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A nighttime ritual in a canopied pavilion decorated with string lights, banana leaves and orange and green draped fabric. A standing priest in an orange hooded robe raises a ceremonial lamp or lamp-bearing implement toward a deity murti of a goddess with a large crown set on a decorated altar at left. Several seated devotees in white kurtas with yellow shawls sit in front with their backs to the camera. On the right, seated people in orange robes join palms in prayer before a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, plates of yellow flowers and offerings are arranged on the floor.

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September 26 20092009-09-26Night-time ritual in an open pavilion decorated with hanging orange and yellow paper lanterns, green leaves and fairy lights. At centre, a figure in saffron robes stands behind a low white-covered altar, with a red cloth draped over a raised ceremonial object; a man in white dhoti and yellow shawl stands nearby. Several devotees in saffron and orange robes sit on the floor in the foreground, one with a long braid, and a woman in a saffron-bordered robe sits at right. Brass kalashas, lamps and marigold garlands sit on the altar, with a deity murti and flowers at the right edge. Several participants are in yellow and white ritual dress, placing hands together in prayer.2009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26September 26 20092009-09-26A photograph of a Navaratri puja in a decorated tent. Several seated people wear saffron-orange robes and some wear white with yellow sashes, grouped around a low central altar with brass vessels, oil lamps, banana leaves, bundled offerings, yellow marigold flowers, white flower petals and piles of dried sticks on trays. Behind them a painted goddess image with silver-white decorations and figures stands beneath strings of fairy lights and hanging orange and green fabric. A man in white on the left holds a wooden instrument, and a standing figure stands at the back. Mostly orange-robed devotees perform the ritual.2009-09-27A night-time homa fire ritual under a decorated canopy with hanging orange paper lanterns and banana leaves. Smoke rises from a fire pit in the centre, where a priest in white and yellow robes tends the flames while a figure in orange robes with a beaded necklace stands behind him. Several people in orange sannyasi robes sit cross-legged on a mat at the front, seen from behind, including one woman with a long braid and one with a bun. On the right, a deity murti is decorated with garlands and fairy lights glow beside brass kalasha and oil lamps on a table.2009-09-26Night ritual in a temple-like pavilion decorated with marigold garlands, hanging orange and yellow lanterns, and strings of fairy lights. A standing figure in saffron-orange robes with a beaded necklace and bare head offers flower petals from a brass plate over a homa with rising smoke. Seated devotees in orange shawls with red borders, some women and a man with long hair, face the fire. White-clad helpers sit nearby, and a brass oil lamp, kalasha-style vessels and a decorated deity murti stand to the right beside a Ganesha figure. The scene suggests a homa with offerings.2009-09-26A photograph of a lamp-lit ritual inside a decorated tent, with a large deity murti of a goddess with multiple arms and a lion at its base, surrounded by marigold garlands, banana leaves and string lights. Several seated participants in saffron-orange robes sit before a low altar with brass bowls and offerings, while a woman in orange at the centre gestures during the rite. Two figures in white with yellow shawls sit in the foreground. A framed portrait of a saffron-clad figure hangs at right, garlanded. The setting suggests a chandi homa puja.2009-09-25 +1 copies