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Night photograph of a lavishly decorated temple shrine with gold-embossed walls, multicoloured fairy lights and a domed canopy topped with trident finials. At the centre sits a deity murti in a pink and green garment with a profusion of yellow and red flower garlands, framed by a gold arch. Flanking deity figures and a brass lamp stand beside it. In the foreground a fire pit blazes with flames, indicating a homa, with ornate gold vessels and garlanded offerings nearby. No physical people are visible.

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October 07 20212021-10-07October 09 20212021-10-09October 11 20212021-10-11October 08 20212021-10-08October 11 20212021-10-11October 08 20212021-10-08A temple sanctum at Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam shows gold-finished deity murtis: a seated goddess on the left in a red and green embroidered garment with a halo, and a seated deity on the right adorned with a large gold and silver crown-like frame. A bearded man with long hair tied up, bare-chested except for an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulder and beaded necklaces, holds a lit oil lamp or camphor flame toward the central murti. Garlands of white flowers hang around the murtis, with brass lamps and lush green leaves nearby.2021-10-07Ornate temple interior during a fire ritual. In the foreground a priest in a red-and-gold crown with a blue-and-yellow garment pours offerings near a flaming fire pit, with flames and smoke rising. Behind him a decorated deity murti in a blue and gold ceremonial dress, adorned with jewelry, stands on a gold peetha surrounded by marigold garlands and red flowers. Tiered brass oil lamps burn beside the murti. Other deity figures and gold decorations frame the shrine. The fire pit suggests a Chandi homa purnahuti.2021-10-09October 08 20212021-10-08October 14 20212021-10-14October 08 20212021-10-08October 14 20212021-10-14