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Night outdoor puja at a shrine in Chennai. A large painted image of a fierce deity, with a crown, trident and many ornaments, is framed under a decorated umbrella. In front, a small metal kalasha-like pot sits on a leopard-print cloth garlanded with yellow marigolds. A person in a rust-coloured wrap stands at right, holding a lit oil lamp and a bell-like object. Brass plates and a small vessel lie on the stone platform below.

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Night outdoor puja before a framed image of Kalabhairava, a fierce deity murti shown with multiple arms, a raised weapon and a skull-crowned headdress. The image is garlanded with yellow marigolds, pink and red flowers and a green-and-brown bead mala, and sits under a small decorated canopy with a red and gold top. In front, a kneeling priest in an orange-saffron cloth with a white tripundra mark on his arm offers worship beside a lit oil lamp and brass vessels on a purple cloth. Green shrubs and a dark tree frame the scene.2021-04-04Photo 11731401 +3 copiesPhoto 11731398 +1 copiesMarch 02 20132013-03-02 +1 copiesNight photograph of a robed sadhu in orange-brown garments and a rust turban, bare-shouldered, extending a ceremonial silver lamp or ritual implement toward a large deity murti. The murti is a blue-faced goddess with multiple arms, wearing a white crown and white garments, draped in red and yellow marigold garlands and set against a maroon and gold backdrop. Before the murti stands a bright fire pit with orange flames and marigold garlands, and a brass oil lamp rests on the steps. A white and maroon striped staircase and a potted plant frame the scene.2013-11-02A night ritual photograph in which a man in an orange-brown wrapped garment and matching turban stands in profile at left, extending a silver ritual vessel toward a fire. Behind him a blue-faced deity murti, adorned with a pink garland and yellow flowers and a white crown, stands on a raised platform draped in yellow and maroon cloth. Brass oil lamps and marigold garlands sit at the base beside a bright flame, with white and red striped steps and a dark background. The scene suggests a puja or homa.2013-11-02November 25 20132013-11-25November 25 20132013-11-25A man in saffron-orange robes and an orange head wrap stands outdoors at night, raising a brass aarti lamp with lit flame toward a large blue-faced deity murti draped in a pink and yellow flower garland. Smoke or mist drifts through the air. Yellow flowers lie at the base, along with brass oil lamps and a yellow cloth-covered offering. Green foliage and a corrugated roof frame the scene.2013-11-02Night photograph at a shrine where a standing black stone deity murti stands inside a dark circular halo carved with weapons and figures, garlanded with red and yellow marigold strands, wearing a white and red sari with a rudraksha-style bead necklace and a trident raised behind. A small oil lamp burns on the stone plinth below, and red flowers lie scattered at its base. To the left, one person in an orange-brown robe with a leopard-print shawl, long dark hair and white facial markings stands barefoot with garlanded neck, holding a small offering. A bundle of iron rods rests on the ground in front. Concrete floor, orange-painted building wall and window behind.2013-03-02 +1 copiesA night-time photograph outside a building with orange walls. A man with long dark hair, white tilak on his forehead, red and yellow marigold garlands around his neck and a leopard-print wrap over an orange-brown cloth, holds a lit camphor aarti plate toward a large black stone deity murti with a trident, a crown-like headdress, a white and red garment and beaded necklaces. Red and yellow flower garlands drape the statue and red petals lie on its base, with an oil lamp on the ground nearby. Dark wooden sticks and a burning flame frame the foreground. This is an aarti offering before a deity statue.2013-03-02 +1 copiesNight-time photo of a barefoot person in an orange and leopard-print garment and shawl, with red and yellow flower garlands, holding a lit oil lamp flame near the face while performing aarti before a dark stone deity murti with a trident. The murti wears a red and white cloth, rudraksha-style bead necklaces and red-and-yellow flower garlands, and stands within a black circular halo. A small oil lamp sits on the stone base, with red petals and a brass trident-like object on the ground. Smoke rises in the background.2013-03-02 +1 copies