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A temple hall during a ritual, with many seated devotees on the floor facing a central shrine. Women wear saris in blue, green, purple, orange and red, some with long braids; men wear white shirts and white dhotis. Palm fronds and garlands decorate the entrance, flanked by striped painted pillars. On the left, a deity murti stands in an alcove draped with garlands. In the centre, a dark stone deity figure is adorned with flower garlands. On the right, a tall multi-tiered brass lamp stands beside rows of small clay lamps arranged on the floor. A priest in white stands near the entrance, and a second brass lamp stand with lamps is at the left foreground.

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January 24 20062006-01-24January 24 20062006-01-24 +1 copiesPhotograph inside a white-walled temple hall during an alankaram and aarti ceremony. A deity murti decorated with a garland stands at the centre before a doorway framed by palm fronds, colourful striped cylindrical decorations and a draped orange-and-green cloth. Several men and women in plain white dhotis and sarees attend the murti; one stands at the centre holding a ritual item toward it, and another in white stands at the right edge. A tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp stands at the left. A large seated crowd of devotees fills the foreground, including women in pink, teal and saffron saris, men in white shirts and children in white and yellow. a person is not identifiable in this image.2006-01-23January 24 20062006-01-24 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall with white walls and ornate plaster ceiling medallions. A tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp stands at left. A priest in white clothes stands at the shrine raising a lamp toward a dark deity murti draped in a red garland, while another person in white stands near the shrine at left. A devotee in a light blue sari stands beside the deity. Palm fronds, green leaf garlands, and colorful striped pillar wraps frame the shrine. A large seated crowd of devotees, many women in saris and men in white, faces the shrine. Fringed draped textiles hang around the doorway.2006-01-23January 24 20062006-01-24 +1 copiesJanuary 23 20062006-01-23 +1 copiesJanuary 24 20062006-01-24 +2 copiesJanuary 24 20062006-01-24 +2 copiesJanuary 24 20062006-01-24 +2 copies24 జనవరి 2006 +2 copiesA photograph of a temple hall during an abhishekam and alankaram ritual. In the centre, a priest in white dhoti with a purple-bordered cloth lifts a lit flame toward a deity murti draped in red and adorned with garlands. Other priests in white stand in the background, one raising an arm near a flame. A tall brass multi-tiered oil lamp stands at left. Palm fronds and striped decorated pillars frame the altar. Seated devotees fill the floor: men in white shirts, women in saris of teal, orange, and maroon, and children. Many wear white ritual clothes and lanyards. The bright white hall has ceiling fans and a decorated arch.2006-01-23 +1 copies