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November 28 20112011-11-28 +1 copiesOctober 01 20112011-10-01August 22 20132013-08-22November 07 20102010-11-07December 31 20112011-12-31June 01 20122012-06-01 +1 copiesOctober 03 20112011-10-03 +2 copiesNovember 28 20112011-11-28 +1 copiesA four-panel collage of photographs from a nighttime temple ritual at Bidadi. Top-left: two robed figures in white hold up lit torches or fire lamps beside a dark platform strewn with flower petals. Top-right: a single white-robed priest raises a flaming torch in the dark. Bottom-left: a wide view of a darkened hall with a lit central stage and an ornate deity murti before a curtain. Bottom-right: a richly decorated deity murti with floral garlands and lamps on an illuminated altar. No physical people are clearly visible in the lower panels.2010-07-12A nighttime photograph of a fire ritual. In the center, a man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala holds a flame or offering stick over a blazing fire pit, with flames rising in the foreground. Around him, several devotees stand close, including a younger man in white and a woman in a yellow sari on the left, watching the fire. Behind them, a shrine is decorated with red and pink flowers and garlands, and a deity image is partly visible. A small inset picture in the upper right shows a seated deity figure with a red and gold background.2010-09-11September 01 20112011-09-01January 09 and 10 2001 - Day 1 and 2 of Chandi Homa in Kavunthapadi