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A photograph of an open-air evening ritual at night under a corrugated roof. On the left, two large deity murti figures wearing rose-pink silk, garlanded with marigolds and red flowers, stand over a pink draped base. At the centre, a priest in an orange-brown robe kneels before a brass vessel over a flaming fire pit, with smoke rising. Two seated assistants in white dhoti and shawl attend at right, with brass plates and pots of offerings nearby. In the background, another orange-robed figure stands and a garlanded seated person in saffron clothing sits behind a small altar. Visible items include oil lamps, brass bowls, flower garlands and a flaming homa-style fire.

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Evening puja in an open-sided hall with a smoky haze. On the left, a deity murti in a gilded arch is draped in garlands of orange, yellow, red and white flowers, set over pink cloth. In the centre, a priest in saffron-orange robe with an orange head cloth sits before a golden square platform holding a lit oil lamp and a small brass vessel, with a tray of offerings and a silver bowl of flowers nearby. Two white-clad assistants sit on striped mats at right, one holding a microphone stand. A standing man in orange clothing with a garland stands at right near an orange chair. Brass pots, plates of food and a tall decorated kalasha-style figure appear behind, and a cooler and parked car sit outside.2014-09-11November 25 20142014-11-25April 01 20162016-04-01October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesNight-time ritual photo under a corrugated roof at an open shrine. A Ganesha deity murti, its face and body draped in red cloth and garlands of yellow and white flowers, sits on a golden mount beside a golden elephant-shaped base. Beside it stands a second decorated murti wrapped in yellow and white garlands on a multicoloured pedestal. Three men in orange and saffron robes and a boy in white dhoti sit before a yellow cloth laid with brass plates, bowls of rice, flowers and oil lamps, performing puja. One sits in saffron with a shaved head and a neck beaded necklace; a standing or seated attendant in white is at the left. A framed portrait of a robed figure hangs in the background, with a fan and a watermarked photo credit at lower right.2014-10-11A temple ritual scene at night in a stone-walled shrine. A large seated deity murti in a red and pink silk garment, with a gold crown and gold ornaments, sits behind a black stone shivalinga-style pedestal bathed in oil lamp light. Garlands of orange, yellow, purple and green flowers drape the arch and figures. Three priests stand at left: one in a brown-red cloth and rudraksha mala holds a bell and a lit lamp, another in saffron clothing holds a flame, and a bald man in brown robes stands with palms joined. A second gold statue of a figure stands at right with a tiger-striped garment and garlands, and a red-brown garment. Alongside the ritual the event is abhishekam and aarti-style worship, with no clearly visible identifiable candidate.2015-02-17 +1 copiesNight ritual at a temple shrine: a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange-bordered shawl holds a lit camphor aarti flame toward a decorated deity murti on a flower-garlanded platform with fruit offerings. Smoke rises from a fire pit at left, with oil lamps and brass vessels on the floor. A seated priest in white clothes stands with folded hands at centre, and a person in a rust-coloured head wrap and leopard-print garment with a pink shawl kneels with hands together in the foreground. Colourful hanging tassels decorate the ceiling and shrine arch.2016-12-07February 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesApril 03 20162016-04-03December 07 20162016-12-07A temple ritual in a covered pavilion with red floor. In the foreground a seated figure with long dark hair wrapped in a reddish-brown head cloth and pink-and-white shawl sits on a gold-framed throne with red cushion, facing a decorated altar. A standing priest in orange shawl and white dhoti, holding a ritual implement, performs puja beside a silver-and-brass altar garlanded with red and yellow flower garlands, fruits and kalasha-style vessels. Behind the altar a deity murti is decorated with garlands, and smoke from a fire rises at left. Several seated devotees in white sit at the left edge.2016-12-07February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copies