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December 22 20162016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesOutdoor evening procession under a open-sided roofed pavilion, with palm trees behind. A line of devotees walks on a sandy path. In front, a monastic in saffron and red robes carries a silver kalasha pot, and another man holds a tall pole with a blue, orange and gold canopy umbrella overhead. Several men in saffron robes with bare shoulders and shaved heads, some with white sandalwood markings on arms and rudraksha malas, walk beside them. Women in white and orange saris wear rudraksha necklaces. A man in white dhoti with gold border holds a decorated banner pole on the right, and a red and white ceremonial item is carried on the left.2014-04-07December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesNight-time homa ceremony under a pandal roofed with orange and red fabric and hung with banana leaves and tassels. A standing priest in orange robes and a matching orange head wrap, wearing a long garland, holds a brass tray of flames. Seated around a fire pit are devotees: a bearded man in orange with hands folded in prayer, others in orange and red-bordered saffron shawls, and several in white dhotis with yellow shawls. A woman in yellow, seen from behind, sits in front with hands joined. Brass oil lamps stand at right and a plate of yellow flowers and offerings sits on the platform. Several people are seated and a few stand in the background, under a white tube light.2009-09-26Night aarti at an outdoor ceremony under a canopy of green banana leaves and hanging glass and tinsel decorations. In the centre, a bare-chested figure with a swept-up dark hairstyle, white tilak marks, rudraksha malas and a heavy gold necklace holds a brass aarti lamp with a flame and a bell in the other hand. Around them, devotees in saffron and orange dress stand with hands pressed in anjali, a man in white holds a tray of green fruit, and a boy in an orange shawl watches. Strong light falls from above.2016-12-22Dusk outdoor ritual scene with a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and shirts standing with palms pressed together in namaskar on the left. A man in saffron-orange robes stands at the centre-right holding a lit oil lamp or aarti tray beside a red-and-white striped raised platform with small brass kalasha pots. Other saffron-robed people stand and kneel on white steps at the right, and a bearded man in orange cloth stands at the far right. Palm trees, a tall stone pillar and small buildings frame the background. Orange flags stand at the left edge. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti at an open-air shrine.2008-09-28September 05 20162016-09-05December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copiesDecember 22 20162016-12-22December 22 20162016-12-22 +1 copies