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A man in a white turban and bare upper body, with a long beaded necklace of gold-toned beads and a rudraksha-style mala, leans forward over a decorated kalasha-like offering. He touches a pile of bananas and fruit placed before a goddess murti adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands, red flowers, and a silver crown. Below, a blue-and-red silk-bordered cloth is draped over a conical offering wrapped with white jasmine garlands, green leaves and red roses. Potted plants and flower arrangements stand on the altar behind, with colourful festoons overhead. The scene appears to be a Navaratri puja setup.

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Photograph of two shirtless men in white dhotis and white turbans with orange borders, bent forward at a shrine to deity murti of a goddess in a red-and-green sari with silver ornaments and a large silver heart-shaped necklace. Behind the murti are a gilded arched backdrop, marigold and multicoloured garlands, and brass pots with offerings. One man reaches down to a folded red and blue silk sari on the floor, apparently presenting or arranging it, as part of a devi alankaram ritual. The floor is plain yellowish stone.A photograph of a temple ritual in front of an ornate golden deity murti shrine decorated with colourful garlands and a saffron-orange draped cloth above with striped festoons. Two priests in white dhotis with gold borders and white turbans stand at center; the priest on the left is bare-backed and bending forward, the priest on the right has a beard, white sacred markings on his arms and wears a long beaded rudraksha-style necklace. 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He holds out a folded red and blue silk sari, its blue-gold border visible, while another person's hands extend it from the right. Behind them a shrine is decorated with orange drapery and colourful floral garlands, with gilded deity murti and a goddess figure adorned with jewelled necklace and red robe, flanked by smaller images, and yellow fruit and flowers placed before them. Sand-coloured earth and a white painted line appear at the bottom edge.Night-time ritual inside a temple shrine decorated with striped garlands in yellow, red, purple and white. On the right stands a deity murti with a gold crown, adorned with silver ornaments and a long garland of white flowers and beads. Beside it sit clay pots with yellow flowers and mango leaves, and red petals are scattered on a maroon-draped altar. In the foreground a priest in a white turban and bare upper body, with white sacred markings on his arm, tends a fire pit where smoke and flames rise from wood. 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In the foreground a fire burns on a yellow-washed raised fire pit, and a small seated figure of a deity dressed in a blue and red silk sari with gold border sits draped in white jasmine garlands and green flower garlands. Behind the fire, deity murtis are decorated with red, yellow and green garlands under an ornate gold canopy with a colourful flower-garland valance. On the right a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and a sandalwood-marked bare chest holds a brass vessel over the fire, a palm-leaf decoration behind him. One physical person is visible.Navaratri worship in front of a decorated deity murti of a goddess shrine. The central murti wears a silver crown, a green garment and heavy jewelled necklaces, and is framed by a garland of red, yellow, purple and white flowers. Two men in white turbans and white dhotis stand at left and right; the man at left has his palms joined in namaskar, while the man at right leans forward with his hand over a seated figure in an orange and gold sari with a white flower garland. Brass kalasha pots with mango leaves and flowers sit on a red-draped platform, with bananas and a green leaf in the foreground.Nighttime photograph of a homa ritual at a temple setting. A bright fire burns in a pit on a yellow-painted platform in the foreground. Beside the fire lies a large kalasha-like offering draped in a navy and red silk sari with white jasmine garlands and green leaf ornaments. On the right stands a shirtless man with a yellow turban, white dhoti with gold border, a gold chain necklace and rudraksha-style beads, his palms pressed together in prayer. Behind the fire, a carved wooden canopy with red, yellow and purple floral garlands frames two deity murtis decorated with flowers. 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The murtis wear colourful garments, gold and silver ornaments and flower garlands. The altar holds brass bowls, a kalasha-style pot wrapped in leaves, yellow turmeric-coloured offerings, red flowers, and a brass lamp. Bright striped and patterned fabric hangs on the pillars. This appears to be a puja or alankaram ritual.A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered white turban and a gold bead necklace stands with his back to the camera, performing worship before a deity murti dressed in silver ornaments and a garland of yellow and red flowers. Blue and yellow floral garlands drape across the shrine arch above a gilded carved ornamental frame. Beside the murti are brass pots and a lamp, and in the foreground an orange cloth with gold border lies on a platform; the priest's arm, marked with white ash, reaches toward the offering area. Setting appears to be a temple shrine during a puja.