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A photograph inside an ornately decorated temple hall with red and yellow striped canopies and tall multicoloured pillars. Two large deity murtis are heavily garlanded with marigold and red flower strands. A bald priest with a bare upper body and a green-and-gold silk cloth performs an aarti with a lit lamp before the central deity. Behind him a man in white dhoti stands at left, and a shirtless man in white dhoti holds a bowl of offerings at the lower centre. Devotees with folded hands crowd the front. A photographer in a red checked shirt films the ritual. Smoke rises from the lamps and the scene is lit by electric bulbs.

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Photograph of a temple ritual before two deity murti decorated with garlands of yellow, red and white flowers and gold ornaments. A bare-chested priest in a green and gold cloth stands at center, reaching up to the central deity with his right hand. Seated and standing devotees in white dhotis, some bare-chested, watch from the foreground, and a man in a red checked shirt with a shoulder bag stands at right. Hanging lamps and red and yellow pillar decorations frame the shrine.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A temple shrine scene during a ritual worship. Two deity murtis are richly decorated with layered garlands of yellow, orange, red and white flowers and gold ornaments, seated before a colourful, gilded shrine canopy with red and yellow tassels. A bare-chested priest in a green-and-yellow dhoti stands centre-left, reaching toward the deities beside a red pillar, while a crowd of mostly bare-chested and white-clad devotees watches from the foreground, one holding a camera. Oil lamps and brass vessels sit near the deities.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05A temple puja scene where a bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and green sash stands at the centre, hands folded in devotion before a deity murti heavily decorated with garlands of red, yellow and white flowers. Beside him, a seated priest in a white dhoti tends to offerings and a brass vessel, while another priest kneels at the lower right, handling a small lamp. A large gilded deity figure stands to the left, also wrapped in flower garlands, under ornate gold and red pillars hung with tassels. Carved golden canopy arches and a hanging lamp frame the scene. A camera operator is visible at the right edge. Priests and their roles are visible; the central priest appearance does not clearly establish the identity claimed by the page, so no identity is asserted.2012-04-05A temple sanctum scene with a deity murti decorated with thick garlands of red, orange and yellow flowers, flanked by smaller murtis also draped in flower garlands. A bare-chested priest in an orange and green cloth stands at left, reaching toward the murtis, while a seated devotee in orange clothing sits in front. A man in a white shirt stands at left and a shirtless devotee stands at right near the front of the crowd of seated devotees. Ornate red and gold pillars, gold-tipped decorative finials and hanging lamps frame the shrine.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05Temple ritual scene in a South Indian shrine hall with two deity murtis (metal or stone images) draped in heaps of marigold and red garlands with yellow, white and green strands. A priest in orange-saffron dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, stands at left holding a lit lamp or flame near the left murti. Devotees sit or stand in the foreground, several bare-chested and one in a white shirt, one in a checked shirt with a camera strap, and a few women in saris. Ornate red and yellow pillars and tassels frame the sanctum, and a golden kalasha-like finial and brass vessel are visible at lower right. This is a deity worship (puja/aarti) scene; no person with distinctive a person cues is clearly visible.2012-04-05April 05 20122012-04-05