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A priest in a yellow shawl and white dhoti, shown from behind and bare-chested, raises a long reddish cloth or ceremonial strand over a golden deity shrine adorned with multicoloured flower arches. Brass lamps and a flaming pit, a homa or fire offering, sit in front of a golden peetha decorated with marigold garlands. Ornate figures and a fabric-draped pillar frame the scene at night, with string lights overhead. Another person in green stands near the shrine behind the flames. No clear evidence of the a person candidate is visible, so no identity claim is made.

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December 15 20162016-12-15A temple ritual photograph in a shrine decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands, colourful striped arches and a gold-fringed yellow canopy. Two priests stand at the left: one in white dhoti with a green-and-gold silk upper cloth and a yellow shawl, arms extended toward the altar; the other in a white dhoti holding a microphone. Smoke or incense haze drifts across the foreground. A figure in a red-and-gold garment moves through the haze near a gilded throne-like stand. Behind them stands a deity murti decorated with flower garlands, with lamps and brass vessels on the altar below, and a maroon-and-gold curtain at the right.2016-12-15December 15 20162016-12-15 +1 copiesDecember 07 20162016-12-07Photo 11728706 +2 copiesDecember 15 20162016-12-15September 19 20152015-09-19A photograph of a ceremonial ritual inside a decorated open pavilion with a striped multicoloured cloth covering the floor. A man seated on an ornate silver-and-white peetha/throne at left wears a saffron-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala, with a tall coloured parasol above him. Beside a large burning fire pit (homa/yagna), a second robed figure in white sits near the fire. At right, a woman in an orange sari holds a lamp before a richly decorated shrine with a deity murti adorned with garlands of yellow and red flowers. Banana leaves, hanging yellow marigold garlands and small oil lamps decorate the roof. Several people are visible in the background.2016-12-19October 18 20152015-10-18August 09 20152015-08-09A temple ritual photograph in a shrine decorated with marigold and yellow flower garlands and gold arches. Two priests in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls stand on a raised platform, one lifting a brass vessel toward a deity murti in the niche. In front, a fire burns in a homa pit surrounded by flower offerings, brass bowls and oil lamps. A seated priest in green and a man in an orange robe sit at the lower right, with devotees beside them. Ornate golden parasols with colourful tassels hang above, and a brass oil lamp stands at the right edge.2016-03-27Night ritual at a raised stone platform with white and red striped walls. A priest in white dhoti and a green-and-orange sash pours liquid from a vessel toward a small flame set in a golden framed shrine niche. Garlands of yellow and orange flowers and a few decorated deity figures stand within the niche, with a blue cloth backdrop. Smoke rises from the fire pit. Brass lamps, a kalasha pot and flower offerings lie on the platform. A second priest in white stands at the left and a robed figure in saffron sits along the right edge with several seated devotees in orange and white clothing behind.2015-08-09