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Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram-style courtyard: a deity murti of a seated figure draped in colourful cloth and heavy garlands of yellow and white flowers, with a crowned face visible, is being honoured at a table covered in an orange cloth. Brass vessels, bananas, coconuts and marigold petals surround it. A man in an orange robe with a long garland of beads and a shoulder cloth reaches forward holding a plate, while a woman in a yellow-trimmed white top offers a plate of grains and a small lit oil lamp. Standing devotees in white clothes crowd the background, many with folded hands, some holding up cameras or watching, with a tiled building behind.

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December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor ritual scene at an ashram-like site with a bare dirt ground, a red and yellow umbrella overhead, and a white bus behind. A deity murti decorated with white and yellow flower garlands, a gold crown and a green cloth sits on a white table draped in orange, set with fruit, plantain, flower baskets, a brass kalasha-style vessel and other pooja offerings. A long-haired figure in a flowing orange robe with a maroon-edged shawl faces the table with an arm extended toward the offerings, while white-clad devotees stand around with palms pressed together in namaskar. Several men in white kurtas and lanyards and a bearded man in white stand nearby, with a few onlookers in the background. The scene suggests a procession or pooja for the murti. Water tanks and simple brick buildings are visible at right.2009-12-23Outdoor puja before a richly garlanded processional deity murti on a wooden utsava palanquin draped with a white and gold cloth, decorated with yellow and white flower garlands. Offerings are laid on orange-covered tables, including a watermelon, fruits, a brass vessel and banana-leaf plates. Devotees in white clothes, a woman in an orange sari with dark hair seated at the front, and women in yellow and red saris stand with palms joined. A man in a white shirt with a gold cord, a woman in purple, and a white-haired woman in the background look on.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor puja scene at an ashram-style gathering. Two decorated deity murtis or utsava moorthis are heavily garlanded with white jasmine and yellow marigold strands and draped in a white cloth with gold border, set on a wheeled cart beside a long table. The table holds fruit offerings including bananas, coconuts, a carved watermelon, and brass vessels, with an orange cloth. Around it devotees sit and stand with hands folded in anjali. Several people wear white clothes with rudraksha malas; women wear yellow and orange saris. A pale-skinned woman in white clasps her hands near the table, and a grey-haired woman in a white outfit stands nearby. Overhead a banner with printed text is visible. Roughly two dozen people appear in the frame.2009-12-23Outdoor photo of a festival procession on a dirt road. A long-haired person in saffron-orange robes stands at the left with their back to the camera, facing a decorated wooden cart. The cart carries a deity murti draped in green and blue cloth and heavily garlanded with white and yellow flowers, with a kalasha-like vessel, fruit offerings, a large carved fruit and a flower-decorated basket on an orange cloth. Several people in white clothes with yellow or orange cloth and lanyards stand around the cart, some with folded hands, and a woman in white with a yellow shawl and rudraksha mala is at the right. Concrete buildings and a loudspeaker stack are visible behind.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoor photo at a roadside ritual setting with a decorated deity murti on a vehicle draped in white, blue and saffron cloth and heaped with white and yellow flower garlands. A young man in saffron robes and a rudraksha-style mala, with a long swept-back hairstyle, holds out a silver plate of fruit, coconut and flowers toward two women in white dhotis. Several devotees in white clothes stand behind the table, some clapping and smiling, with brick and corrugated-roof buildings in the background. Offerings including fruit, a brass lamp and a basket of flowers sit on an orange-covered table. a person candidate: the saffron-robed young man with long hair and a mala fits the appearance cues, but identity is uncertain from appearance alone, so role is given as a sannyasi offering prasad.2009-12-23December 23 20092009-12-23Outdoors at a dusty site, a figure in a flowing saffron-orange robe with long dark hair stands at a white table draped in orange cloth, lifting a hand toward a deity murti decorated with white and yellow flower garlands and a crown. A red and yellow umbrella with tassels shades the murti, and fruit, flower offerings and a banana bunch sit on the table. Around the table, devotees in white clothes with saffron-yellow shawls stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, some wearing lanyards. Brick buildings and a water tank are behind, with a loudspeaker stack at the top of the frame.2009-12-23