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Outdoor photograph of a white stone temple canopy with carved pillars and red curtains, decorated with a yellow garland along its roof. Inside, a deity murti is adorned with marigold and green garlands while several priests in white dhotis and a figure in orange robes perform ritual service around silver vessels and brass pots. Devotees in white clothing stand nearby, and a large water tank and trees sit behind the structure. Several people are visible in the foreground and at the right edge, including a child in white and women in white saris and a rudraksha mala. The setting appears to be a festival-time puja at a temple.

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A photograph of a stone shrine pavilion with a white flat roof, carved pillars and red velvet curtains hung on the open sides. Inside, a standing deity murti is draped with green cloth and garlanded with yellow and orange marigold strands. Several people in white and cream ritual clothes stand around it; one tall man in a white shirt and cream dhoti stands at the front, and a young boy in a white kurta gathers near the shrine. A woman in a white sari with a red border attends to the murti, and other devotees in white stand around the platform. A stone trough and offerings sit at the base, with tree foliage and a water tank behind the structure.2006-12-31Outdoor photo of a pale stone canopy shrine with red curtains draped on both sides, decorated with a yellow garland along its roof edge. Inside, a green-hued deity murti is adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands. A man in white dhoti and shirt bends over the platform while several people in white clothing hold brass vessels and kalasha pots, and a saffron-robed sadhu stands at the left. Devotees in white and a bald man in white stand in the foreground, with shrubbery behind the structure.2006-12-31Outdoor temple shrine with a white stone canopy, red curtains and a yellow garland hung along the roof edge. Inside, a deity murti dressed in green cloth and draped with marigold garlands is attended by several people in white. A woman in a white sari with a red border holds a small vessel and pours liquid over the murti, while a man in a white shirt and white trousers stands beside her. Another man in white bends at the base of the shrine handling an offering. Devotees and onlookers stand at the front, including a smiling man in white in the right foreground.2006-12-31February 24 20072007-02-24Outdoor photo of a white stone shrine canopy with carved pillars, a stone Nandi bull on the roof and red curtains at the sides, set among trees on a bright day. Inside the open pavilion, a man in a white shirt and light trousers with a lanyard stands beside a bronze deity murti draped with garlands. A man in a dark shirt and a man in an orange cloth pour liquid from a metal pot over a shivalinga-style abhishekam setup with brass vessels and marigold garlands. Devotees in white and orange stand around the base and at the front, with a banana bunch and plates of offerings nearby. Some devotees hold small brass vessels. Orange and yellow festoons hang on the left.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31Outdoor photograph of a stone-pillared open pavilion, its columns carved and draped with red cloth, sheltering a large deity murti on a raised platform. A seated figure in saffron-orange robes sits at the platform's front, with lamps and offerings arranged before the murti. Standing devotees in white dhotis and white clothing face the platform, with women in red and yellow saris and a child in yellow to the right. Trees and a distant crowd appear behind.2007-02-24Outdoor photograph of a stone-pillared open pavilion with red curtains, where priests perform a ritual at an altar before two decorated deity murtis draped with marigold garlands. Several men in white dhotis and shirts stand around the altar, one in an orange-saffron cloth and dhoti, offering rituals with brass vessels, fruit, flowers and lamps on a stone platform. Spectators stand at the edges in the foreground, including a person in a saffron robe. Trees and bright daylight are visible beyond the pavilion.2006-12-31December 31 20062006-12-31February 24 20072007-02-24A temple courtyard during a ritual procession at an outdoor shrine with a corrugated roof and red and orange pennant strings overhead. In the foreground, several men in white dhotis and orange sashes stand near a blue metal drum, one holding a small vessel. Behind them, a large crowd of people in white and pastel clothing gathers under the shelter. On the right, a carved stone mandapa with ornate pillars holds a seated figure in white draped with yellow and orange garlands, with a trident and flower garlands beside it, and a tray of offerings is placed on the platform. Carved stone bull figures sit on the roof above.2006-12-29