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A four-panel photo collage of a temple ritual with a red curtained backdrop. Top left, a man in white dhoti and shirt pours liquid from a brass vessel over a large black stone Ganesha murti standing on a ladder-supported stand. Top right, a young man in white dhoti kneels beside a lingam decorated with yellow silk, marigold garlands and a gold-trimmed crown, with silver bowls and fruit offerings arranged on trays. Bottom left, a similarly dressed lingam is sheltered beneath an orange and multicoloured canopy, surrounded by garlands and metal bowls of food. Bottom right, a group of devotees including a shaved-headed man in white and a man in white dhoti sit on the floor before the decorated lingam and a small deity murti on a gold throne.

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Five-panel collage of temple puja scenes. Left top: a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with a red sash rings a bell before a deity murti under a multicoloured umbrella canopy. Left middle: a priest in white dhoti and red sash holds a bell and a silver plate of offerings beside a decorated murti with marigold garlands and a golden crown. Right top: a large decorated deity murti under a striped canopy, garlanded with marigolds and roses, with a yellow and green silk cloth. Right bottom: seated devotees on a floor of a hall watch a screen showing the same deity while a woman and others sit in rows. The left and right top panels show ritual worship and the bottom panel shows devotees attending a satsang-style gathering; no single physical person is clearly identifiable as a person.2011-09-09 +1 copiesSeptember 05 20112011-09-05November 09 20072007-11-09April 29 20192019-04-29July 13 20152015-07-13November 09 20072007-11-09July 13 20152015-07-13 +2 copiesA photograph outdoors beneath a leafy tree shows a man in a maroon and gold-bordered dhoti-style garment and a white flower garland with red ribbon-like trim, a gold chain and gold bangles. He reaches out with his right hand to touch the head of a large black stone deity murti, a seated figure with a tall crown and ornate jewelry. He holds a brass or wooden tray in his left hand. A second person in saffron-toned clothing appears at the far right edge. The gesture suggests a puja or abhishekam-style honour to the murti.2015-02-05A photograph at an outdoor temple grove under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a woman in a maroon sari with a white flower garland and gold jewellery stands beside a black stone shivalingam garlanded with flowers. To the right a dark statue of a seated deity in green and orange dress wears an orange crown, flower garlands and a long pearl-like garland. Behind them several people in saffron and orange robes walk along a railed path, and a man in a white kurta stands near the centre. A carved shrine arch frames the statue.2015-02-05February 05 20152015-02-05July 13 20152015-07-13June 05 20112011-06-05