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Outdoor view of a small Hindu temple entrance with a blue-grey gateway framed by red and cream decorative trim, painted deity figures and a sculpted lion on the roof above. Several men stand in front: a shaved-headed man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a rudraksha-style necklace on the left, an older man in white shirt and dhoti with a white moustache beside him, and a man in an olive shirt at the doorway. A woman in a teal sari walks inside, and a man in a red-and-white checked shirt and checked lungi stands to the side. A white-clad man in the right foreground is seen from behind. Parked motorbikes and a white boundary wall complete the street scene.

A photograph at the entrance of a colourful temple shrine with pink and green painted pillars. Through the open doorway, a deity murti sits in a golden arched niche decorated with flower garlands, and a figure in white stands inside near the shrine. In the foreground on the left, a person in a saffron-orange wrap with a rudraksha mala and bangles faces the doorway, back to the camera. On the right, a man in a white shirt and white trousers with a red tilak on his forehead gestures with his hands while speaking.

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January 06 2012

A photograph inside a stone temple entrance with a blue-painted wooden gate and low hanging lamps on the walls. In the foreground a man in a yellow shirt and white dhoti walks toward the camera. Behind him a man in white dhoti walks barefoot, and a figure in a long orange-red robe with a dark rudraksha-style mala walks through the gateway, flanked by another person in orange. Several people in white and yellow follow down the passage toward a colourful decorated shrine area with a wooden beamed ceiling. The scene reads as a temple visit, with no visible sign of a homa or aarti.

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November 25 2006

May 09 2012

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November 25 2006

Photograph of a temple entrance with a blue-grey painted facade, decorated with a red, green and gold frieze bearing a white Vaishnava urdhva pundra motif and floral designs. Painted lotus-like emblems flank the doorway, and a dark plaque hangs on the left wall. Through the open doorway, a green-backed inner sanctum shows a deity murti in dress with garlands, and a standing figure in white. Two seated people in white and a shawl sit on the floor at the left, and partially visible people sit at the bottom right near a metal pot.

Interior view of a dimly lit temple doorway framed with yellow and white marigold garlands and a red-and-white floral festoon hanging above. Above the doorway is a carved stone panel with a deity relief flanked by two turquoise-blue cartouches. Several men stand and sit near the stone steps in white shirts and trousers, while others in white dhotis or shirts are seated inside the shrine room beyond the threshold, facing a draped inner sanctum. A single oil lamp glows at the top of the doorway and fluorescent tube lights illuminate the inner hall. The scene looks like temple darshan or puja in progress. Eight to ten people are visible.

A photograph of a temple courtyard with a yellow-based shrine topped by a colourful multi-tiered gopuram-style structure decorated with figures. An older man in a white shirt and eyeglasses stands at right, facing left, near a cream wall. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts gather along a stone walkway; one at right holds a drum with a red strap. Palm trees and another painted temple tower appear in the background under bright daylight.