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A temple puja in progress in a yellow-walled room. Three large deity murtis stand on a raised platform, decorated with garlands and crowns, with smaller figures in red and blue flanking them and oil lamps hanging above. In the foreground a bare-chested priest in white dhoti sits cross-legged on a striped red and green mat, holding a ritual object and gesturing, while an attendant in an orange-red shirt and white dhoti sits to the left with hands joined. Brass plates of fruit, sweets and red offerings are arranged on the mat before them, and a small table holds further offerings.

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Inside a temple shrine, a priest with a shaved head and bare upper body, wearing a white dhoti, offers fruit on a brass plate to a woman in a pink and green sari and a face mask who sits on a striped mat. Three ornately dressed deity murtis stand on a green-draped altar behind them, adorned with green skirts, gold jewellery and flower garlands. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, a small silver puja plate, bowls of food, apples, oranges and a bowl of white offering sit on the mat in front of the altar, with a red and green striped cloth beneath. The yellow walls are hung with garlands.2021-10-24A temple abhishekam scene in a yellow-walled shrine. Three deity murtis stand behind, adorned with garlands and green and gold garments. In the foreground a dark blue Shivalinga sits on a raised stand, with a brass puja plate, kalasha-style vessels and bowls of fruit, flowers and sweets spread on a colourful striped mat. 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