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Night-time outdoor ritual scene under a decorated tent. A man in orange-saffron robes stands at left holding a white fan or cloth, facing a stage. On the right stands a large decorated deity murti with a gold-and-white halo and garlands, beside a smaller murti in red and gold. The floor holds brass plates of fruit, a brass bowl, a silver vessel, a brass lamp and a green leaf-covered offering table, indicating puja. Strings of marigold garlands and banana-leaf decorations hang overhead. Several people in white sit in the background tent area, and bright lights illuminate the stage.

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October 19 20122012-10-19October 19 20122012-10-19October 19 20122012-10-19Night ritual on a raised outdoor stage with a red and white canopy and marigold garlands. A priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, stands at left holding a lit lamp or flame over a fire pit (homa) on a low brass-edged platform. Behind him, a seated priest in orange clothes assists. Brass lamps, silver ritual implements, bowls of fruit and a plate of offerings sit on the floor. The back shrine holds a deity murti in a white floral arch with a multi-armed goddess figure, flanked by gold-framed shrines with garlanded deities on a red-draped seat. Right of centre, a garlanded image is wrapped in gold-bordered cloth.2012-10-19 +1 copiesA night ritual photograph in a temple-style pavilion decorated with orange and red cloth and garlands. A standing priest in an orange dhoti and orange shawl, with a rudraksha-style necklace, performs a ritual gesture over a fire pit with his hands; a seated priest in orange clothes beside him joins palms in prayer. Before them is a brass fire pit with a small flame, surrounded by silver and brass ritual implements, a kalasha-style brass lamp, fruits, a plate of grain and lime-coloured leaves. Behind the altar stands a decorated deity murti with a multi-armed goddess image, flanked by garlanded murtis dressed in yellow and gold, on a golden throne with floral garlands. Oil lamps and brass lamps stand on the raised platform. Two people are visible.2012-10-19A night-time puja held under a thatched canopy hung with mango leaves and tassels. At the centre, a large deity murti with many arms stands on a decorated platform, flanked by smaller murtis and white floral arches. In front, a priest in white dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala, tends a flame near a fire pit and brass lamps. A seated figure in a red-and-gold chair, wearing a dark dress, sits in the right-centre; a man in saffron robes sits on the floor beside a folded-hands devotee in saffron at the far right. Trays of fruit, sweets, coconuts and offerings cover the white cloth in the foreground. The scene shows a homa-style ritual with offerings.2010-10-11October 16 20122012-10-16October 17 20122012-10-17October 11 20102010-10-11 +1 copiesNight outdoor homa under a canopy decorated with red, orange and green streamers and marigold garlands. In the foreground a man in an orange-brown robe, seen from behind, holds a ritual vessel over a fire pit where a fire burns on a yellow-tiled base with brass bowls and offerings. Behind him a gilded throne is backed by a red cloth; a seated figure in orange robes sits on it, with a large garlanded deity murti beside and a decorated image of a goddess with multiple arms and a lion mount on the left. Brass oil lamps, a banana plant, a microphone and a speaker surround the setting, with a plate of flowers on the right.2012-10-17October 18 20122012-10-18 +1 copiesOutdoor evening ritual stage under a tented canopy with orange and green draped borders and marigold garlands. A standing priest in a pink-orange dhoti and shawl, bare-chested with a sacred thread, faces a raised golden throne-like seat where a seated figure in orange robes is present. Behind the throne, a deity murti of Durga-style goddess with lion and attendant figures is framed by a white floral arch, and a second golden shrine holds another garlanded deity murti. A man in orange clothing sits at right with hands folded in namaskar. Foreground holds brass bowls, kalasha-style vessels, plates of fruit and flowers, oil lamps and puja offerings on a yellow cloth.2012-10-16