orange and red robes, with an orange turban, white body markings and rudraksha beads, pours an offering with a long ladle over a blazing fire built into a tiered stack of yellow turmeric-coated bricks. A second priest in orange sits beside a silver throne-like seat decorated with a garland of yellow and red flowers, a kalasha and a mango and banana offering. Brass lamps, a kettle, silver bowls of grains and fruit, and a plate with a sprinkling of pink flower petals lie on a striped cloth in the foreground. Several other seated participants appear at the left edge.2018-06-04A photograph of a fire ritual (homa) at night in a temple hall. A bearded man with a dark turban and rudraksha-style beads sits on a silver-framed red seat, wearing a rust-red cloth, watching the fire. Beside him, a shirtless young man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl kneels and tends the flames, arm raised, feeding a wooden block into a fire pit. Silver kalasha pots and a tall silver staff stand in the foreground. Behind them, garlanded deity murtis and statues in green and red silk and yellow marigold garlands line the stone platform. A striped woven mat covers the floor.2018-03-03January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31A temple ritual inside a shrine hall with a dark stone deity murti visible behind. A man with a tall dark hair bun and a red-brown cloth sits on a red seat, holding a small tool near a wooden stand. A bare-chested man in orange-brown cloth kneels at his right, his hands on the wooden object. Silver kalasha pots and a silver vessel stand on a low table in front, and the floor is covered with a striped woven mat. Multiple dark stone murtis wrapped in yellow marigold garlands line the back wall, with a teal draped figure above.2018-03-03