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Night outdoor ritual on a white-railed platform with palm trees behind. Two standing figures in deity form are dressed in green and magenta silk with gold borders, garlanded with pink flowers, and ornamented with a cross-shaped chest adornment. Offerings of red apples, bananas and marigolds sit on a table, with oil lamps and a fire pit. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with an orange shawl pours or offers at the deity figures, while a man in a white dhoti and orange shawl with a microphone chants nearby. Devotees in saffron and dark clothing sit in the foreground, some with flowers in their hair. Smoke rises from the fire, consistent with a homa.

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Night-time outdoor ritual at a homa or yagna on a white-railed terrace with palm fronds behind. Three priests in white dhotis and orange shawls stand around a draped deity murti dressed in green, magenta and gold silk, with flower garlands and fruit offerings before it. The priest at left, wearing a blue headband, raises a silver aarti or ritual vessel over a plate, while a second priest assists beside him. A fire burns in a brick fire pit at the front. On the right, a priest holds a bell and ritual item. Seated devotees, mostly women with their hair up, fill the foreground. Bananas and a brass bowl sit on the table.2015-12-23December 23 20152015-12-23December 23 20152015-12-23December 23 20152015-12-23 +1 copiesNight-time outdoor ritual on a raised white-railed platform with palm trees behind. Two priests stand beside a decorated altar with draped green and magenta silk, red-and-gold borders, marigold and pink flower garlands, and two deity murti figures seated under a golden arch. One priest in white dhoti with orange shawl and turban pours or offers from a vessel; the other, bare-chested with white body markings, tends a lit oil lamp. Coconuts and red fruit sit on the altar. A row of devotees in the foreground, mostly women, watch from the front, some with hair in buns, others in colourful kurtas, with a man in orange at right.2015-12-23December 23 20152015-12-23Night outdoor ritual before a white-railed platform. Two deity figures stand under a gold-bordered draped arch, one in green and one in magenta, with pink flower garlands, red fruits and a central red-and-white ornament. Priests in saffron and white cloth, one with a blue head-wrap, pour or apply offerings near the figures. Two men in white dhotis, one bare-chested with white body markings, speak into microphones at right. Before them is a low table with marigolds, bananas, brass vessels and oil lamps. Many devotees, mostly women, sit with their backs to the camera in the foreground, watching. Palm trees are visible in the dark background.2015-12-23December 23 20152015-12-23 +2 copiesDecember 23 20152015-12-23December 23 20152015-12-23December 23 20152015-12-23Night outdoor ritual on a raised platform with a white railing and dark palm trees behind. Three decorated deity murti sit on a white-draped table, dressed in green, pink and red silk with gold borders, garlanded with pink and white flowers, and topped with fruit and coconut offerings. A priest in white dhoti with an orange shawl and a blue head cloth leans in from the left, applying flowers and offerings, with white markings on his arms. A fire burns in a pit at the bottom, with marigold offerings nearby. Several devotees' heads are visible in the foreground, watching from below.2015-12-23