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A photograph inside a plain room with cream walls and a tiled floor, showing a shirtless priest in a white dhoti with gold border pouring liquid from a brass vessel onto a ritual setup at floor level. Beside him, a brass plate holds flower petals and garlands, and a brass lamp with a flame stands nearby with pink flowers. Behind him, five women stand with hands folded in namaste; one wears a red saree with an orange border and holds a baby, another wears a green saree, one wears a pink floral dress, one wears a purple saree, and a small girl in a red top stands beside them. A wooden cabinet with glass doors stands on the right, with framed deity pictures on top and a small golden murti on the wall. Abhishekam appears to be underway.

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Indoor photo of a devotional ritual in a plain room with pale yellow walls and a tiled floor. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a gold border bends over a steel tray of flowers and offerings, with oil lamps placed nearby. Around him stand several women devotees with hands pressed in anjali: a woman in a red saree holding a baby, a woman in a green saree, a woman in a pink salwar, and a woman in a purple saree. A child in a red top stands among them. At left a bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style mala stands beside a red pillar, partly visible. A gold framed deity murti hangs on the wall at upper right. A visible photo shows the man at left, but his appearance gives no sufficient cues for identification. The scene shows an abhishekam-style puja performed for the assembled devotees.2025-04-24Indoor home shrine ritual in a plain room with pale yellow walls and a brown wooden cupboard. 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A timestamp in the corner reads Oct 12, 2024 5:47:04 PM.2024-12-10A photograph inside a small temple room with orange walls and a wooden cupboard. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border stands at a shrine, holding a lit oil lamp in front of a decorated deity murti set with garlands and a blue backdrop. A standing woman in a red blouse and striped pink and yellow saree presses her palms together. Two seated women, one in green and one in pink, sit with folded hands on a striped mat. A woman in a blue saree sits on the tiled floor to the left. Trays of flowers, fruit, kumkum and vibhuti sit on a blue-draped table beside metal vessels, and a framed calendar hangs on the wall.2025-09-22A photograph inside a small temple room with yellow-gold painted walls and a barred window. Five devotees sit on the red floor in white and cream traditional attire, most in white dhoti or saree with gold borders. 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