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Outdoor temple ritual setup on a sandy ground at night. Two ornate gilded arched canopies stand behind yellow-brick square fire pits (homa kundas) with brass and copper vessels, a small brass lamp and ritual implements arranged between them. Garlands of white flowers and green leaves decorate the canopies and the central offering platform, where mangoes, coconuts and bananas sit in woven baskets on banana leaves. Embroidered cloths in red, yellow and white lie on silver-plated seats. Partially visible figures in orange-red dhotis stand at the top edge, and a bare-chested figure is at the upper right; they are only partly in frame. Green leaves are scattered on the ground.

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June 08 20172017-06-08December 23 20162016-12-23Night outdoor ritual at a temple-style ground with several yellow brick altars arranged on sandy earth. Each altar holds kalashas or coconuts wrapped with blue and white cloth and decorated with white flowers, pink blossoms and fruit, with brass oil lamps and lamp stands nearby. Several men in white dhotis sit or stand at the altars performing a puja; one wears a red-and-white cloth over his shoulder and another stands at the right in an orange-and-white striped shawl and white dhoti. A tall standing figure at the top centre holds a ritual implement. Strings of blue lights hang in the background and a small fire lamp glows. Some devotees sit on the ground in the periphery.2017-03-11March 11 20172017-03-11Night-time outdoor ritual under a blue-framed tarpaulin canopy on bare red earth. Several bare-chested men in white dhotis perform homa-style worship at multiple square yellow brick altars arranged with banana-leaf offerings, pots, fruits, marigold and white flower garlands, and small brass oil lamps. A central man in a red cloth sits cross-legged at the front, another in an orange cloth sits at right, and a standing man in white dhoti with a white-and-orange wrap holds a brass plate. Blue fairy lights glow in the background.2017-03-11Night outdoor ritual scene with a yellow-and-white brick fire pit (homa kunda) at the centre, surrounded by several smaller yellow brick altars decorated with white flower garlands, banana leaves, bananas and mango-leaf and ribbon-wrapped kalashas. On the left, an ornate gold throne with a purple cushion is draped with white and green flower garlands. In the background, roughly a dozen men in red dhotis or wraps stand with bare upper bodies, and a bare-chested priest in white dhoti sits at the right beside an altar. Lanterns and a tree line the dark setting.2017-06-08June 08 20172017-06-08June 08 20172017-06-08October 10 20172017-10-10 +1 copiesNight ritual at an open-air outdoor shrine with a long row of seated priests performing puja before tiered offerings of fruit, flowers and small kalasha-style vessels on banana leaves and low brick platforms. A man in the foreground sits with bare chest, white dhoti and orange cloth, a dark-haired young man with long matted hair and rudraksha mala looks over his shoulder. Smoke rises from the left, bright lights hang overhead, and a gilded ornate peetham or throne with orange drapery and flower garlands sits at the left edge. Standing devotees in white dhotis and shirts stand in the background near a metal railing, and a deity murti is visible at the right.2017-05-10March 11 20172017-03-11December 23 20162016-12-23