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A 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.

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June 29 20142014-06-29June 19 20142014-06-19A long hall with cream walls and a tiled floor shows two rows of women in white and cream saris with gold borders seated on the floor facing each other, many with flower garlands in their hair. Before each woman is a banana leaf holding banana fruit, flowers, a small brass oil lamp, incense sticks and offering plates. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border walks down the central aisle, bending slightly. Colourful hanging festoons decorate the ceiling, and a painted shrine with a deity murti stands at the far end. Several saffron-robed attendants are visible in the background.2014-06-19June 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 copiesA row of women sit cross-legged on a polished white floor in a hall, performing a ritual. Each has a leaf plate with flowers, fruit, red kumkum and incense sticks, and brass oil lamps (deepams) with lit flames stand before them. The women wear white and cream saris and sarees with orange or yellow borders, and some wear beaded necklaces. In the background, a man in a saffron-orange robe stands near the wall, and another figure in white stands nearby. Wooden doors and a framed picture hang on the cream walls.2014-06-19June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesPhotograph 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.2014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19A long row of women sit cross-legged on a polished floor during a 108 Vilakku Puja, each tending a brass oil lamp (vilakku) on a banana leaf set with flowers, fruit and red kumkum. Foreground women wear white saris with gold borders and rudraksha or bead necklaces; one wears an orange-bordered sari. In the background, a figure in saffron/orange robes stands near the far wall, and another person in white stands beside a doorway. Incense sticks smoulder among the offerings. The hall has cream walls, brown wooden doors and a small framed picture on the wall, and the scene shows a row of ritual lamps extending into the distance.2014-06-29