Night-time ritual scene in an open covered pavilion. Four men in saffron-orange and red-brown dhotis stand at a low stone altar draped with a white cloth. A shaven-headed priest in the centre left holds a flame over a flower-decked deity murti, with orange, yellow and red marigold garlands and loose petals on the altar. A man with long swept-back hair, wearing a gold-bordered orange dhoti, several beaded garlands and a gold-trimmed shawl, stands beside the altar with his hands folded. On the right, a man in red-orange robes holds a tall wooden staff topped by a fringed ceremonial canopy. A smaller white-clad figure stands at the left edge. Oil lamps and brass vessels sit on the altar.

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2013-05-27Source: title

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May 27 2013

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