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Night ritual scene at a temple-like shrine under a canopy. A man in white dhoti with a striped border lies prostrate on the stone platform in front of a fire pit with flames and flower offerings. Seated on an ornate gold throne with a red cushion and a tall gold-framed umbrella overhead is a person in saffron-red robes with a red-and-white garland, hands in anjali, wearing a tall dark headpiece. Behind them, a decorated deity murti is adorned with white flower garlands on a gold-trimmed red-draped throne. Standing spectators in white clothes watch at the back, and a silver kalasha-like vessel and fruit offerings sit at the left.

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Night-time ritual photo at an outdoor temple-style mandap. In the foreground a man in white dhoti with a gold border prostrates flat on the stone floor before a square fire pit with a burning homa flame, its steps decorated with yellow and orange flower garlands. At left a person in a yellow and red dhoti stands with hands folded. Behind the fire, a deity murti dressed in white silver-patterned garments with gold ornaments sits on a red-draped golden throne. On the right, a figure in a dark cap and orange-red robe with a red-and-white flower garland sits with palms pressed together on a gilded throne-like chair, beneath a colourful umbrella with fringed tassels. Several white-clad attendants stand in the background, and a brass kalasha and lamps sit on a side platform.2016-02-22 +1 copiesNight-time temple ritual photograph. A man in a white dhoti with a coloured border lies prostrate on a stone platform in front of a golden fire pit where a flame burns above flower-decorated offerings. Behind, a deity murti stands in a gold arched shrine with a red velvet backdrop, dressed with white garments and garlands. On the right, a seated figure in a rust-red robe with a red-and-white garland and a black head covering sits on a gilded throne beneath an ornate red, yellow and blue canopy with tassels, hands folded in reverence. Two attendants in white stand on the left. Several standing onlookers in white shirts watch from the background.2016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22February 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +2 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor ritual before a golden-framed shrine holding a deity murti decorated with white garlands and a red cloth backdrop. In the foreground a priest in white dhoti and bare chest, with a pink-tied head covering, tends a large fire pit with an open flame. A seated figure in a golden ornate chair under a multicoloured canopy wears a deep red-brown robe, a dark head covering and a red-and-white garland, with hands pressed together in prayer. Nearby stand a decorated kalasha-like pillar with flower garlands, silver vessels, offerings of fruit and flowers, and a fan. Several people are faintly visible in the background.2016-02-22 +1 copiesFebruary 22 20162016-02-22 +2 copies