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A photograph of a large covered yagna hall with a long raised platform draped in white cloth and red carpeting. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing lanyards with round badges, work along the platform; one man in the foreground leans over the cloth while another in a white cap and white clothes stands nearby. A tall white canopy with a fringed edge and a red umbrella-like top shelters the platform. Garlands of green leaves and strings of yellow flowers hang from the poles, and a row of brass and gold kalasha pots with mango-leaf and coconut tops sits at the right beside a deity murti decorated with garlands. Bright tube lights line the hall ceiling.

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July 18 20062006-07-18December 05 20162016-12-05July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16A photograph inside a decorated hall during a fire-offering ritual. On the left, a person in an orange saffron robe with a rudraksha mala stands with hands folded, facing the scene. In the centre, a bald man in a white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl leans forward, reaching toward a tiered earthen platform stacked with brass kalashas and gold-coloured vessels in woven netting. Behind them, many people in white clothes move through the hall, which has palm fronds, hanging leaf decorations and bright tube lights overhead.2006-07-16December 05 20162016-12-05May 25 20172017-05-25Night temple ritual photograph in a courtyard before an elaborately decorated deity murti on a flower-covered platform. Marigold garlands in yellow and orange and red-and-green garlands drape the figure and altar, and several white-blue cloths are tied on the platform. A shirtless priest in an orange-and-green waist cloth stands at left, while a priest in white dhoti and shawl holds a small vessel and performs the ritual. Another white-clad man stands further left. Brass pots and offering vessels sit on the floor and altar, and a pink-lit wall and bright lamp form the backdrop.2013-07-04December 05 20162016-12-05July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16July 16 20062006-07-16