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A barefoot man with long swept-back dark hair and a red tilak walks down a red carpet in a covered hall decorated with hanging gold paper stars and tall patterned pillars. He wears a violet silk dhoti with a red-and-gold border, a red shawl over one shoulder and a long yellow-and-orange marigold garland. He smiles with palms pressed together in greeting. Devotees line both sides of the railed walkway, with hands folded in anjali; a woman in orange sari and a man in grey shirt stand to the right, and a woman in white sari stands at left. The path leads toward a lit shrine with a deity murti at the far end.

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November 29 20112011-11-29December 14 20112011-12-14November 29 20112011-11-29December 14 20112011-12-14A temple interior during a procession or pada-puja. A man in a purple dhoti with a red-and-gold border and a gold-trimmed red shawl walks forward, wearing a gold necklace, a long rudraksha-style garland, gold armbands and a red tilak on his forehead. Behind him a man holds a tall staff under a red-and-gold canopy, and a saffron-robed priest carries a silver tray of yellow flower garlands. A woman in a pink sari and another in blue stand with hands joined, and a boy in white kurta watches from the left. Metal railings line the red-carpeted walkway and colourful hanging banners decorate the walls.2011-12-14March 10 20132013-03-10December 31 20092009-12-31A photograph of devotees lining a narrow red-carpeted aisle in a hall with orange-brick walls and hanging yellow paper decorations. On the left, women in white saris with gold borders stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. In the centre, a man in a saffron-orange robe wears a white and yellow flower garland and holds a small plate or offering. Beside him, a bald monk in an orange robe with a maroon-edged shawl carries a tray. Men in white shirts and white dhotis line the right side with hands folded. The scene suggests a reception or darshan procession.2010-09-13January 01 20122012-01-01November 11 20112011-11-11October 07 20112011-10-07December 31 20092009-12-31