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A photograph of an outdoor temple scene with palm trees behind. In the foreground, a person with long dark hair wearing an orange-saffron wrap stands with hands folded in prayer, facing a decorated ratha-style palanquin. The palanquin has colourful striped hangings in red, yellow, green and blue with floral patterns, and is draped in garlands of yellow and orange marigolds and red flowers. Inside stands a deity murti decorated with a crown and silver ornaments before a blue cloth. To the left sits a black stone Nandi bull on a red pedestal, adorned with a marigold garland, with other statues beyond it. The scene suggests a padapuja procession.

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November 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple courtyard with a decorated wooden procession cart draped in colourful fabric panels, with yellow, red and blue floral patterns and orange lower borders. The deity murti on the cart wears a crown and is adorned with yellow, orange and red marigold garlands. A figure in a flowing orange robe with long dark hair stands with their back to the camera, facing the cart. A stone Nandi bull with a garland sits on a red pedestal at left, and palm trees and small shrines stand in the background. The figure's identity is unclear from the image, so no name is given.2010-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a ceremonial procession cart outdoors among palm trees. A devotee in an orange saffron wrap sits with their back to the camera, facing a deity murti in a decorated shrine on the cart. The murti is adorned with yellow and red marigold garlands and a crown, set against a blue cloth backdrop, with colourful embroidered hangings in red, yellow, green and blue framing it. A stone Nandi bull with a garland sits on a red pedestal to the left, and a tall copper-coloured pole stands behind. Only one physical person is visible.2010-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotee in an orange saffron wrap with long dark wavy hair, seen from behind, standing with palms pressed together in namaste before a decorated palanquin-style ratha. The deity murti on the platform wears a blue cloth backdrop and is heavily garlanded with yellow, orange and red flower garlands; the colourful festival hangings on the poles are blue, yellow, red and green with floral motifs. Beside it stand a black stone Nandi bull with a garland and a copper-coloured tall lamp post or dhwaja, with palm trees behind.2010-11-18 +1 copiesNovember 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesNovember 18 20102010-11-18Outdoor temple-procession scene at a decorated ratha chariot draped with colourful painted cloth in red, yellow, blue and orange. A deity murti is garlanded with marigolds and green leaves inside the chariot shrine. A woman with long dark hair in an orange sari holds a lit oil lamp toward the shrine, her back to the camera. A shaven-headed man in orange robes stands at right beside a brass vessel with pink flowers. Stone sculptures, palm trees and a striped flag line are visible behind, under a bright sky.2010-11-18 +1 copiesNovember 18 20102010-11-18 +1 copiesOutdoor temple scene under a clear sky with palm trees. A man with long dark hair and a rudraksha mala wears a flowing saffron-orange wrap and gazes upward at a dark stone Nandi bull statue draped with a garland of marigolds and purple flowers. The Nandi sits on a wooden platform covered with an orange cloth, beside tall orange-hemmed pillars decorated with red, blue and green floral patterns. The setting suggests a Pada-Puja ritual with a padapuja offering to a sacred bull statue.2010-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a devotee in a leopard-print blouse and orange sari kneeling at a raised platform before a decorated deity murti. The murti is a seated female form draped in a green and gold garment, adorned with a gold crown, necklaces and a full garland of yellow, red, white and green flowers. It sits within a gold arched frame under a canopy, flanked by tall red, blue and yellow embroidered banners with floral motifs and fringed bottoms. Brass puja vessels, a kalasha-style pot and a bowl sit on a red cloth at the platform's base, with palm trees behind. One physical person is visible.2013-03-02A photograph of an outdoor shrine scene. A woman with long dark curly hair, seen from behind, wears an orange sari and holds a lit lamp or flame toward a deity murti adorned with yellow and red flower garlands. The murti sits on a table-like altar draped in pale blue cloth, framed by tall colourful embroidered banners in blue, yellow, red and orange with floral motifs. A copper kalasha-style pillar with garlands stands to the left beside a black Nandi bull statue wrapped in marigold garlands. Coconut palms are in the background, and brass vessels with flower offerings sit at the lower right foreground.2010-11-18 +1 copiesA photograph of a decorated festival cart with a golden deity murti seated on a red cloth, surrounded by red, white and yellow garlands, with colourful embroidered cloth panels in red, blue and yellow hanging from a canopy overhead. A person with long dark hair, wearing a leopard-print garment with an orange shawl and a red garland, stands in profile at the front of the cart with palms joined in prayer. On the cart's tray are brass puja vessels including a bell, a lamp and small cups. A second person in white clothes with a shaved head and a rudraksha mala films the scene at the left edge. Palm trees and a tin-roofed structure appear in the background.2013-03-02