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A photograph inside a temple-style room with wooden flooring and a black-railed staircase hung with marigold garlands. At left, a priest in a rust-brown dhoti with a maroon turban and gold-banded waist cloth tends an offering altar with lamps and flower garlands. In front of him a square brick fire pit blazes with a visible homa. Behind the altar, bronze-coloured deity murtis stand under a backdrop. A woman in a white sari with a red-and-white garland, hands in anjali, stands near the stairs. A man in white kurta and another in a maroon garment with hands folded sit at right, and a further person stands in white at the top of the stairs.

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June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesA priest in a maroon dhoti and matching shawl with an orange-red turban bends over a draped purple-covered altar in a temple room, reaching toward a lit oil lamp and garlanded metal idols. Three metal deity figures stand behind the altar: a bearded sage-like figure on the left, a female deity holding a trident on the centre pedestal, and a figure in a green and red sari on the right, all adorned with flower garlands. Next to the altar, an open brick fire pit burns with flames, surrounded by brass vessels, flower petals, banana leaves and fruit offerings. On the right, a woman in white sari with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded in namaskar beside a staircase draped with garlands. A gold-and-maroon ornate throne chair stands on the left, with a golden staff leaning beside it. The scene shows a homa or puja being performed.2014-06-28 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual in an indoor shrine room with a wooden floor and tiled wall. A man in an orange-red turban and orange-red wrap with gold border holds a lit flame aloft over a flower-garlanded altar. Behind him stand small bronze and painted deity murti figures, one with a crown and necklaces. At the lower right, a woman in a white sari with orange border stands with palms pressed together. At the lower left, a shaven-headed man in white clothes with a rudraksha mala and wrist bands holds a small brass vessel. In front, a brick fire pit (homa/yagna) burns with flames, surrounded by scattered petals and offerings. A gold-and-red throne chair stands at left beside a staircase with garlands.2014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesJune 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28 +1 copiesIndoor ritual scene at an ashram hall with a golden statue of a seated sage at left, its hands folded, and a golden throne-like chair at lower right. A priest in a dark red-maroon dhoti and shawl stands at right pouring a liquid from a vessel over a rectangular fire pit (homa/yagna kunda) with burning flames. Another priest in maroon sits behind, and a woman in a white sari with a red border stands with hands folded beside a man in white kurta and dhoti. Two covered deity forms or altar objects draped in purple cloth are garlanded with white and red flower garlands, with a kalasha, brass lamp, offerings and scattered petals on the floor. A white-clothed attendant stands at right and camera tripods and a cameraman are visible. Orange-red garlands hang from the staircase railing.2014-06-28Indoor temple-room ritual at an ashram with a staircase and dark wooden railings. On the left, a standing figure in a saffron-orange turban and orange-red dhoti stands with palms joined before a shrine table draped in purple, decorated with white and pink flower garlands; two golden deity murti stand on the left. In the centre, a woman in white sari with a red garland and a man in white kurta stand with palms pressed together. On the right, two men in orange-red robes with rudraksha malas stand near a camera on a tripod. In the lower foreground, two shaved-headed devotees sit before a flame and offerings. Orange marigold garlands hang along the staircase railing.2014-06-28 +1 copiesInterior of a home shrine room with a staircase and wooden floor, decorated with marigold and white flower garlands along the railings. On the left, a purple-draped altar holds metal murti statues: a bald figure, a crowned deity with a trident and garland, and a smaller figure. In the foreground a priest in a rust-orange robe with an orange turban stands with palms joined in front of the altar, with flower offerings and an oil lamp nearby. A woman in white sari with a red garland stands in prayer by the staircase, a man in white shirt and dhoti stands with palms pressed together, and a woman in white and another person in white stand farther back by the doorway, while a cameraman in a rust-orange robe films with a tripod on the right.2014-06-28June 28 20142014-06-28