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Photograph inside a canopied temple tent at a Durga puja. A bare-backed priest in a rust-red dhoti and shawl stands at left, his back to the camera, holding a ritual item toward the shrine. At right, a long-haired man in a red-and-white flower garland and gold armlet holds a ritual umbrella or canopy over a shrine. Behind them, attendants in saffron-orange dhotis, some with rudraksha malas, hold offering trays and a metal vessel. A seated figure in red with a garland sits before a decorated altar. At left, a large golden-faced Durga image with a multi-armed form and a gold-framed backdrop stands beside steel railings. A yellow-edged square pit and brass lamps sit in the foreground.

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A photograph of a large golden-yellow Durga murti with multiple arms, holding a spear and ornamented with gold jewellery, a crown and a red-and-gold halo with small faces. In front stands a bearded man with long dark hair, bare-chested with red-orange dhoti and a gold waist band, wearing a long red-and-white flower garland and gold necklaces and bangles, smiling with hands near the murti. Beside the metal railing, a younger man with long hair and rudraksha beads holds a silver plate, and another man in white ritual markings and orange cloth tends the offering. Metal stairs and a tent-covered hall frame the scene. Swamiji (probable): long swept-back hair, gold necklaces and bangles and a shawl-like red garment mark the bearded man standing beside the murti.2017-09-27September 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesOctober 11 20132013-10-11October 27 20142014-10-27October 21 20152015-10-21 +1 copiesOctober 08 20162016-10-08October 02 20142014-10-02Photo of a temple puja inside a richly decorated shrine with gold and red arches and pink drapery. Garlands of marigold and mixed flowers hang on the deity murti and throne. A tall silver oil lamp with a flower garland stands in the foreground. A shirtless priest in a white dhoti holds a book or sheet and recites beside a seated woman in a yellow sari with a pink shawl, who sits before offering trays and flowers. A seated man in a green cap and garland sits at the right near the altar. Musicians in white sit at the left edge with a microphone. The deity murti wears yellow and gold garments and gold crowns, with decorated silver and gold stands.2013-07-18November 06 20112011-11-06December 23 20162016-12-23A temple puja inside a shrine with a large deity murti in front of a red curtain, decorated with white, yellow, red and green flower garlands and an arched floral backdrop. The central deity wears a crown and layered necklaces. Two figures in orange and saffron robes stand at left, one with hands pressed together in namaskar and the other holding a silver vessel and tray. A figure with long dark hair and an orange garment bends toward the altar, applying an offering, while a cameraman films at right. Brass lamps, a black lion-shaped stand and a small statue sit near the altar. A purple and white cloth panel and a kalasha-style pillar with painted motifs appear at left.2007-11-09