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November 21 20102010-11-21Night photograph of a temple courtyard during an illuminated festival. In the foreground a long-haired figure in a leopard-print shawl stands with palms pressed together in anjali, facing away from the camera toward a stone homa or fire pit with a blackened centre. Behind them, strings of red and orange lamps and fairy lights decorate the structures, and a deity murti sits garlanded with marigolds on the left beside a yellow cloth. A few onlookers stand at the right edge, and a wooden pole is visible on the right. a person (long swept-back hair, leopard-print shawl, gold necklace) shown in prayer during the lamp-lighting celebration.2010-11-21November 21 20102010-11-21November 20 20102010-11-20December 07 20162016-12-07December 07 20162016-12-07Night ritual inside a open-sided tent with a raised square fire pit (homa/yagna) where flames rise from a lit fire and a priest in white dhoti and bare chest tends it with a ladle and bowl. Behind him, several white-clad priests stand and sit near the fire. In the foreground, a seated figure with a long dark hair swept back and a rust-coloured turban, bare-chested with a shawl over the shoulders, rudraksha-style beaded necklace and gold bangles, sits with palms joined in prayer on an ornate gold-and-maroon throne/peetha. A deity murti stands on a decorated platform with colourful hanging festoons and marigold garlands; a kalasha-like arrangement of flowers and lamps sits near the fire. Ritual items, oil lamps and brass vessels are scattered on the floor, which is covered in red cloth and a striped mat.2016-12-07A night-time photo inside an open-sided temple courtyard with an orange-painted wall and a red-and-white striped platform edge. A person in orange robes and a leopard-print shawl stands at right with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a square white fire pit with a kalasha-like brass tray at its edge. At left, a deity murti is decorated with gold framing and draped orange cloth, and a sign reads 'ARA TEMPLE'. Hanging decorative bunting and striped pillars frame the space, and a framed portrait with a red-cushioned seat stands at right.2010-11-19August 25 20172017-08-25 +1 copiesA photograph inside a tented temple-style hall with a red carpet. In the foreground a long-haired man with a red headband and a pink-and-white garland stands barefoot in a brown and leopard-print cloth, seen from behind. Nearby, a figure in white dhoti and a man in a white shirt and dhoti stand near a gold-tipped canopy, with a bright-orange-clad woman and other devotees beside a golden altar with brass oil lamps and a dark deity murti on a pedestal. A gold throne-like seat is at right. Hanging decorations and fans hang from the white tent ceiling.2016-12-07Night ritual inside a covered temple pavilion with red floor mats. In the foreground a golden square fire pit (homa kund) with stepped tiers holds a burning fire, with brass vessels and small bowls of offerings nearby. Several robed priests in white dhotis, some bare-chested with sacred threads, tend the fire and sit around it. To the right, a seated figure with long dreadlocked hair wears a maroon-and-orange turban, a pink-and-maroon shawl, and a leopard-print garment, seated on a red cushioned throne with gold carved armrests, facing the ritual. Behind them, a decorated deity murti stands on a platform adorned with flower garlands and a golden canopy, with hanging colourful garlands and white strings overhead. Oil lamps hang from the ceiling. Several other people in white attire are seated and standing in the background.2016-12-07September 24 20172017-09-24 +2 copies