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A night photograph of a temple shrine decorated with marigold and banana-leaf garlands, gold-framed arches and a deity murti dressed in flower garlands. In the foreground a long-haired man with a multicoloured flower garland and a bare upper body stands with his back to the camera, offering a red wooden box with a printed picture to a smiling woman in a magenta top and purple skirt wearing a white flower garland. Beside her a man with a vibhuti-marked forehead, rudraksha mala and bare chest kneels, and a woman in white garments with a flower garland bends forward. Another woman in an orange-brown top and rudraksha mala stands behind them. Fruit and brass trays sit on a striped cloth at right. The scene looks like a devotional offering or puja. No figure is clearly identified as a person.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine decorated with marigold and orange flower garlands, banana plants and gold-framed arches. Behind the foreground, a richly adorned deity murti sits on a gold-draped stage with garlands. Several people stand and sit around the shrine. In the foreground, a bare-chested man with long dreadlocks and flower garlands leans forward holding a brass plate with a white cloth and a small framed picture. A bald man in white dhoti and garland bends forward, with a woman with long dark hair in a brown sari nearby. A woman in a blue sari and white blouse stands at left, and a young girl in orange clothing stands at right. The scene appears to be a ritual or puja with offerings.2016-12-19A photograph of a long-haired man with dark dreadlocks and a beard, seen from behind and partly in profile, wearing a rudraksha-style mala of pink and blue beads over bare shoulders and reaching forward to hand a tray. 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In the foreground a bearded man with a long rudraksha-style multicolour beaded garland faces left. A woman in a white garment with red flower garland hands a brass tray of offerings, including a blue cloth and packet, to a man in a patterned shawl with yellow beads, seated before the shrine. Another person in white kneels at lower right among offerings and a brass plate of yellow items. A person in orange-brown clothing stands behind them. Five to six people are visible in total.2016-12-19December 07 20162016-12-07April 23 20132013-04-23 +2 copies