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Night photograph of a pada puja-style ritual before a large golden murti of a deity, dressed with garlands in yellow, red, and green and a tall gold canopy overhead. A man in orange robes and an ornate patterned headdress pours or offers from a vessel onto the figure. Beside him, a man in white dhoti with a yellow shawl sits with hands folded in prayer, and several other white-clad devotees, one with a yellow shawl, kneel or stand with palms together. Brass offerings, a silver tray and a small pot sit on a white-draped table in front of a gold pedestal. Electronic speakers appear at the edges.

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Night-time temple ritual under a large yellow canopy with red, purple and blue fringe. A standing priest in an ornate white-and-gold crown, bare-chested in a saffron-orange dhoti wrap, holds up a lit oil lamp toward a deity murti seated on a golden pedestal, decorated with garlands of yellow and orange flowers and a gold necklace. A seated attendant in white dhoti with a rudraksha-style necklace holds a small brass vessel beside offerings on a pink cloth-covered table, including brass plates, fruit and a red container. A pale-skinned woman in a white top and orange scarf stands with hands folded at right, and a man in a checked shirt watches. Strings of bunting and a decorated brass pillar appear in the background.2010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20November 20 20102010-11-20Night ritual at a temple-like outdoor pavilion lit by a flame. A deity murti is adorned with yellow and orange flower garlands and a rudraksha-style necklace, seated on a golden pedestal under an ornate yellow and red canopy with colourful fringe. A standing priest in an orange saffron garment with a blue-and-silver patterned tall cap holds up a lit oil lamp or camphor flame toward the murti in an aarti gesture. A seated attendant in white with a gold garland tends a brass vessel nearby, and an onlooker in a red and white shawl sits at the right edge. Strings of small orange pennants and decorative poles frame the background, with stone sculptures visible behind.2010-11-20December 12 20112011-12-12Night outdoor ritual photograph. A young man in an orange saffron dhoti and a tall patterned cylindrical hat holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a deity murti decorated with a bright gold-and-green garment and garlands of yellow and orange flowers. The murti sits on a tiered golden pedestal beneath a large yellow, red, green and purple fringed canopy. A second young man in a white dhoti with red borders stands with hands folded in namaskar beside it. Seated devotees in the foreground, some with palms together, watch the ceremony, with a black speaker box at right.2010-11-20December 12 20112011-12-12December 12 20112011-12-12November 20 20102010-11-20December 24 20112011-12-24Night photograph of a pada puja performed on a decorated gold-and-brass wheeled float. A priest in white dhoti and white head cloth stands before a silver-framed deity murti draped in yellow, red and green garlands, with a red-and-gold umbrella overhead. A man in an orange robe and ornate white-and-silver cap stands at left with folded hands beside brass plates of flowers, a kalasha and oil lamps. A woman in a white top at right watches. Speakers and a lamp sit behind the float.2011-12-12Night outdoor puja beneath a large ornate canopy with fringed tassels in yellow, red, green and purple. Beneath it a deity murti adorned with yellow and red garlands and gold ornaments sits on a golden pedestal. A seated priest in saffron-orange robes and a beaded necklace, on the left, holds a hand toward the altar. Beside him a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a striped border rings a bell and holds a lamp, with incense smoke rising. Other attendants in white stand and sit nearby, and bunting flags line the tent roof.2010-11-20