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A ritual scene in an open pavilion with white pillars and hanging paper umbrellas, lit warmly. Several priests sit on a red-and-cream striped mat, most wearing white dhotis and bare upper bodies with rudraksha or beaded necklaces. Some wear saffron cloth and one older man in orange sits near the front. A standing priest in white holds an object near a decorated altar with garlands of pink and white flowers and a tall brass kalasha-style arrangement. In front are many silver plates of fruit, sweets and cooked offerings, with bananas, apples and mangoes, and a brick fire-pit area with brass lamps and vessels, consistent with a homa or puja. Banana plants and a green umbrella decorate the sides.

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April 13 20182018-04-13 +1 copiesOutdoor evening puja on a terrace before a hillside at dusk. A shaved-headed priest in orange robes sits cross-legged at a microphone, holding a lit oil lamp and a small bell-like vessel, with a tilak on his forehead and a beaded necklace. Two deity murti stand on a green cloth-covered platform, garlanded with white flower strings. Rows of seated devotees in orange shawls and white clothes listen and fold their hands. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like pot, and trays of bananas, apples, mangoes and grapes lie on the floor as offerings. A bookshop with shelves is visible behind the group.2012-07-11April 13 20182018-04-13July 09 20172017-07-09December 18 20162016-12-18Night-time outdoor ritual at a temple-like courtyard. A priest in an orange turban and orange-gold dhoti stands at left holding a silver tray of yellow flowers and fruit. Beside him a man in a white dhoti holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp and offerings. Several young boys sit in a row on a raised platform strewn with yellow marigold petals, wearing white and orange garlands, sacred ash and orange or blue cloths. A devotee woman in a white sari with garland sits in the background. Brass vessels and a red kalasha-like pot rest on the platform, with flower garlands hanging from the roof.2016-10-10March 15 20142014-03-15September 14 20152015-09-14December 02 20162016-12-02Annadhan in 20152015-01-01 +2 copiesDecember 02 20162016-12-02July 12 20162016-07-12