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A photograph inside a simple thatched shrine with palm-leaf walls and a white-washed floor. Three standing men pose before a decorated deity murti (goddess form) draped in garlands of pink and white flowers under a golden arched canopy. The man on the left is bare-chested in a maroon dhoti with an orange shawl and a red rudraksha-style bead necklace. The middle man, bare-chested, wears a maroon dhoti with a dark belt. The man on the right wears a yellow dhoti and a beaded necklace. A bundle wrapped in white cloth with silver foil and flower garland sits on a blue pedestal in front. Steel vessels, a small table and an oil lamp stand at the left, and a decorated figure with flowers sits on a blue pedestal at the right. Leafy garlands hang from the thatched ceiling.2014-06-24June 24 20142014-06-24 +1 copiesThree men stand in a thatched shrine room during a puja. The man on the left, shirtless with a white sacred thread, wears a maroon dhoti with orange border. The man in the centre wears a maroon dhoti with orange border, an orange shawl and a red rudraksha mala, and is bare-chested. The man on the right wears a yellow dhoti and yellow border, and reaches toward a brass plate placed before a golden-framed deity murti garlanded with pink flowers. A second deity murti in blue and gold garments sits on a blue pedestal at right, and a covered offering in silver foil and pink flowers sits in front. Brass vessels stand on a table at left.2014-06-24Interior of a thatched-roof shrine with a bare concrete floor and whitewashed walls. Centre rear, a golden arch frames a deity murti garlanded with red and white flower strands, set on a grey plinth. To the right, a second figure in blue and gold cloth with a pink flower garland sits on its own grey pedestal. In the foreground, a white-clad figure with a silver crown-like covering and a pink garland rests on a grey base beside a dark metal vessel with a small offering. A bare-chested man in a red-and-gold dhoti stands at left beside steel vessels and a side table. Green leaf strands hang from the thatch overhead.2014-06-24February 07 20172017-02-07Interior of a small shrine with a thatched palm-leaf roof and white-washed walls. A bare-chested man in a maroon dhoti stands at left beside a steel vessel table. At centre, a deity murti in a gilded arched frame is draped in red and pink flower garlands. A silver-covered lingam with a white cloth and pink flower garland sits in front on a blue-grey base, and a second decorated deity with a blue and gold cloth stands at right. A large dark stone vessel is in the foreground.2014-06-24February 07 20172017-02-07February 07 20172017-02-07June 24 20142014-06-24February 07 20172017-02-07May 08 20122012-05-08A photograph inside a small stone shrine with polished marble walls and a bright ceiling light. At the centre, a black stone deity murti stands in a gold arched niche, draped with a long white flower garland and a pink flower on its head, with a yellow cloth behind it. Pink flower petals are scattered on a tray in front, beside brass oil lamps. Three men attend the puja: on the left a standing man in orange dhoti and orange upper cloth with a rudraksha bracelet and beaded necklace; in the centre a bare-chested older priest in an orange dhoti with a beaded necklace, bending to make an offering at the altar; on the right a shaven-headed man in a white dhoti with gold border and white upper cloth, glasses, bending to the altar. Abhishekam or puja worship is suggested by the offerings and lamps.2012-05-13