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October 15 20082008-10-15 +1 copiesOctober 15 20082008-10-15 +1 copiesA photo inside a small temple shrine with blue-painted walls and a white-tiled backdrop. A bare-chested priest in a red cloth and a second priest in a yellow-bordered white dhoti stand at a golden arched shrine holding a decorated deity murti garlanded with marigold and other flower garlands, with a metal lamp and brass vessels on the floor. To the left, a man in an orange robe with a red-edged shawl stands with hands folded, and a woman in a red top and orange skirt stands beside him. On the right, a bare-chested elderly man in a white cloth and a man in an orange robe watch the puja. A green-and-gold deity relief is visible on the wall above. Readable Tamil signage and a painted board name a shrine dedication.2008-10-15August 09 20102010-08-09July 20 20102010-07-20A photograph of a temple abhishekam scene. A man with long, swept-back dark hair wearing an orange robe with a gold border and a white and red flower garland pours liquid from a silver vessel over a black lingam at the base of a shrine. Behind him stand two ornate golden deity murtis adorned with jewelled crowns, necklaces and red and green garments, framed by yellow and red marigold garlands and a decorated arch. A small bronze utsava murti in a silver prabhavali sits in the foreground with yellow and red garlands draped around it, and a second person in white dhoti sits at lower left. The shrine is decorated with bright flower garlands and a green and gold border.2007-01-01Temple ritual at a stone-pillared pavilion before a golden deity murti seated on a red-draped throne, decorated with yellow, orange, red and purple flower garlands. Two young men in saffron-orange robes stand at left, one holding a brass offering plate. A bare-chested older priest with a white beard and white dhoti with red-bordered cloth stands centre, holding a ritual item toward the deity. Brass pots, lamps and flower offerings sit on the floor in front, with a brass kalasha nearby. Figures are priests and attendants performing puja.2009-12-30July 20 20102010-07-20Night-time temple ritual under a corrugated roof with strings of coloured lights. Golden lion-carved pillars frame the scene. On the left, a silver palanquin holds a deity murti garlanded with yellow, orange and red flowers. In the centre, a priest in white dhoti and shawl with shaved head stands with palms pressed together before a blue-draped altar. Beside him, a figure in orange cloth with bare chest and painted markings holds a lit oil lamp, and a devotee in orange holds a bell. Several people in orange and saffron stand nearby, with more devotees in the background, and offerings and a brass lamp lie on the platform.2017-01-08A temple procession outside a stone temple entrance in Tiruvannamalai. On the left, a shirtless man in white dhoti arranges flower garlands on a decorated palanquin, while a man in saffron dhoti and orange-yellow shawl stands on the platform beside him. In the foreground and centre, devotees stand with hands folded in prayer; one bare-chested man wears a rudraksha mala, another in white dhoti wears orange and a long garland, and a grey-haired man with a topknot and white vibhuti marks is at lower left. A woman in orange sari stands behind them, and a crowd fills the courtyard.2018-01-16February 13 20182018-02-13A temple shrine interior with a green floor, where several priests in bare-chested or white and yellow dhotis perform a ritual before a large deity murti of Venkateswara with a tall gold-and-black crown, framed by orange and yellow marigold garlands. Two tall painted guardian statues flank the entrance. In front, priests stand around a silver-topped table holding small brass vessels, golden utsava images, and a plate of fruit and flowers, while a woman in an orange sari sits with hands folded at right and a seated man in a white shirt with an orange shawl films with a phone at lower left. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam in a temple shrine.2013-02-15 +1 copies