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A festival float decorated for a procession at night. Marigold and jasmine garlands with red and yellow flowers hang overhead and drape the sides. In the centre, rows of brass pots wrapped in woven straw, topped with green coconut-like kalasha and mango leaves, sit on a pink lotus-petal platform. A white stone deity figure with a garland stands at the left edge, and a painted deity face with red garlands appears lower left. Fairy lights hang in the background, and a few people are visible among the crowd and behind the decorations.

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A photograph of a decorated festival float at night, framed by long strings of white jasmine, orange marigold and red-and-yellow flower garlands hanging overhead. In front stands a pink lotus-shaped pedestal holding rows of brass-and-woven-basket pots topped with mango leaves and coconuts, a kalasha-style offering arrangement. Small green fairy lights glow in the background. A small figure of a bull with red flower garlands sits at lower left, and a few indistinct people are visible in the background of the crowd. Not evidence of a specific named event; the visible setting is a night procession or temple-related float with floral decoration.2009-01-12Night photograph of an outdoor temple-style ritual setting densely decorated with orange and white marigold and jasmine garlands hanging from overhead canopies. In the centre a large pink lotus pedestal sits on a coiled serpent-like base with dotted patterns. A long row of brass pots with pointed mango-leaf and coconut-type tops stands on a white-draped table in the foreground, with bowls of offerings nearby. Behind, white stone deity murtis are seated in arched niches, and several people sit on mats in orange and red clothing, some with hands folded. Strings of lights glow in the background.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A photograph of an outdoor temple-style ritual setting decorated with hanging garlands of orange and white marigold and jasmine. A long white-draped table holds rows of ornate brass-and-cream conical pots topped with fruit and flowers, with a tiered pink-and-white pedestal behind them. Trays of sweets and offerings sit on the cloth, and steel vessels stand at the right. On the left, several women in orange and saffron saris and garlands stand with hands folded in prayer, beside a man in a white dhoti and shirt. Smoke or incense drifts through the scene and a drum rests in the lower left. A framed picture is garlanded on the upper right. The scene suggests a puja offering, though the exact ritual is not clear.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12Night photograph of a temple ritual setting decorated with orange and white flower garlands hanging from a canopy. A figure in orange robes stands at center holding a raised light, with a second person in orange and a man in white dhoti and shirt beside them, hands joined in prayer. On the right, rows of decorated kalasha pots with mango leaves and coconuts sit on a white-draped table beneath a pink lotus-shaped pedestal, with garlands around a framed picture. Brass vessels and offering plates with flowers and fruit are visible in the foreground. This appears to be a puja or aarti with kalasha offerings.2009-01-12Night-time photo of an outdoor temple-style rite. A seated man in orange robes and a garland sits on an orange-draped seat beside a large pink lotus-shaped pedestal and a white and red carved figure. Dozens of covered brass pots with coconut-like tops and green leaves are arranged on a white-draped table in front, with flower garlands of orange marigolds and white jasmine hanging from pillars. Standing devotees with folded hands watch in white clothing at the back, and brass vessels and fruit sit at the lower edge.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12A decorated ritual hall lit by oil lamps and draped with orange and white marigold garlands. Several priests in white dhotis sit on the floor around a large circular arrangement of rows of small clay oil lamps, banana leaves and metal buckets of offerings. One seated man wears an orange-saffron cloth and a bare upper body. White marble statues of deities stand on pedestals, and a pink lotus-shaped seat with a green patterned base sits at right beside silver pots of fruit. Smoke hangs in the air. Printed signs in Tamil script appear near the statues. This appears to be a puja setting with abhishekam-style offerings.2009-01-12Night ritual scene under a canopy strung with orange and marigold garlands. Several men in white dhotis sit on the floor around a central fire pit, with a long row of small oil lamps, banana-leaf-lined steel buckets and offering plates in front. Behind them stand white sculptures of deities and sages, and a pink and green serpent-hooded throne stands at the right with a tray of decorated coconuts. A man in a red-orange shawl sits near the fire, and devotees sit in the background.2009-01-12Evening ritual photograph at an outdoor temple-style pavilion decorated with marigold and orange garlands and strings of lights. A seated figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on an elevated orange-draped seat at the back, surrounded by devotees in orange and white. In the foreground a man in white with an orange shawl sits with his back to the camera before a long white-draped table laden with rows of small brass lamps, coconuts, fruit, steel bowls and conical offerings. Smoke rises at the left near a white statue of a seated deity and a white carved figure with a crown and garlands. Several people in white clothing stand and sit nearby.2009-01-12January 12 20092009-01-12