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A photograph of an evening puja inside an open-sided temple pavilion with a corrugated roof and a string of orange lights along the beams. At the centre stands a stone shrine housing a red and gold deity murti, flanked by two smaller figures. In front of it a priest in white dhoti and shawl stands holding a flame, while another white-clad attendant stands to the right. Seated devotees fill the floor in white clothes and saffron-orange shawls, some with long braided hair, and a few wear white head cloths. Brass oil lamps and ritual vessels sit on the floor in the foreground.

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May 21 20072007-05-21Night aarti at an open-sided temple shrine lit by a string of red lights along the roof edge. Three standing men in white dhotis and orange-saffron shoulder cloths hold lit oil lamps toward a deity murti group decorated with gold and red garments, seated on a red-draped platform framed by stone pillars with a white cloth backdrop. Around a dozen seated children and young devotees in white and light clothing sit on the floor in the foreground, with brass lamps and offering vessels in front of the shrine.January 03 20082008-01-03November 05 20072007-11-05Evening photo of devotees gathered in a open-sided pavilion before a grey stone shrine housing a deity murti in red and orange with a red curtain behind. Many people stand in rows on a mat in white dhotis, mundus and white kurtas; a man in a blue-and-white checked lungi stands at left, and a boy in a red shirt is near the centre. At right, a man in white with an orange shawl stands with his back partly turned, and a girl in white with a gold-trimmed garment stands nearby. Brass oil lamps and a brass vessel sit on the mat in the foreground, and a deity image in colour hangs above the shrine. Appears to be a puja or darshan.2007-09-21Night-time photograph of an open-air stone temple shrine with carved pillars and red cloth draped on the columns. On the right, a deity murti in a gilded crown sits on a stone pedestal beside an orange-draped seat. In the foreground a standing man in a white dhoti and orange shawl faces the shrine, while a row of seated people in white and orange clothing sit on striped mats at left, with brass oil lamps set in front of them. Overhead tube lights illuminate the scene against a dark sky.2007-02-11 +1 copiesJanuary 20 20082008-01-20November 04 20132013-11-04September 25 20092009-09-25Night photograph of a homa or puja under a thatched canopy hung with decorative woven rings and banana-leaf fronds. A standing person in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha-style necklace, holds a tray or vessel above a fire pit near the centre. About a dozen seated devotees in orange and red garments sit on mats in front, some with hands folded in prayer; others wear white and yellow dhotis. To the right, an ornate silver-and-blue deity murti flanked by brass kalashas and small offerings sits on a draped altar. Strings of lights and a bright lamp light the scene.2009-09-25January 24 20082008-01-24A night-time puja in an open-sided hall. Several men in white dhotis with saffron-orange shoulder cloths stand at a stone shrine performing rites with lamps and offerings before a pair of seated deity murtis draped in orange and red cloth. Rows of seated devotees in white fill the foreground, many with orange shawls, and a lone person in orange robes sits at the left edge near a small table. Tall banners with geometric red, blue and yellow patterns hang on either side of the shrine, with a brass vessel on the right and a ceiling fan at left.2007-09-21