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A standing person in a rust-red dhoti with gold borders and matching red upper cloth stands at left with palms pressed together in anjali, facing a seated white statue. The statue wears a red turban, red robes, a white garland, rudraksha beads and a crescent emblem, and holds a trident beside it. Behind the statue is an ornate carved wooden throne draped with red and white flower garlands. A black lotus-shaped pedestal supports the statue. Small brass plates with flowers and offerings sit on the floor, and at right a smaller seated deity murti stands on a green-draped altar with a brass lamp, as in a padapuja ritual.

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A woman in a maroon and gold-bordered sari with a white and red flower garland stands at left in a small white-walled shrine with a corrugated roof, holding a lit oil lamp and gesturing with her hands toward an altar. A second person in orange-and-maroon ritual dress stands with palms pressed together behind her at left. At right, a white-and-maroon seated figure with a trident and a red turban sits on a black lotus pedestal, with a carved wooden throne flanked by two small lion figures in the centre. Brass lamps, a kalasha-style vessel, flower offerings, a red-and-silver tray and a small orange mat sit on a raised platform in front of the altar. The scene is a puja or aarti at a shrine.2014-07-02 +1 copiesA photograph inside a plain white-walled shrine room with a corrugated metal roof. A woman with a white flower garland, wearing a red and gold-bordered sari, stands at a raised step holding a lit oil lamp. Behind her, two people in red and saffron clothing stand with hands together, one holding a small object. On the right, a white marble statue of a seated figure with a red turban, rudraksha-style beads and a trident rests on a dark pedestal. A carved wooden throne with a garland and two lion figures stands empty in the centre, beside brass lamps, a kalasha-like tray, flowers and a decorated puja table. Floor kolam designs and scattered yellow powder decorate the steps.2014-07-02June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesJuly 02 20142014-07-02June 23 20132013-06-23 +2 copiesInterior photo of a room with pale blue walls and a white tiled floor. A white seated figure with a red turban and orange robe, wearing a red-black rudraksha mala, sits on a white and gold garlanded dais, flanked by two tall brass lamps. In the foreground, a person in an orange robe and orange turban, with a white flower garland, sits at a puja tray holding oil lamps, incense and brass vessels. Two smaller brass-coloured deity figures with yellow and orange garlands sit at the front of the dais. Two heads are visible at the right edge, one shaved. Flower garlands hang from the ceiling.2010-02-18A ritual puja in a plain white-walled room. A priest in a red-orange turban and orange-red dhoti with gold border stands at center, garlanded with white and red flowers, holding a small flower offering over a shrine. On the right, a white deity murti with a red turban, red garments and a garland of white and orange flowers sits on a black lotus-shaped pedestal. Before it lie fruit, flowers and a brass vessel. Two young assistants in orange cloth with maroon bands stand at left, one holding a lit oil lamp on a plate and the other holding a tray. A wooden throne-like seat decorated with flower garlands stands behind the priest. Scattered rose petals cover the floor.2013-06-23 +2 copiesJune 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesA woman in a maroon sari with gold borders stands at left holding a lit lamp and a garland of white and red flowers, while attendants in white dhotis and maroon clothing stand behind her. At right, a white statue of a seated saint wears a red turban, red robe, rudraksha beads and holds a staff, seated on a black lotus base in front of an ornate wooden throne with carved lion figures. On the floor, brass oil lamps, a kalasha, trays of offerings and a small deity murti are arranged on wooden platforms for puja in a bare white hall with a corrugated metal roof.2014-07-02June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesDecember 15 20172017-12-15A man with long dark hair, bare-chested and wearing a rust-orange wrap, stands with palms pressed together in namaskar before a seated white statue in a bare room. The seated figure wears a brown headpiece, a rudraksha-style mala and marigold garlands, and holds a red and yellow flag on a pole behind it. In front stands a small platform with brass kalasha vessels, a brass lamp, a bowl of pink flowers, incense smoke rising, and a tray of offerings. Light patterns from a perforated window fall across the floor. The bearing suggests puja or darshan, but the man's appearance is uncertain and no name is printed in the scene.2017-12-15