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Outdoor ritual under a canopy of yellow, red and orange cloth decorated with small orange triangular pennants and strung flags. On the right, a deity murti draped in a yellow cloth and garlanded with marigolds receives incense smoke rising from a white-draped altar, while a standing priest in orange robes performs the rite. On a striped mat platform in the centre, a woman in orange sits beside a standing man in orange holding a long staff, and a seated group of people in orange and white faces the altar. A brass lamp and a tray of offerings sit before the murti, and a large audience of children and adults in white sits on the ground in the background. Palm trees and white buildings appear behind the tent.

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Outdoor homa ceremony under a canopy of red, orange and yellow cloth with many small orange pennants strung overhead. On a raised white platform with red-and-white striped sides, a fire pit sends up smoke while priests in saffron-orange robes sit before it. Two robed women in orange sit to the left, one holding a long ceremonial staff topped with an orange flag, and a large crowd of children and adults in white clothes sits on the ground watching. At right, a deity murti draped in a yellow cloth and decorated with a white-and-orange garland receives offerings, with brass lamps and a kalasha nearby. Woven mats with colourful stripes cover the floor in front of the platform.2008-12-28Outdoor homa or yagna under a canopy of orange, yellow and red pennants and draped cloth. A seated woman in orange robes faces the fire pit at centre, with smoke rising from the offering area. Two attendants in orange stand at left, one holding a ceremonial staff. Rows of seated devotees in white fill the ground, and a deity murti dressed in yellow cloth and marigold garlands stands at right. Striped mats and white-and-red platforms surround the altar, with brass lamps and scattered flowers.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28Outdoor homa at a festival pavilion covered by a canopy of orange, red and yellow pennants and cloth. In the centre, a raised white platform with red-and-white striped sides holds woven mats and a smoking fire pit with brass vessels. A seated figure in a saffron-orange robe sits at the platform, with another orange-robed person beside them. On the right, a seated figure in yellow garments and a large garland of white and orange flowers sits near the fire. Several orange-robed attendants stand nearby, and a crowd of dozens of people sits on the ground watching in the background under palm trees. A brass lamp stands at the front of the platform.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesOutdoor ceremony under a canopy of yellow and orange cloth with orange triangular flags bearing a bird emblem. In the foreground, a figure in orange robes sits on a mat, with a seated priest in orange beside a fire pit emitting smoke, offerings of flowers and rice-like items arranged on a white platform. At right, a deity murti draped in yellow cloth and garlanded with flowers receives the rite. Several robed attendants in orange stand at left, and a crowd of seated devotees in white fills the background under a sunlit sky with palm trees.2008-12-28December 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copiesDecember 28 20082008-12-28 +1 copies