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Night photograph of a temple tank with dark water and tiered stone steps on the far side, lined with lights. On the left, a decorated raft carries a deity murti under a small umbrella-like canopy, garlanded with flowers and lit by lamps, being guided by a man in white clothes standing in the water with a rope. In the right foreground, a man with shoulder-length curly hair and a beard, wearing a saffron-orange garment, stands on the steps watching the raft, beside a woman in a dark patterned top. Ritual procession on the tank.

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November 23 20102010-11-23November 22 20102010-11-22November 23 20102010-11-23Night photograph of a floating ceremony on a rectangular water tank at a stepped ghat-style venue. A decorated boat-shaped float with a tiered canopy covered in garlands in orange, yellow and green carries a deity murti, with draped red and orange cloth and small flags. Several figures in white and saffron stand on and around the float and in the water. Spectators in white, saffron and orange sit on the red-tiered steps and along the right edge, while red flags line the stands under bright floodlights and strings of lights.2016-12-14November 23 20102010-11-23Night photograph of a illuminated floating deity procession on a large water tank at an ashram, with a decorated boat-like float covered in marigold garlands, string lights and a tiered canopy, carrying a small figure at its centre. Two men wading in the water in white and saffron clothing guide the float. Tiered stone steps on the left and right are lined with seated devotees in white and saffron, with red flags and electric lamps on poles around the tank. Dark water reflects the lights. No identifiable a person depiction is clearly visible in the scene.2016-12-14Night photograph of a temple tank at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with a floating boat-like platform lit with oil lamps and strings of coloured lights. A deity murti decorated with red and gold garlands and an umbrella-like canopy sits on the platform, with a figure in orange robes standing beside it and attendants in white. A seated person wearing a leopard-print top and holding their head rests in a red armchair in the foreground, watching the procession. Stone steps lined with rows of seats rise on the far side, with white-clad people on the steps and ropes and a ladder at the right edge.2010-11-23Night photograph of an outdoor water tank with a stepped red-brick amphitheatre. A brightly decorated boat or float with vertical multicoloured striped draping, garlands and a red-orange hull sits in the water, with several men in white dhotis and white shirts wading around it and one standing on the float. Rows of spectators in white clothing fill the upper tiers under floodlights, and small lights line the steps. Scattered floating petals or flowers dot the dark water. Dhotis and clothing are white, the float is red, orange and striped. A figure on the float may be a priest or devotee; no clear identification is possible.2010-02-12Night-time ritual at a stepped temple tank lit by a bright floodlight, with strings of coloured lights strung across the top. In the foreground a boat carries a deity murti decorated with garlands, draped in flowers, with a golden umbrella overhead; a figure in a saffron-coloured robe and a white-clad attendant stand in the boat, and a man in white holds the boat's rope from the steps. A central pillar with a fountain stands in the water, and a figure lies prostrated on the stone steps in orange cloth. Several people in white clothing and a few in saffron sit or stand along the steps. The scene appears to be a temple tank ceremony with a deity procession by water. The a person field is unsure because the saffron-robed figure's appearance is not distinct enough to confirm.2010-11-23Night photograph of a decorated raft floating on a dark temple tank with red-brick steps behind it. Under a striped canopy stands a deity murti draped in garlands of marigold and tinsel, with leafy green decorations around it. Several men in white ritual clothes sit or stand on the raft, one in a saffron-orange cloth, and others wade in the water holding ropes that tether the raft. Scattered flower petals float on the water.2010-11-22Night photograph of a temple tank festival at a lit stone-and-tiered-seating complex. A decorated boat-shaped ratha with a tall ornamented superstructure, garlands and a kalasha-like top sits on dark water beside a red-carpeted platform holding a seated deity murti. Rows of devotees sit on the stepped stone ghats, many in white and orange clothing, while a few stand near the water. Strings of coloured lights and banners frame the scene above the tiers.2016-12-14Night-time photograph of a small white boat floating on dark water beside a stepped concrete ghat with a metal staircase. On the boat, a large floral garland and a decorated deity murti are set up on a gold-trimmed platform, with a seated figure in orange robes and another person in white beside it. A standing man in white clothes stands at the boat's edge, another in white climbs the staircase, and a third in white stands in the shallows. Strings of red and white lights are visible in the background above empty tiered seating, and orange cloth lies on the ground in the foreground.2010-11-23