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Candid photograph inside a colourfully decorated Hindu temple hall with a painted ceiling and multicoloured pillars. In the foreground, a man in white ritual clothes with a rudraksha mala holds a small offering tray of flowers and petals in his hands. Beside him, a woman in a mustard-yellow blouse and white sari wears a rudraksha mala and a gold bangle. A man in a white polo shirt and glasses stands behind them, and a partially visible person in cream clothing is at the left edge. The image is blurred with motion. No a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance.

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Photograph inside a temple hall during Thaipoosam. In the foreground an elderly woman with short dark hair, wearing a cream and gold-patterned shawl, rudraksha beads and a pendant, looks down while holding a yellow plastic bag. Behind her a bare-chested man with a rudraksha mala and red cloth around his waist stands beside a decorated statue wreathed in white and pink flowers. A bald man in a white embroidered shirt and a man in yellow clothing stand nearby, with a colourful umbrella and hanging marigold garlands above. Four people are visible, and the scene shows no printed text or a person depiction.2026-02-01A crowded temple interior during a Thaipoosam-day gathering, with devotees moving through a central aisle. A shaved-headed man in an all-white kurta and trousers walks away from the camera, while a woman in a cream sari and a white-haired elderly woman in a white sari with hands joined stand near a deity murti decorated with a garland of green, yellow and white flowers and a red-and-white canopy umbrella. Further left a woman wears a yellow-and-red sari. On the right a bare-chested priest in orange-red dhoti, with sacred thread and yellow tilak, stands beside a tray of offerings. Scattered petals cover the dark floor, and gilded temple woodwork frames the shrine.2026-02-02KAILASA India Na Na Na on 4/5/20222022-04-05 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple ritual in front of a richly decorated deity murti of Lord Murugan, with a sheathed spear-like vel visible at its side, surrounded by heaps of marigold and white flower garlands in yellow, purple, red and white. A bare-chested man with grey hair, a sandalwood and vibhuti forehead mark and a long rudraksha mala stands at left in a white upper cloth and yellow-and-blue dhoti with a red waist sash, holding folded banknotes as an offering. Beside him at right, a second man in a red-orange dhoti holds a silver tray. Below, a pineapple, marigold garlands, a red cloth bundle and a yellow cloth bag with a handle sit on the floor. Bright sunlight blurs the upper right corner.2026-02-02Two men sit side by side in prayer with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing right toward a shrine. The foreground man has swept-back grey hair, dark-framed glasses, a rudraksha mala with ceremonial gold beads, a gold wristwatch and gold bangles, and wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a sacred thread, bare-chested. Behind him sits a second man with grey hair and a white tilak, also bare-chested with a rudraksha mala and white dhoti with gold border. Behind them are golden drapes, gilded deity murtis and a brass lamp stand, with a red and gold rug underfoot. A devotee in blue is visible at the right edge.2019-07-15April 12 20242024-04-12A photo inside a covered hall with corrugated metal walls and ceiling fans. In the centre, a bald, bespectacled man with a bare chest wears a white dhoti with gold border and rudraksha malas, holding a woven basket with a leaf and offering. To his left, a man in white dhoti holds a cutout standee of a smiling figure in pink and orange clothing, an orange turban, and a garland of white jasmine, pink and red flowers, and green leaves. Two women in white saris with gold borders stand at either side, one holding a basket of flowers and the other a basket of fruit including oranges, apples and bananas. Rudraksha malas hang around their necks. Onlookers stand in the background.2022-04-17November 24 20172017-11-24December 24 20152015-12-24A blurred photograph of a temple interior. In the foreground a woman in a cream and gold-bordered saree with a dark bun, gold bangles and a pendant necklace holds a small offering and reaches toward a deity. Behind her a large golden deity murti stands framed by a halo of green, yellow and white flower garlands with red-bordered decoration. Yellow and white flower garlands and scattered petals lie on a red and gold platform. A partly visible man in white clothing stands at left, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti appears in the background.2026-02-01May 18 20192019-05-18February 10 20202020-02-10 +2 copies