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Night ritual photo at a temple: a priest with bare upper body and a red-and-green dhoti raises his arm to pour or offer over a tall, brightly painted ceremonial structure decorated with red and white flower garlands, a kalasha on top, and carved lion and multi-headed serpent figures at its base. Smoke or incense haze drifts across the scene, and a second man in white dhoti and shawl stands at the left. Strings of small coloured lights hang overhead, and an oil lamp is visible on the right wall. Flower offerings are scattered at the base.

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April 28 20172017-04-28April 28 20172017-04-28February 16 20162016-02-16 +2 copiesNight-time temple ritual photograph. Two priests stand before a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded shrine with a kalasha-like altar and a lion-mount figure. The priest in front, bare-chested with an orange-saffron dhoti and a pink-edged cloth, raises a long garland of red roses and yellow flowers with both hands while smoke or incense drifts across the frame. A second priest in a white dhoti with a pink-striped cloth and a garland stands beside him, shirtless with a sacred thread. Brass oil lamps burn in the foreground, with coconut and offerings near the base of the shrine. Appears to be an abhishekam or aarti-type puja. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2016-02-16 +1 copiesMarch 16 20172017-03-16Night photo of a ritual at a tiered, painted deity structure decorated with red and white flowers, garlands and a kalasha on top, flanked by lions, serpents and a carved figure. A bare-backed priest in a maroon dhoti with a green-and-gold border reaches up to adorn the top of the structure, and a man in white clothes holds a microphone at left. Smoke drifts across the right side, and string lights hang overhead. A logo appears at top left.2017-04-28A night-time temple ritual photograph. A bare-chested priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and garland, pours liquid from a small silver vessel over a flower-decorated deity murti housed in a canopy of yellow and red garlands. Smoke and incense haze drift around the shrine, with oil lamps burning at the base and a silver bowl of offerings and flowers in front. A second bare-chested man in white dhoti with a garland stands at left, holding a microphone, and another assistant in white stands behind him. A gilded doorway with red drapery frames the right side. Appears to be an abhishekam or puja.2016-02-16February 16 20162016-02-16Night-time ritual at a homa fire inside an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and strings of coloured lights. A bearded man with long hair, bare-chested and wearing a white dhoti with a pink-bordered cloth, a red rudraksha mala and a wristwatch, holds a lit oil lamp aloft with his right hand while his left hand is raised in a mudra. Beside him a young man, bare-chested with a white dhoti and sacred thread, stands with palms pressed together. Flames and smoke rise from a fire pit at right, with offerings and a red-flowered bowl near it. To the left, a large decorated structure with pink lotus tiers, garlands of white and red flowers, carved lions and a serpent-like base stands beside fruit, bowls and brass vessels on a cloth. A gilded throne with a canopy and brass lamp stands behind them, and white-clad devotees sit in the background.2017-03-16February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesNight ritual photograph at an outdoor homa fire pit in front of a decorated shrine. A bare-chested priest in an orange dhoti with a green border holds a red cloth bundle over the fire with both hands, a rudraksha mala around his neck and sacred ash marks on his chest. Beside him a second bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands with a garland around his neck. Behind them a tiered shrine is wrapped in yellow and orange marigold garlands and holds a brass kalasha, with carved stone figures and a white lotus. Brass oil lamps flank the fire pit, which is surrounded by flower petals, fruit and a brass bowl. Gold-framed doorway on the right.2016-02-16April 28 20172017-04-28