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Night ceremony under a corrugated roof strung with small coloured lights and red cords. Smoke rises from a fire pit at left, where people in saffron and orange garments tend offerings near a decorated deity murti on a yellow-and-red cart. Many bare-chested young men in white dhotis stand in long rows at right, their torsos marked with white ash, some holding small vessels, while older men in white and saffron attend nearby. A world map hangs on a red pillar and a speaker sits at centre. No figure can be confidently identified as a person from appearance here.

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May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02Photograph of a night ritual inside an open-sided covered hall decorated with string lights and a red-brown metal frame. In the foreground, a figure in an orange saffron garment with long dark braided hair stands with back to camera, hands clasped, facing an altar. Ahead, a row of young male devotees, bare-chested and wearing white dhotis with white shoulder cloths and sandalwood marks on their bodies, stand holding yellow-wrapped items. Near the centre, a decorated deity murti sits on an ornate yellow-and-red palanquin-like platform with a canopy, with smoke rising behind it and a kolam pattern drawn on the floor. A world map poster hangs on the back wall.2017-05-02Night ritual in an open-sided hall under corrugated roofing, strung with colourful festoon lights. A large crowd, mostly men bare-chested in white dhotis with white shoulder cloths and rudraksha-style neck strands, stands around a central fire pit with flames and smoke rising. On the left, a figure in a gold-and-yellow ornate throne with a parasol canopy and a ceremonial staff sits beside women in red and orange saris. A decorated square altar with a lotus-shaped kalasha and lion motifs stands to the right. On the wall, a banner shows a world map with green lights. This appears to be a homa or yagna during a Rudra abhishekam.2017-02-21May 02 20172017-05-02Night-time photograph of a large open-sided hall under corrugated roof, filled with a dense crowd of devotees mostly in white dhotis and white saris, many bare-chested men and women in white. At centre, a golden throne-like seat with a parasol canopy, and a richly decorated altar with a small fire pit giving off flame and a pink-and-blue layered platform with lion figures. Orange-robed participants sit near the front of the altar. A cameraman films the ceremony at right; a large banner at upper right shows a trident-bearing figure. Strings of coloured lights hang overhead. Appears to be a ritual gathering with fire offerings.2017-02-21May 02 20172017-05-02May 02 20172017-05-02February 21 20172017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21February 21 20172017-02-21A large open-sided hall at night filled with many people, mostly men and boys bare-chested in white dhotis and women in white and orange saris, gathered around a central fire pit where a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands tending the flames. Around the fire are offerings and a decorated ceremonial arrangement with a multi-tiered pink, blue and gold platform carved with lions. A golden ceremonial umbrella with striped canopy stands on the left, and strings of coloured lights hang from the ceiling. A framed portrait on the upper right shows a figure in red and gold robes, with the caption text visible on the photo. Crowd of over one hundred people attending a ritual homa with abhishekam-style offerings.2017-02-21