Overhead photo of a ritual object decorated with flowers on a green cloth. Two brown wooden sandals or padukas sit at the centre of a dark tray, surrounded by orange, yellow, white, purple, blue and green flower blooms and a ring of yellow marigold garlands. No people are visible. - Nithyanandapedia

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Overhead photo of a ritual object decorated with flowers on a green cloth. Two brown wooden sandals or padukas sit at the centre of a dark tray, surrounded by orange, yellow, white, purple, blue and green flower blooms and a ring of yellow marigold garlands. No people are visible.

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Overhead photo of a deity murti, a dark stone form, decorated with a large garland of yellow marigolds and pink and white chrysanthemums with green leaves. It rests on a green satin cloth edged with a gold and blue patterned border, placed on a tiled floor beside a leopard-print cloth. No people are visible.

KAILASA DHUMBARAI, NEPAL on 5/14/2021

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Top-down photo of a dark black stone Shiva lingam with a golden yoni-shaped base, decorated with a ring of flowers in yellow, orange, pink, white and purple chrysanthemums and marigold garlands. A bright magenta cloth with gold borders lies beneath the arrangement on a grey tiled floor. The arrangement suggests a daily puja offering to the lingam, with no people visible.

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