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A Hindu wedding ritual under a pink-draped canopy before a deity murti adorned with flower garlands and brass lamps. A seated priest in saffron robes speaks into a microphone while a bride in orange sari and garlanded groom in white kurta sit with hands folded at a fire pit with offerings. Fruit, flowers, bananas and a steel plate of food lie on a mat. Other seated people in orange and white clothing watch, and a cameraman with a tripod films at left.

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December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesDecember 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesOutdoor temple ritual under a pink-draped canopy with leaf garlands overhead. Behind an altar is a large deity murti adorned with garlands and flowers, with brass lamps and kalasha-like vessels on a stone platform. In the foreground, several people in saffron/orange robes tend offerings: one kneels arranging marigold and flower garlands on a mat, another carries a plate, and others stand nearby. A man in white clothes with an orange shawl sits with folded hands beside a woman in a red-orange sari, both wearing flower garlands, facing the altar. Trays of fruit, coconuts, sweets, grain, and flower heaps surround them. Devotees in colourful saris sit on mats at the right, and a cameraman with a tripod films at left.2008-12-26Outdoor homa ritual under a canopy of leaves with pink curtains, before a shrine with a deity murti decorated with marigold garlands and flowers. In the foreground, several people in saffron and orange robes sit on mats around a stone fire pit with lit flame, wood sticks, and offering trays of fruit, flowers, and oil lamps. A central figure in white clothes with a marigold garland sits beside a woman in orange sari garlanded similarly, while a man in white and saffron stands behind them. A seated woman in orange blows into a conch-like ritual or hand motion. Devotees in saffron, orange, pink and green saris sit on the right and back, and a cameraman with a tripod films at left.2008-12-26December 26 20082008-12-26 +1 copiesOutdoor Vedic marriage ritual before a shrine decorated with a deity murti, flower garlands and brass lamps. A bare-chested man in orange cloth with long swept-back hair sits at left, speaking and holding a plate of marigold petals; a standing priest in orange cloth at centre pours offerings over the shrine. A bride in a red-orange sari and a groom in white dhoti with a white shirt and flower garland sit with hands folded before a square fire pit of white bricks with smoke rising. Fruit, bananas, oranges, apples, flower plates and brass vessels lie on the mat. Elderly men in white and orange shawls sit behind. The man at left has distinctive long hair and orange clothing consistent with a person appearance, though this is uncertain.2008-12-26 +1 copiesA wedding-style Vedic ritual in a temple pavilion with pink curtains and a stone altar holding a deity murti garlanded with flowers. A priest in orange robes sits cross-legged at the front, conducting the rite beside a seated couple: a man in white with a garland and a woman in an orange sari with flower garlands. Other orange-clad priests sit around brass plates of fruit, flowers, coconuts and oil lamps. A cameraman in white stands on the left by a tripod, and seated devotees in white, orange and saffron fill the hall behind a large brass staff in the foreground.2008-12-26Outdoor Hindu wedding ritual under a pink-curtained canopy before a shrine with a deity murti garlanded in marigold and orange flowers, with brass lamps and kalasha-style vessels in front. On the mat, a priest in orange robes with a bare-shoulder wrap works over puja offerings of fruit, flowers and leaves. Seated nearby, a couple in white and orange ceremonial clothes with flower garlands receive the rite, with a man in white and orange wrap standing behind. A cameraman on a tripod films the ceremony, and several women in saffron and orange saris and a seated devotee in orange sit along the mat. Banana, mango and sweets are arranged on brass plates.2008-12-26Outdoor temple ritual under a pink-draped canopy hung with green mango-leaf garlands. A woman in orange robes holds a brass tray with a lit flame toward the shrine, while other women in orange stand nearby. Behind them a deity murti with flower garlands and gold ornaments sits on a stone altar with brass lamps. In the foreground, a seated couple in white and orange wedding clothes, with flower garlands, sit before a spread of fruit, sweets, bananas, coconuts, brass lamps and offering plates on a mat, consistent with a Vedic marriage ceremony. A man in white robes and orange shawl photographs the scene at right, and a drummer in white sits in the background.2008-12-26