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April 14 2018

A photograph of a ceremonial offering arrangement in a temple hall. A decorated tray or palanquin-like frame is heaped with yellow marigold garlands, red roses, and white flower petals, with jeweled ornamental strands and a green-bordered cloth beneath. A coconut, bananas, and a small kalasha-like vessel sit nearby on a red cloth. In the background, several men with bare upper bodies wear white dhotis with gold borders, seated with their backs to the camera. Striped and colourful garlands hang from the ceiling above.

April 14 2018

Ritual scene at a temple with a Shiva lingam and a bull figure (Nandi) adorned with yellow marigold garlands, red roses and white flower garlands, draped in white cloth with a green-and-gold border. A coconut sits atop the lingam, and sugarcane stalks stand beside it. In front, an orange-draped altar holds bananas, coconuts, a brass oil lamp with a lit flame, a small brass shrine piece and red flowers. Yellow and orange flower garlands hang in the background, with pillars and red and orange decorative umbrellas. No people are clearly visible apart from a partially visible figure at the right edge. Shiva lingam abhishekam and puja offerings.

Photograph of a temple ritual setting decorated with yellow marigold garlands and red roses. Two coconuts with pointed tops sit on a white-draped platform on an orange cloth, with additional garlands and a lit oil lamp in a brass plate in the foreground. Banana bunches, a halved coconut, and fruit sit on brass trays, and red and pink flowers scattered around. Colourful painted pillars and hanging umbrellas frame the hall. Behind the offerings, a person in a dark garment is partly visible, and a camera on a tripod is at right. No clear face or identifiable a person figure is visible.

Two ceremonial kalasha pots topped with coconuts and mango leaves are heavily garlanded with yellow marigolds, red roses and white jasmine, with blue and gold beaded ornaments. They sit on a red cloth in a temple setting, with trays of offerings and flower petals nearby. Behind them, a priest in a green-bordered dhoti and a few other people are partly visible, along with decorated pillars and a camera crew at the edge. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam preparation.

April 14 2018

October 18 2015

Two coconut-shaped ritual vessels, each with a face-like pair of eye holes, stand side by side on a low brown cloth-draped platform, wrapped in thick garlands of yellow and white marigolds and red roses. A pink-red cloth drapes behind them. Two silver oil lamps flank the pair on the floor, with patterned striped mats and blurred figures in the background, consistent with a ritual homa or puja setting.

A temple ritual scene with several kalasha pots arranged on a gold-bordered maroon cloth. Each pot is a coconut topped with white jasmine garlands, set in colourful patterned bases, with green mango leaves at the rim. Behind them, several priests in white dhotis and white shawls sit cross-legged on the floor, one with a red thread on his wrist. Plates hold fruit, folded napkins, flowers and small brass vessels in the foreground, with a partly visible person at the left edge.

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July 17 2015

Close view of a ritual altar draped in red cloth, heaped with red roses, yellow marigolds, orange flowers and white jasmine garlands with green leaves. A decorated brass or copper kalasha-style vessel with a red-and-gold cloth sits at centre beside a deity murti adorned with garlands. Yellow brick blocks and scattered petals sit in the foreground. Two women's faces appear blurred in the background, and a purple cloth lies at right. No a person candidate is clearly visible.