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A woman in an orange silk saree stands beside a golden shrine canopy in a covered courtyard, holding a small handheld lamp in one hand and a brass bell in the other while performing a go puja. A black-and-white spotted cow with horns, a rope halter and a decorated horn tip stands at the left, a green cloth draped on its back. Beside the shrine is a plain red-walled stone trough, and a golden-domed shrine stands behind her with a lit oil lamp inside.

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A woman in an orange sari stands at right, holding a brass bell and a lit brass oil lamp near a spouted vessel, performing go seva beside a black-and-white spotted cow with orange-tipped horns. The cow is draped with a green cloth and stands on a platter of grain. Behind them a golden shrine canopy houses a small seated figure of a saint, shown with hands folded and rudraksha beads, flanked by two lit oil lamps on a gold-draped platform. The setting is a dim, roofed cowshed-like space with a red wall and a metal railing at right.2022-03-15A woman in an orange saree stands beside a gold-coloured shrine with a lit oil lamp, holding a small brass vessel in one hand while reaching toward a black-and-white spotted cow. The cow wears a rope halter, a green cloth draped over its back, and has yellow-painted horns and a red mark on its forehead. The setting is an indoor covered hall with a red-painted wall and a plain concrete floor, consistent with a go seva or gau puja offering.2022-03-15March 15 2022 sripuram2022-03-15March 15 2022 sripuram2022-03-15March 15 2022 sripuram2022-03-15A woman in an orange saree performs a go puja at night, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward the head of a black-and-white spotted cow with long horns and a yellow flower garland on its forehead. The cow stands beside a bowl of grain under a roof. Behind them is a golden shrine canopy housing a small seated figure of a sage-like deity murti, flanked by two lit brass lamps and draped in gold cloth. A green cloth covers the cow's back.2022-03-15A woman in an orange saree with a gold border stands at right, smiling as she holds a lit brass oil lamp toward a shrine. Beside her, a black-and-white spotted cow stands tied with a rope halter. Behind them is a golden shrine canopy housing a small deity murti decorated with garlands, set on a gold cloth-draped platform.2022-03-14A woman in an orange saree stands beside a black-and-white cow with yellow-painted horns and a mark on its forehead, tied with a rope and draped in green cloth, inside a covered shed at night. She holds a brass bell in one hand and extends an incense stick or lamp toward a small golden shrine with a gilded dome, where a small metal murti sits amid lit oil lamps and smoke rises. The setting appears to be a cow-care or go seva station with a deity shrine.2022-03-15A photograph of a go seva scene at night in a covered shed. A woman in an orange saree stands at right, ringing a brass bell while facing a gilded canopied shrine. Inside the shrine sits a small reddish deity murti with oil lamps lit on either side and a lamp on the base. In the foreground a black-and-white spotted cow, draped with a green cloth and marked with kumkum, eats from a leaf plate of feed. The setting is a concrete floor beside a raised tank, consistent with the cow worship (gau puja) described in the page's offerings.2022-03-15A woman in an orange saree performs worship at a small golden shrine set into a red wall in a covered cowshed. She stands bent forward beside the shrine, holding her hands together near a small deity murti dressed in red and white with garlands, lit by two oil lamps. A black-and-white spotted cow with a green cloth draped over its back and a rope halter stands to the left on a dirt floor, and a concrete trough sits to the right with a white geometric kolam drawn on the red wall. The scene conveys a gau seva or cow-worship setting.2022-02-03Night-time photograph in a covered shed with a dark tiled roof. A black-and-white spotted cow with a green cloth draped on its back and a rope halter stands at left, its head lowered toward a round woven basket of grain on the floor. At right, a woman in an orange sari with her hair in a bun rings a brass handbell with one hand while touching the cow's face with the other. Behind them a golden domed shrine holds a small deity murti lit by oil lamps. The ground has white flower petals and kolam-style floor decoration at right.2022-03-14March 14 2022 sripuram2022-03-14