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A nighttime outdoor ritual at an ashram. Seated devotees in white and orange-saffron clothes with red shawls fill the foreground, facing a raised platform. On the platform, a priest in orange robes sits before a lit fire pit with offerings, while other attendants in white dhotis stand at the left. Behind them stands a golden canopy shrine decorated with flower garlands and a deity murti, with a tall kalasha-like ornament and lamps nearby. The scene is lit by warm lamps and overhead lights.

A night ritual in a decorated open pavilion lit with string lights and hanging ornaments. A man in white clothes with a yellow shawl holds a long implement and stands before a group of seated devotees in orange garments. A man in orange robes with a red-and-gold wrap stands near the center, beside a bright deity murti with a flower garland and a brass lamp in front. Several seated women and young people in orange clothes face the rite, with a plate of petals and brass vessels on the floor. Banana leaves and a palm-leaf canopy frame the scene. a person is visible in the orange robes with a red-and-gold wrap, standing among the ritual participants.

A night-time outdoor ritual under a decorated tent with striped and patterned cloth canopy and string lights. On a raised platform draped in yellow, a row of robed participants in saffron and orange garments sit facing a decorated altar with pots and flowers, while musicians in yellow play instruments at the left end. Banana plants flank the stage, and a deity murti stands at the right edge. A seated audience of devotees in white and yellow clothes faces the platform from the foreground, some on chairs and some on mats.

2009-10-17 +1 copies

Night photograph of a Chandi homa ceremony under a decorated pandal with strings of fairy lights, orange and green marigold-style festoons, and banana-leaf stalks framing the stage. On the raised platform, figures in orange and saffron robes and white clothing perform rituals before a deity murti or decorated image. Rows of seated devotees in white shirts and light clothing sit on white plastic chairs in the foreground, mostly seen from behind, with some attendees and a few standing participants nearby. A small kalasha-style offering and floral decorations are visible around the altar. The a person candidate is not clearly identifiable from appearance, so the figures are described by role only.

A night-time Navaratri puja at a temporary open-sided pavilion under a corrugated metal roof, decorated with green and orange paper garlands and string lights. A deity murti with a white halo sits on a central altar framed by banana plant stalks. Several priests in orange robes sit on a raised platform performing the ritual, while a figure in white clothes kneels at the left and a group in white with yellow shawls sits nearby. Around thirty devotees in plastic chairs and on mats watch in the foreground. A signboard above reads Sri Nithyananda Shiva Temple. No person on the platform is identifiable as a person from appearance.

2009-09-27 +1 copies

Night-time outdoor ritual at an open courtyard temple. Dozens of devotees sit on the ground and on white plastic chairs facing a raised white platform, many in saffron and orange robes, others in white clothes. On the platform, several priests in orange and white garments sit before a gold-framed altar decorated with flower garlands and a deity murti draped in a green cloth. Standing figures in white dhotis stand behind them, and a small fire with smoke rises near the platform. Red and white pillars and hanging decorations frame the scene. A pen-holding attendee in a white top sits near the front left.

A homa or yagna ritual is performed in an open pavilion decorated with banana plants and leaf garlands strung overhead. Smoke rises from a central fire pit. Several people in orange and saffron robes sit cross-legged around it, with one saffron-clad man in the centre wearing a white tilak and a rudraksha mala, seated behind the pit. Seated devotees in orange clothing face the altar. A younger woman in a white sari with gold border sits in the foreground beside a brass oil lamp with a bright flame. Brass vessels, a brass lamp, fruit, flowers, and woven baskets with offerings fill the altar to the right. People in white and yellow stand and sit at the edges, and a woman with long hair appears in the back of the group.

Evening outdoor puja in front of a stone shrine with a deity murti adorned with marigold garlands and a golden crown, flanked by banana leaves and brass oil lamps. A monk in saffron robes with a bare head sits on the left facing the shrine beside a yellow-draped platform holding offerings. A man in white dhoti and a young man in white clothes sit on mats, a woman in orange sari sits near the centre, and others in white and teal sit to the right while a cameraman stands with a tripod. Trays of fruit, flowers, coconuts and bundled herbs surround the group on an orange cloth.

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Night ritual in an open-sided hall with orange-washed walls. At the centre, a decorated deity murti stands under a golden arch of red and orange flower garlands, with a fire pit and offerings on a tiered platform in front. Several priests with bare upper bodies and white dhotis perform the rites at left. Behind the platform, an empty red and gold throne stands at right, and a seated man in saffron robes with a rudraksha mala sits near a small table at far right. About 50 people in white clothes, plus a few in saffron and maroon, sit on the floor facing the stage, with an orange-clad woman in the foreground.