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November 05 20162016-11-05Night photograph of a golden ratha-style palanquin on a wooden cart, with a deity murti seated in a gilded arch under a multicoloured fringed canopy. The murti wears a crown, a jewelled chest ornament, and is heavily garlanded with white and red flowers, with smoke drifting around it. In front, a shirtless man with a long braid and orange cloth stands holding a ritual lamp and a white cloth, while a woman in an orange-red sari is at the right edge and another person in orange stands at the lower left. A stepladder and string lights appear in the background. The page refers to Skanda Shasti Mahotsava and a satsang, but no name or visible caption on this image confirms that.2016-11-05November 05 20162016-11-05Night photograph of a deity murti decorated with dense garlands of red, white and yellow flowers, standing in a gilded arched shrine with a dark cloth backdrop and a fringed canopy overhead. A bare-chested man in an orange dhoti at the left waves a fan-like object toward the murti. Several people in orange and white clothing stand at the right holding long poles, and small oil lamps flicker on the ground. Strings of coloured lights and a green light are visible in the background.2016-11-05November 14 20152015-11-14 +2 copiesNovember 25 20152015-11-25January 09 20132013-01-09November 14 20152015-11-14Night photograph of a festival deity murti (Murugan/Subramanya form) seated on a golden peacock vahana within an ornate gold arched canopy on a raised platform. The deity wears a red and gold embroidered garment, jeweled necklaces, a conical crown and white dhoti, and is draped in thick garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigold and red flowers. Smoke drifts in the background and colourful string lights glow. On the left a standing man in an orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, with bare upper body, holds a small object. A partially visible figure in dark clothing is in the lower left foreground. Festival procession setting.2016-11-05January 01 20152015-01-01April 03 20152015-04-03Night outdoor puja at a temple shrine. A priest in an orange dhoti and bare chest raises a red and white flower garland overhead beside a smoking fire. A second priest in white dhoti kneels at a golden yellow offering tray arranged with flowers and fruit, and a third seated man in white sits at left with a garland around his neck. A gold-framed shrine holds a deity murti in a red cloth draped with yellow and white flower garlands and a pearl necklace, with a red canopy overhead. Oil lamps burn on brass stands and flower petals are scattered on the ground. Two people are visible on the right, one with hands folded in prayer.2016-02-16