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A photograph of a Durga murti on an outdoor covered platform under a corrugated metal roof. The goddess has multiple arms and a white lace-like crown and garment, with yellow and white marigold garlands draped over the figure and around a lion mount. Beside her stand smaller figures including a Ganesha with a pink trunk and a green-skinned figure. Two men in saffron-and-maroon ritual wraps with gold borders are in the foreground: the man on the left sits with his back to the camera, and the man on the right stands with palms pressed together in prayer and a white-and-red garland around his neck. Flowers and foliage are visible at the edges. The scene suggests a puja at a Durga murti.

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A photograph of a temple worship scene under a corrugated metal roof. A large white-clad Durga murti with a lion mount stands at centre, flanked by smaller figures and a Ganesha figure, all decorated with marigold garlands. A priest in reddish-brown and saffron robes holds a lit oil lamp aarti toward the deities while holding a bell, wearing a multi-coloured garland. In front, a second devotee in a bare-chested saffron-brown dhoti stands with palms joined in namaskar. A red cloth covers the altar and a metal vessel sits on the floor. Tropical foliage and palm trees appear beyond the open pavilion.2014-10-04A photograph of a Durga murti decorated with white lace-like ornamentation and marigold garlands under a corrugated metal roof, with a lion mount and a green figure at its base. A shaved-headed priest in orange-brown cloth kneels at the lower left, and a standing man on the right, wearing a maroon dhoti and bare-chested, holds a garland and reaches toward the murti. Other devotees are partly visible at the edges. The setting is an open outdoor pandal.2014-10-04October 11 20132013-10-11A photograph of a Durga murti under a corrugated metal roof, with a large white-clad goddess figure holding a trident, flanked by smaller white figures, a lion mount, and a Ganesha figure at the base, all garlanded with yellow and orange marigold strands. Two saffron-robed priests stand at the sides: the left one raises a silver lamp or vessel, and the right one with palms joined is wearing a red-orange dhoti and a marigold garland. A white-clad man stands at far left holding a plate, with a rudraksha-style mala. A red cloth covers the platform in front. No identifiable a person candidate is visible; the people shown are priests and attendants performing puja.2014-10-04October 04 20142014-10-04Outdoor photograph of a Navaratri-style worship before a large white-decorated deity murti with a golden-yellow and red marigold garland. Flanking figures are also adorned with garlands and a small child-like figure in a green dress with a garland sits on a red-and-gold cloth in front. A shaven-headed man in a saffron-orange shawl stands in the foreground with his back to the camera, and a second man in a white dhoti with gold border stands at right. A kalasha-like pot is visible at left and a decorated peetha with figures at lower left. Trees and a white canopy are behind the shrine.2014-10-02A photograph of a Durga puja at a temple pavilion with a corrugated metal roof. A large Durga murti stands at centre in white lace-trimmed attire with raised arms holding weapons, flanked by smaller deity figures decked with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a red-and-gold border stands with his back to the camera, performing an aarti with a flaming oil lamp before the deities. On the right, a standing devotee in an orange-red dhoti and shawl with a gold border holds his palms together in namaskar, wearing a marigold garland and a plain bare-chested upper body. A yellow cloth is visible at the far left edge.2014-10-04Outdoor temple-style pavilion with a corrugated metal roof during a Durga puja. A large white-and-gold decorated Durga murti with multiple arms stands at left, flanked by smaller murtis including Ganesha in pink with a trunk and a female figure in white. A priest in a rust-coloured dhoti with a yellow-trimmed shawl, back to camera, pours water from a steel vessel into the hands of a man at right. The man at right has a shaved-looking dark head, a tilak on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and red-and-white flower garlands, wearing a rust-red robe with yellow border, eyes lowered. A small oil lamp with flame sits on a stand beside the murtis. Garlanded murtis in purple and yellow flowers surround the scene.2014-10-04A priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands at left, arm extended toward a large white-clad deity murti of Durga on a lion, with multiple arms holding weapons including a trident, surrounded by smaller figures of Lakshmi, Saraswati and Ganesha. The murtis are garlanded with yellow and purple flower garlands, and a red cloth covers the altar base. Trees and a shade structure appear in the background.2014-10-03October 04 20142014-10-04October 11 20132013-10-11A priest in a saffron-red dhoti and shawl stands at left, extending his arm toward a large deity murti of the goddess Durga with multiple arms, white and silver lacework halo, and a trident and weapons raised. She is flanked by two smaller female figures, a lion mount crouches in front, Ganesha sits at lower left, and marigold and yellow-and-purple garlands drape the figures. Oil lamps and a red cloth cover the altar base under trees and a canopy outdoors.2014-10-03