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A photograph of a temple hall during evening aarti at a deity shrine. Several priests in white dhotis with yellow shoulder cloths stand before a lit, gold-framed shrine holding a multi-armed deity murti decorated with a red garment, and they raise oil lamps toward it. Seated devotees in white and colourful clothes fill the floor on both sides of a raised walkway lined with banana leaves and metal railings. Strings of coloured lights, orange hanging lamps and decorative banners with geometric motifs decorate the hall.

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A photograph inside a covered temple hall at night, with a lit deity murti of a seated goddess pair under an arched shrine decorated with strings of coloured lights. Priests in white dhotis with yellow shoulder cloths stand near the shrine, and a row of devotees sit cross-legged on mats in white and coloured clothing along both sides of an aisle lined with steel railing. Banana leaves and tall decorative woven banners in red, orange, green and yellow hang from the ceiling, and a small lamp burns near the base of the shrine. No one in the scene is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.2009-12-30A photograph of an evening worship inside a covered temple hall decorated with coloured cloth banners and string lights. At the centre, a golden deity murti in an arched shrine is lit by oil lamps, with a red-draped figure seated in front. Several standing priests in white dhotis with yellow shoulder cloths raise lamps toward the shrine. Rows of seated devotees in white and light clothing, plus some in saffron and blue, face the altar, and banana leaves line the walkway. This appears to be an aarti being performed.2009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30December 30 20092009-12-30A photograph inside an open-sided temple hall with a corrugated metal roof, strung with beaded garlands and hanging lights. At the centre stands a shrine with a deity murti framed by a decorated arch, with a red and orange curtain on either side. Several priests in white dhotis with yellow shoulder cloths stand at the shrine waving lit lamps toward the deity, during an aarti. Rows of seated devotees in white clothes sit on the floor in the foreground, facing the shrine, with a green plant and a steel railing between them. Colourful textile banners hang at the left edge.2009-12-29December 30 20092009-12-30Evening puja at a decorated shrine with a deity murti of a seated figure and a standing consort, both adorned with marigold garlands and framed by a golden arch with string lights. Several men in white dhotis and yellow-bordered shawls stand before the shrine ringing handbells and raising brass lamps, while a seated crowd of devotees in white clothes, some in orange, sits on mats in the foreground. Potted banana plants and metal railings separate the altar area from the audience, with red curtains and striped pillars at the sides.2009-12-30A photograph inside a temple at night during an evening puja. Several men in white dhotis with yellow shawls stand along the dais, several holding lit oil lamps raised toward an illuminated deity murti with a gold arch and garlands, depicted in red and gold garments. Banana leaves are placed along the aisle and devotees in white and colourful saris sit on mats on both sides watching the ritual. Metal railings line the walkway and orange cloth hangs from the upper corners.2009-12-30