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A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red rudraksha-style bead necklace raises a brass plate of burning camphor or oil flame overhead during a ritual in an unfinished concrete hall. Behind him stand two men in white dhotis and a man in a blue-and-red striped cloth, with hands pressed together in worship. Green bananas hang from a banana tree on the right, and smoke drifts across the frame.

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September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24A photograph of a temple ritual inside a pillared hall. In the foreground a shirtless priest with a short grey beard and a long red coral bead mala stands in a white dhoti with lavender-striped border, holding a wicker basket of flowers and offerings and gazing upward. Beside him a second man in a blue and red striped cloth and white dhoti holds a brass five-flame aarti lamp on a tray toward the right, while smoke drifts through the air. Two more men stand behind, one wearing glasses and a red tilak, and the setting shows grey stone pillars and window grilles.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24 +1 copiesSeptember 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a coloured border holds up a brass multi-wick aarti lamp with five lit flames, one hand on his chest. A red coral bead mala hangs around his neck and a red tilak marks his forehead. Smoke drifts around him, and a second man in white stands behind him. Banana leaves hang overhead at the left, and devotees in orange and saffron saris stand at the left edge, their hands pressed together.2012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24September 24 20122012-09-24