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A photograph of a Hindu ritual in a hall with a tiled floor scattered with flower petals. A bald priest in an orange-red dhoti and gold-bordered shawl stands at right, holding a white ceremonial fan toward a row of six women seated on the floor in red and maroon saris with white and orange garlands. Behind them stand large deity murtis draped in marigold and flower garlands and gold ornaments, with an ornate gold and red shrine at left. Brass lamps and offering bowls sit on the floor, and a decorated umbrella stands at right. A ceiling fan blade crosses the foreground.

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October 21 20152015-10-21October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesEvening ritual inside a tented hall where several women in matching deep red and maroon saris, with white and orange flower garlands, sit cross-legged on the floor before a decorated deity murti. The murti is draped in marigold and jasmine garlands and gold ornaments, flanked by lion-figured pedestals and brass oil lamps. In the foreground a shaved-headed priest in orange-brown clothing, with a rudraksha mala, performs the ceremony, and brass bowls and a kalasha sit on a yellow-and-green floral mandala. Scattered petals cover the floor, and a ceiling fan and orange canopy frame the scene. a person is not clearly visible in this image.2015-10-21 +1 copiesA ceremonial puja in a open hall with a white canopy ceiling and hanging chandeliers. A bald priest in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, stands barefoot holding a lit aarti lamp aloft before a golden throne-like seat decorated with garlands. Seated on the left, several women in red and pink saris wearing flower garlands sit on a patterned mat in front of a yellow brick-like arrangement of offerings and brass plates. A deity murti adorned with flower garlands sits on the central peetha, and a golden ornate throne with an umbrella stands at right where a man in an orange turban and red garland sits with hands folded. Gold ceremonial umbrellas and a golden standard frame the scene; green leaf bunting hangs at the top right.2015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesA ceremonial hall scene during a ritual. A priest in rust-red dhoti and shawl, standing at left, raises a ceremonial object above his head. Seated before a golden canopied throne and a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers, a row of women in red and maroon saris and marigold garlands sit on the floor. In the right foreground, a bald man in saffron-orange robes sits cross-legged beside a silver bowl. A seated man in a dark orange turban and saffron robes occupies an ornate golden throne under a parasol at right. Gold kalasha-style ornaments, brass vessels, a silver tray and a bowl of petals lie on the floor. Several onlookers in white, red and dark clothing sit with their backs to the camera in the foreground.2015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copies