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February 18 2011

Night-time outdoor ceremony under a striped tent canopy with bamboo posts. A framed portrait with garlands sits on a white-draped table at the front, with a small kalasha-style pot and offerings nearby. A figure in an orange head wrap and orange garment, wearing a large floral garland, stands at the centre with hands folded, facing the table. Around them, many devotees in white dhotis and white saris stand with palms pressed together, and a large group sits on the sandy ground in front, many with their backs to the camera, some with hands folded. Water jugs and a lamp stand are visible at the left.

A night-time outdoor ritual under a large tent canopy with green, orange and yellow decorative fabric hanging from the ceiling. Several people in saffron and orange robes sit on a raised platform and tend a fire pit, with smoke rising in the air. Rows of devotees in white clothes and yellow garments sit on mats and floor cushions, and a few seated people watch from plastic chairs on the left. Banana plants and bamboo poles frame the space, and strings of lights and a decorated shrine with deity murti are visible at the back. The scene appears to be a homa or yagna with an offering fire.

Night outdoor ceremony under a canopy with striped teal and pink cloth and banana-leaf and banana-bunch decorations. A central figure in an orange-saffron head covering and orange garment with a flower garland sits facing a small altar holding a framed portrait, a kalasha-style vessel, flowers and lamps. Many men in white dhotis and shirts sit or stand with palms pressed in namaskar. A woman in a red-bordered sari sits at right with hands folded. The framed portrait is a painted image of a robed figure; the setting looks like a puja or satsang.

2007-08-17 +1 copies

A night-time outdoor homa in a decorated pandal with a striped orange, green and gold canopy. Several people in saffron and orange robes sit on a raised orange mat before a fire pit, and a row of seated devotees in white and yellow clothes faces them. Banana leaves, bamboo poles and garlands of white flowers frame the space. In the foreground, brass vessels and fruit-topped kalasha-style offerings sit in woven baskets on a banana leaf. A framed portrait garlanded with flowers stands at left, showing a saffron-clad figure. Smoke rises from the fire, and two bright lights illuminate the tent.

2009-09-26 +1 copies

October 25 2006

Evening outdoor fire ritual under a canopy of green banana leaves and hanging bunches of green bananas. Two priests in white dhotis with orange shawls sit before a blazing fire pit ringed with stacked white blocks, one with a red-marked forehead. Seated around the fire are many devotees, mostly women in colourful saris (red, yellow, purple, maroon, blue) and men in white. Another man in a blue shirt and white dhoti stands at the back. A white banner or board hangs on a stand at left. The visible fire and offerings suggest a homa, though no a person candidate is clearly identifiable by appearance.

A night-time outdoor ritual pavilion decorated with banana plants, green and orange festoons and string lights. On a striped red-and-white raised platform, several men in white dhotis with yellow shawls sit on the left, while figures in saffron-orange robes sit in a row near a kalasha pot, brass lamps, fruits and offerings, performing a puja. A figure in orange sits at the back beside a decorated altar with a painted deity image. Seated women in white and pale clothing watch from the right on striped mats, and a man in white stands at the far left near the steps.

January 12 2009

Night outdoor ceremony under a canopy with striped teal, purple and red fabric, decorated with banana stalks and leaves at the corners. Dozens of devotees in white clothes sit on mats and floor cloths facing a central figure in an orange-red cloth and garland seated before a small altar draped in white with a framed deity image and a kalasha-like vessel. The central figure is seated with a bare upper body and orange-red cloth, and a few people stand with palms joined in anjali at the right edge. Some seated devotees wear white dhotis and shirts; a woman in a green top with a long braid sits in the foreground. Overhead lights and bunting frame the scene.

April 17 2011

Night outdoor ceremony under a striped canopy decorated with green banana stalks and a purple flower. Dozens of men and women in white clothes sit on mats with palms pressed together in prayer, while others stand at the back. At the front right, a figure seated in a wicker chair wears an orange turban and a flowing orange-and-white garment, with a white flower garland across the shoulders and a brass oil lamp beside them. A framed portrait of a saint with a red headdress hangs on the right, and a steel water urn stands nearby. A man in orange with a long beard sits among the devotees in the centre. The scene suggests a devotional gathering such as satsang or puja, with the seated figure in orange at the front. Approximately 40 people are visible.