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Photograph of a temple-style stage ritual with a decorated deity murti seated on a golden peetha under a pink and gold canopy, draped in garlands of white, red, and purple flowers and a pink silk garment. A gilded standing figure with folded hands stands to the left beside brass lamps and a flower arrangement. Three people in orange-red cloth with white body markings and tilaka stand or kneel at the base: a bare-backed figure in orange with long hair, a standing figure in orange, and a seated figure in orange with a rudraksha mala in the foreground. A large deity figure in green and white striped garments wrapped in garlands stands at the right, and a starry red-sky backdrop fills the background.

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April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesA temple-style ritual on a stage before a red-and-purple night-sky backdrop. Central figures are a deity murti (a decorated image adorned with gold jewellery, pink silk and bright garlands) seated on an ornate golden throne, with an ornate gold umbrella held above it. A man with long dark hair and a red-brown dhoti stands at left, reaching up to the deity's head. Other priests in saffron and orange robes and orange turbans, one with white sandal markings, attend nearby; one at right in orange robes holds a cloth. Gold female statues, flower garlands in red, yellow and purple, a silver lamp stand and brass vessels surround the scene. Shown in an ongoing puja for Chittirai Brahmotsavam, Meenakshi Pattabhishekam.2018-04-25 +1 copiesA standing man in a deep maroon dhoti and matching shawl, wearing a long purple-and-white garland, tilak and gold armlets, pours liquid from an orange-red vessel over a decorated deity murti. Beside him a kneeling priest in a rust-red turban and dhoti, bare-chested with white paste markings and a rudraksha mala, holds an offering near the murti. The murti wears a crown and layered garlands, under a pink ornate parasol. Gold statues of female figures with hands folded stand on either side, and brass oil lamps and a kalasha sit on the altar. The backdrop is a starry pink nebula with a temple-tower image on the left.2018-04-25 +1 copiesTemple-style puja on a stage before a deity murti of Meenakshi, adorned with a pink and gold sari, gold jewellery, garlands and a crown, seated on a flower-decorated throne under a pink-and-gold umbrella. A man with long dark hair in a maroon dhoti holds the umbrella and touches the murti's crown while another priest in red garments kneels at a brass lamp and offering table. Golden standing figures with hands in anjali flank the throne. On the right a figure in orange robes with white markings on the forehead and arms holds a sacred object. Brass puja vessels, fruit, flowers and oil lamps fill the foreground, against a starry night backdrop.2018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25A temple puja scene photographed indoors before a backdrop of a dusky red sky and glowing stage lights. At the centre sits a deity murti in pink and gold silk, draped with red, yellow, purple and white garlands and gold jewellery, beneath an ornate golden umbrella with hanging tassels. Flanking it are gold-coloured standing statues with folded hands. In the foreground, a bearded man in an orange turban and white-and-gold clothing sits at left with hands extended toward a brass lamp and offerings. Three young men with long hair coiled on their heads, in orange cloth and white body markings, bend over to tend the deity and offerings on the right. Trays of fruit, a coconut, a brass vessel and oil lamps sit on the platform. Four physical people are visible.2018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copies