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Outdoor temple ritual at night beneath bamboo scaffolding and unfinished stone pillars. Several priests in traditional attire perform a puja before a golden deity murti decorated with green garlands and red and yellow flowers. A bare-chested priest with a blue-and-red cloth and folded hands stands at right, while a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and yellow-bordered shawl stands centre with a rudraksha mala, and another priest in white holds a woven basket. Red-draped altar tables hold brass vessels, fruit, flower garlands and offerings, and marigold petals are scattered on stone steps. Four people are visible, and the scene is a temple ritual, not a poster or screen.

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March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02Outdoor temple ritual at night beneath strings of multicoloured fairy lights along a pillared pavilion. Several men in traditional south Indian attire stand before an ornate golden deity murti or throne-like shrine heaped with red and yellow flower garlands. A bald man in white dhoti with a saffron-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a woven basket of red flowers. Beside him a shirtless man with a grey beard and white dhoti with green-bordered cloth stands with folded hands. Another man in a red garment with blue cloth holds a tray of red petals, and white flower garlands hang at the right edge. Brass vessels and a lamp sit on the floor in front. The scene looks like an abhishekam or puja. None of the men is identifiable as a person from appearance cues shown here, so no candidate is asserted.2018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02September 19 20152015-09-19A photograph of an indoor ritual space under construction, with bare concrete columns, scaffolding and exposed ceiling beams. Several men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies stand around a low brick platform decorated with marigold garlands, yellow and red flower arrangements, brass vessels and offering plates. On the right, a priest in a saffron-and-white dhoti stands near a red-draped altar with a flower-covered deity murti and a gold-framed backdrop. Smoke rises through the hall. A man in a saffron-yellow dhoti stands on the left, another in a saffron wrap stands centre-left, and no figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02Temple puja in progress before a gold-framed deity murti adorned with red flowers, yellow marigold garlands and a golden kalasha-style backdrop. Four priests stand at a stone platform: a bald priest in white dhoti with saffron-orange shawl pours or offers at the altar, while a bearded man in white holds a woven basket and two bare-chested men in white dhotis and rudraksha malas stand with folded arms; a fifth man on the right, bare-chested with an orange cloth and beaded mala, stands with arms crossed. Brass vessels, banana leaves, fruit, and marigold-decorated steps surround the altar under scaffolding and string lights.2018-03-02December 21 20102010-12-21March 02 20182018-03-02Photograph of a temple ritual in a stone-walled hall decorated with colourful banners. Foreground, a priest in a yellow shawl and white dhoti with a purple border holds a small plate while standing before an elaborately decorated altar piled with red and yellow marigold garlands and flower heaps. Beside him, a man in an orange-saffron garment and a white-and-gold garland, hands folded in namaskar, stands near the altar; he has long dark hair and a red-and-white forehead mark, a presentation consistent with the page's a person reference but with uncertain identity. Other priests in white, yellow and orange clothing stand nearby, and a green-and-gold umbrella hangs above the scene. Brass vessels, a lamp and incense smoke fill the floor, which is covered with red cloth and petals.2018-04-14 +1 copies