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Close view of brass ritual implements on a stone-floored shrine. Three tall brass lamp stands with cups stand on a brass platform, one holding a white conch shell. Nearby are a copper pot with ladle, a small brass cup, a brass plate, and a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame on a footed tray. A brass tray holds a bowl of reddish powder. Behind them a gold-embossed plaque with inscriptions is draped with a purple cloth. No people are visible. Timestamp overlay reads Mar 16, 2022 at 6:39:23 AM, 6, Amman Sanadhi Street, Madurai.

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SHYAMALAPEETA SARVAJNAPEETAM on 3/24/20222022-03-24SHYAMALAPEETA SARVAJNAPEETAM on 3/26/20222022-03-26Overhead photo of a morning ritual setup on a striped red, blue and purple cloth over a pale floor. A large brass plate holds a mound of white granular offering. Beside it is a brass lamp with a lit wick and a small flame, a small brass bowl, a brass dome-shaped cover, a brass cup and spoon, a white conch shell, and a white-wrapped object on a wooden stand. A timestamp in the corner reads Mar 27, 2022 at 6:44:16 AM, with the location 6, Amman Sanadhi Street, Madurai. No people are visible.2022-03-27Photograph of a shrine in a temple setting with a gilded deity murti on a purple cloth-draped altar, flanked by smaller figures and a gold lion statue. In the foreground, brass lamps including a lit oil lamp, a brass kalasha-style cup, and a gold plate scattered with rose petals and flowers sit on a stone floor, with a steel tray beside them. A timestamp overlay reads Mar 16, 2022 at 7:51:37 PM and a street address in Madurai. No people are visible.2022-03-16A photograph of a temple shrine at night with lit brass oil lamps on the floor in front of a gilded platform. Several small brass lamps with flames stand on a low brass stand and a second round brass tray, with a brass bell, a small copper vessel and a white conch shell placed among them. Behind them, deity murti figures are dressed in silk and adorned with jewellery, including a figure in a blue garment and a gold lion-like vahana. The gilded base carries an engraved inscription panel. A timestamp reads Feb 21, 2022 at 7:41:33 PM with the location 28, Amman Sanadhi Street, Madurai. No people are visible.2022-02-21SHYAMALAPEETA SARVAJNAPEETAM on 4/3/20222022-04-03SHYAMALAPEETA SARVAJNAPEETAM on 3/15/20222022-03-15Close overhead photo of a ritual setup on a striped cloth. In the centre, a brass bowl heaped with white grain or powder sits on a round engraved gold-toned tray, topped with a single pink petal. Around it are a white conch shell, a small brass cup with a ladle, a larger brass bowl, a brass plate holding yellow turmeric or kumkum powder at the right edge, and a silver-toned engraved tray. No people are visible. A timestamp and location overlay sits in the top right corner.2022-03-29SHYAMALAPEETA SARVAJNAPEETAM on 3/9/20222022-03-09A photograph of a brass ritual setup on a grey stone floor for abhishekam. On a raised brass base with carved legs sits a golden pyramid-shaped sri yantra style object flanked by two small standing brass figures. Beside it are brass vessels, a brass bowl and a brass pot with water. At left a brass tray holds small bowls of kumkum, turmeric and vibhuti, a camphor or lamp dish, and a small brass lamp. At right a silver tray holds garlands and cloth. No people are visible.2024-08-26SHYAMALAPEETA SARVAJNAPEETAM on 3/4/20222022-03-04Photograph of a ritual setup on a bare grey floor. Central focus is a gold-toned metal Sri Chakra meru-shaped yantra, a tiered pyramid, flanked by two standing gold deity figures, on a rectangular gold-coloured altar platform with a carved lotus-petal border and a small spouted vessel at its right edge. In the foreground left, a brass thali holds small bowls of coloured powders including turmeric, red kumkum, white powder, black powder and a silver container, and a second brass plate holds a small brass lamp, a white heap of rice or powder, a small brass pot and a spoon. A brass pot stands at the right edge. A striped cloth lies at the top of the frame. A timestamp overlay in the lower right reads Aug 18, 2024 6:03:23 AM, Sannathi Street, Madurai Main, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Altitude 68.5m, abhishekam. No people are visible.2024-08-18