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A candid photo inside a brightly painted temple hall with turquoise walls and a painted mural of a fierce deity with a trident at left. A woman in an orange-brown garment with a white flower garland and a red-and-white bead necklace sits on a red cushion, smiling as she extends a small object toward a man at right who wears a white flower garland, white shawl and a beaded wrist band, and holds a red fruit. Beside them two seated figures in orange robes sit on the floor, one with a rudraksha mala. Behind them is a golden throne-like seat draped with pink and green cloth and garlands, with other floral decorations and a green parrot perched at the left edge.

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April 23 20132013-04-23April 23 20132013-04-23A seated person with long dark hair, a white ash-and-kumkum forehead marking, a white-and-red jasmine garland, gold bangles and an orange-brown cloth smiles while accepting a small offering from a person in a white garland standing at right. Behind them, a seated figure in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits beside an ornate golden throne draped with colourful flower garlands and a pink cloth. A carved, painted deity figure holding a staff stands at left in a richly decorated shrine room with a gold arch, and brass lamps and offering plates lie on the white floor. The scene suggests a devotional ritual exchange within a temple-like hall.2012-04-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine room with a seated figure in the foreground. A smiling person with swept-back dark hair, a white and red garland and gold bangles sits on a red cloth, wearing a rust-orange wrap with a gold border, and reaches out to take an offering from a hand entering from the right. Behind, two shaven-headed priests in orange and saffron wraps sit near brass vessels, trays of sweets, flowers and petals on the white floor. Colourful garlands drape the deity murtis in gold-framed niches, and a green and pink cloth sits behind. The scene suggests a puja or prasad distribution.2012-04-23 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesA seated man in a rust-brown wrap with a white and red floral garland and gold bangles gestures with raised hands during a talk, smiling. Behind him, a shaved-headed man in an orange-saffron robe with a long rudraksha mala sits beside a younger man in orange, both on a red mat before a plate of bananas and food offerings. Ornate deity murtis are dressed in pink and green silks, decorated with garlands in orange, yellow and red, and a gilded throne-like seat stands at right. A green-plumed parrot perches at left against a colourful painted background.2012-04-23 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesA photograph of a ceremony in a gold-hung shrine room. A smiling man with long dreadlocked hair, a dark red-brown cloth and a large multi-coloured garland of yellow, white, red and green flowers sits on a red cushioned seat. A priest in white dhoti with a gold border and orange shawl leans forward and offers him an item with both hands. Behind them stand other attendants, one wearing a rudraksha mala, and a large floral garland hangs on the wall with green leaves and a gold trident-shaped ornament at the left. The seated man has distinctive dreadlocked hair and garlands, but the appearance is not clear enough for a confident identification.2016-07-19April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copiesApril 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies