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A 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.

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A 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.2022-03-15March 15 2022 sripuram2022-03-15March 13 2022 sripuram2022-03-13A 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.2022-03-15March 15 2022 sripuram2022-03-15March 14 2022 sripuram2022-03-14A 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 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 photo of a cow-shed scene with a spotted black-and-white cow wearing a red flower garland and yellow-painted horns, eating grass from a woven basket. Behind it a woman in an orange saree holds a brass bell and stands before a small golden shrine dome containing a deity murti. The shrine sits against a red wall, under a red corrugated roof, beside a stone trough decorated with kolam designs. The cow has a green cloth draped over its back. Oil lamps and a kalasha are visible on the shrine. This appears to be a go seva / gaumatha puja moment.2022-04-03A 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 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.2022-03-15March 15 2022 sripuram2022-03-15