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Two women carry a flat brass tray of lit oil lamps through an ornate temple hall with gold-toned carved pillars and red drapes in the background. The woman on the left wears a maroon paisley saree with gold necklace and glasses, and the woman on the right wears a turquoise and green silk saree with a matching blouse and gold earrings. Both have white forehead markings and hold the tray together.

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December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06Two women stand side by side in front of a golden shrine niche holding a brass plate with two lit clay oil lamps. The woman on the left wears a maroon paisley saree with a dark red blouse, glasses, a red bindi, a gold necklace and bangles. The woman on the right wears a green and blue silk saree with a blue blouse, a gold necklace and a rudraksha-style bracelet. Behind them a black stone deity murti is decorated with white flower garlands and a pink cloth, set under a gilded arch. Pink and white flower garlands hang above and a red and orange decorated pillar stands at left.2022-12-06Two women in a gold-decorated temple interior during a lamp ritual. The woman on the left, in a maroon and red patterned saree with glasses and gold necklace, carries a brass tray of lit oil lamps. Beside her, a woman in a green and blue saree with a blue blouse stands at the entrance of a shrine. Inside, a deity murti is adorned with yellow and white flower garlands, with a golden kalasha-style ornament above and a brass oil lamp in front. A painted cloth banner with elephant and lotus motifs hangs on the left.2022-12-06December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06A woman in a maroon and rust paisley saree with a dark maroon blouse stands before a deity murti in a temple shrine. She wears gold necklaces, earrings, bangles and glasses, and holds a large brass plate with two lit clay oil lamps (diyas) as an aarti offering. Behind her a black stone deity with a white crown and pink silk drape stands in a gold arch, decorated with white and yellow flower garlands. A pink and white flower garland hangs above, a red cloth canopy and a pink-and-green cone-shaped decoration with a circular emblem sit at left, and a floral rangoli border lines the floor.2022-12-06A woman in a green and blue saree carries a silver tray with three lit oil lamps across a polished marble temple floor. Behind her, a shirtless man with a dark beaded necklace stands near a gold-carved pillar. Ornate gold-toned temple architecture and a small shrine with a deity murti are visible in the background, with red and white draped cloth on the right.2022-12-06Four women in silk saris stand around a deity murti of Devi Lakshmi in a gold-framed shrine decorated with green leaves, flower garlands in red, yellow and white, and a white cloth canopy. Two women on the left wear green and pink or teal and blue saris, while the two on the right wear a blue blouse with a red-and-gold sari and a red sari. Their hands together hold a metal aarti plate with several lit oil lamps, offered before the deity. Brass lamps hang from the ceiling and a brass lamp stand is at the right edge. The setting suggests a Varalaxmi puja performed by women devotees.2024-08-16December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06A photograph of six women in traditional silk saris performing an aarti with a brass oil lamp at a golden temple shrine. Their hands reach toward a lit lamp with several flames held at the centre of a red-draped puja table strewn with marigold and rose petals, offering plates and kumkum bowls. Behind them stands a deity murti decorated with white and pink flower garlands, with green leaves hung on the golden pillars. The woman at right wears a cream sari with a zari border and a vermilion tilak; the others wear green, red, purple, blue and teal saris with gold borders and bangles. Incense smoke rises in the centre of the frame.2024-08-16