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Photograph inside a bright temple hall with cream walls and a teal-and-gold shrine façade with a deity murti at the far end, hung with orange and multicolour festoons. Two men in maroon dhotis and ochre-brown shawls stand at the centre of a tiled aisle, one wearing a rudraksha-style mala and gold-toned pendant. Along both sides, women in white and green saris and cotton dresses kneel before banana-leaf plates holding fruit, flowers and lit oil lamps, while others sit cross-legged. A cameraman films from the right and drummers play large drums in the background. Another a person candidate is not clearly visible.

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June 19 20142014-06-19Photo of a ritual hall where two saffron-robed priests walk down a central aisle between rows of seated devotees. The seated women wear white saris with gold borders, a red sari and green blouses, and many have flower garlands in their hair. Before them are plantain-leaf plates with fruit, flowers, red kumkum and small lamps. Standing figures in orange and white dhotis, some holding instruments, line the edges, and a shrine with a deity murti sits at the back.2014-06-29A large hall with cream walls and white tiled floor where rows of seated devotees, mostly women in white and red saris, sit before banana leaf plates holding flowers, fruit, lit oil lamps and offerings. Two men in maroon and saffron-striped dhotis and rudraksha malas walk down the central aisle, one carrying a small vessel. Standing figures in orange and striped dhotis line the right side, and a young boy with folded hands kneels at left. A decorated shrine with red and gold ornaments stands in the background, with a tall brass lamp near the front. The scene appears to be a group puja or ritual offering.2014-06-19A long hall with a tiled floor shows two rows of women seated on the floor in white saris, many with coloured borders, each before a banana leaf holding flowers, bananas, a brass lamp and burning incense sticks. A woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari walks down the central aisle, bending over the rows. A small shrine with a blue and gold facade stands at the far end, with cloth draped on the walls and hanging decorations overhead. The scene suggests a pooja offering in progress; no a person figure is visibly identifiable in this image.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29June 19 20142014-06-19June 19 20142014-06-19June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesA photograph inside a bright, tiled hall during a 108 Vilakku Puja. Rows of women in white and cream saris sit on the floor in long lines, hands pressed together in namaskar before leaf plates. Each leaf holds flowers, fruit, and a small brass oil lamp with a lit flame. Some women wear red, green, and blue saris; one wears a gold-bordered yellow sari and another a red blouse. Further back, a figure in a saffron-orange robe stands near the center aisle, with other people in white and orange clothing near the far wall. Tall windows with louvres sit high on the walls, and orange cloth hangs near the top of the wall at the upper right.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copies