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A photograph of a girl seated on a patterned carpet before a shrine of painted deity murtis and garlands. She wears a green sari with leaf motifs, gold jewellery and a headpiece, with marigold and red flower garlands. A shaved-headed priest in a maroon dhoti with gold border, bare-chested, bends forward with white ash marks and rudraksha malas, touching her feet in padapuja. Behind them stand a Ganesha murti and other colourful deity figures with garlands.

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October 02 20142014-10-02A young girl in a green silk sari with a gold-bordered pallu sits on a patterned cloth before a deity murti with a large lion face and a pink-and-white Ganesha figure behind her. Yellow marigold garlands with red flowers hang around her neck and shoulders, and she wears a tiara, a gold necklace and bangles. A shaved-headed man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl, with a rudraksha mala and white markings on his forehead and arms, bends forward and touches her feet while a silver vessel stands nearby. A corrugated roof, palm plants and a yellow vehicle are visible in the open courtyard.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02A young girl in a green and red silk sari with gold jewellery and marigold garlands sits before a decorated altar with a Ganesha murti and a lion-faced deity murti. A shaved-headed priest in an orange-red dhoti with a rudraksha mala and white ash markings on his arms and forehead gestures toward her with his hands, beside a silver bowl and small brass vessels. The setting is an open-sided pandal with flowers in red and yellow, indicating a puja or ritual blessing.2014-10-02A priest in a rust-red dhoti and saffron-gold shawl, with vibhuti marks on his bare upper body, applies a sacred mark to the forehead of a young girl in a green sari and yellow marigold garlands with red flowers. She sits before a grouping of painted deity murtis, including a white-clad goddess with a raised weapon and a blue-skinned figure, under a corrugated roof with a decorative kalasha-style pot nearby.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02A photograph of a ritual at a temple-like open pavilion. A bare-chested priest in a maroon dhoti with a gold border and a red beaded mala stands at left, holding a long pointed ritual implement toward a seated girl. The girl wears a green silk sari with a red border, layered yellow marigold garlands, red flower garlands, a jewelled necklace and a jewelled head ornament. Behind her are large deity murtis with a Ganesha figure and a lion-faced form draped in garlands, with a pink lotus and a silver vessel in front. Two people are visible, the priest and the girl.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02A photograph in a covered open-sided hall shows a shaven-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti with a white sacred mark on his arms, placing a garland of yellow and red flowers around the neck of a young girl seated on a low platform. The girl wears a green sari with a red border, gold jewellery, and a maang tikka, and she looks down. Behind them stands a large group of white and gold deity murtis, including a multi-armed goddess in white with a red-and-yellow garland, a lion, and a green-skinned figure holding a sword. Pink lotus flowers and marigold garlands decorate the shrine.2014-10-02October 02 20142014-10-02A photograph of a priest in saffron-red dhoti and rudraksha mala performing a puja beside a seated young girl in a green sari with red border and a yellow-and-red flower garland. He wears white vibhuti marks on his forehead and arms and holds a silver bell and a ritual staff toward her. Behind them stand colourful deity murtis of Ganesha in pink with a yellow garland and other figures in garlands, with silver and brass vessels, kumkum bowls and a red cloth on a low platform under trees.2014-10-02