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Outdoors under palm trees at dusk, a man with long dark hair and a red and white flower garland kneels and holds a lit oil lamp or aarti toward a deity murti decorated with a crown, trident and gold ornaments. The murti sits on a red cloth-draped platform surrounded by marigold and mixed flower garlands and tall colourful fabric banners with orange and blue patterns. Brass vessels and a small cup sit on the platform. A camera operator in an orange garment films the ritual in the background, and a poster is attached to a shelter behind. The man wears a leopard-print garment and a rudraksha-style red bead garland, with white tilak marks on his forehead. This appears to be an aarti offering at a deity shrine.

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A bare-chested man with long swept-back dark hair and a red flower garland performs aarti with a lit oil lamp before a deity murti. The murti is adorned with garlands of yellow and red flowers, gold jewellery and a green and gold sari-like cloth, seated on a red draped platform. Ornate red, yellow and blue fabric banners hang on pillars around it, with palm trees and a corrugated shed behind. A photographer with a camera stands behind the man. Brass bowls, a kalasha and a small vessel sit on the platform in the foreground.2013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual at an outdoor shrine beside palm trees. A woman with long dark hair, wearing a leopard-print blouse and a red flower garland, stands at left with palms pressed together in namaste. Behind her a man in white stands near a table holding brass bells, small bowls and a lamp. At right a deity murti is decorated with yellow and red flower garlands, a gold crown and a green and gold garment, set on a red cloth before tall colourful fabric banners with orange fringe and floral patterns. The scene suggests a puja or aarti.2013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02March 02 20132013-03-02A photograph of a devotee in a leopard-print blouse and orange sari kneeling at a raised platform before a decorated deity murti. The murti is a seated female form draped in a green and gold garment, adorned with a gold crown, necklaces and a full garland of yellow, red, white and green flowers. It sits within a gold arched frame under a canopy, flanked by tall red, blue and yellow embroidered banners with floral motifs and fringed bottoms. Brass puja vessels, a kalasha-style pot and a bowl sit on a red cloth at the platform's base, with palm trees behind. One physical person is visible.2013-03-02A woman with long dark hair, wearing a red flower garland, holds a lit oil lamp toward a decorated deity murti. The murti stands in front of a golden arch and is adorned with layered garlands of yellow, red, white and purple flowers and a green-and-gold skirt, and holds a trident. Behind it hang richly patterned yellow, orange, red and blue cloth panels with floral motifs. A red cloth covers the base, and a camera or lens is visible at lower right. This is an aarti offering before the decorated murti.2013-03-02A photograph of a decorated festival cart with a golden deity murti seated on a red cloth, surrounded by red, white and yellow garlands, with colourful embroidered cloth panels in red, blue and yellow hanging from a canopy overhead. A person with long dark hair, wearing a leopard-print garment with an orange shawl and a red garland, stands in profile at the front of the cart with palms joined in prayer. On the cart's tray are brass puja vessels including a bell, a lamp and small cups. A second person in white clothes with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala films the scene at the left edge. Palm trees and a tin-roofed structure appear in the background.2013-03-02A woman with long dark hair, seen from behind and wearing a leopard-print top and a red flower garland, raises her right hand in salutation toward a golden deity murti seated on a red cloth-draped platform. The murti is decorated with white, yellow, red and purple flower garlands and wears gold ornaments. Behind it stands a golden arched canopy framed by tall red, blue and yellow decorated pillars with floral and bird motifs. Brass oil lamps and a small offering vessel sit at the base of the platform beneath a lit flame, and palm trees appear in the background.2013-03-02October 03 20162016-10-03