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Outdoor-style temple pavilion during a puja. Priests in white dhotis, some bare-chested with gold necklaces and rudraksha malas, sit on a red cloth floor chanting into microphones. A deity murti stands decorated with red, orange and yellow flower garlands, a red and gold canopy overhead. Brass plates, kalasha pots, fruit, flower offerings and oil lamps are arranged before it. Umbrellas with gold trim line the sides. Several devotees sit on the right, hands folded. No individual is clearly identifiable as a person.

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Photograph of a ritual worship scene in an open temple hall with a red floor covering and pillars at the sides. A deity murti stands at the center, framed by a large arch of red, yellow and orange marigold garlands and white flower strands beneath a red and gold canopy. Brass plates, bowls and offerings of fruit and flowers are arranged on the floor. Several men sit cross-legged in white dhotis with bare upper bodies, wearing sacred thread and beaded necklaces, one holding a microphone while chanting. A man in a purple shawl sits nearby with his palms pressed together, and a few others sit among the group. Tall yellow and gold decorated umbrellas stand at the edges of the hall.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14A temple ritual photograph inside an open-sided hall with pillars and hanging marigold garlands. A large deity murti is framed by a red and gold canopy and flower garlands, with a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti and gold-bordered shawl seated before offerings. Brass vessels, coconuts, fruit, banana leaves, and marigold-garland-draped trays fill the red-carpeted floor. A standing priest with folded hands, in white dhoti, faces the altar at left. Seated devotees in red and saffron clothing and rudraksha-style necklaces watch at right. Ornate umbrellas and a small oil lamp complete the setting.2018-04-14A group of shirtless priests in white dhotis with gold borders sit cross-legged on a red floor before a homa or puja arrangement. Several wear gold and bead garlands; one on the left has a purple cloth and another wears a purple headcloth. Brass vessels, banana leaves with fruit and coconuts, and marigold garlands surround a decorated deity murti framed by a large floral arch with red and green garlands. Yellow ceremonial umbrellas and striped pillar hangings stand in a colonnaded hall, with a green screen behind.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14Inside a temple hall, a homa fire pit is laid with brick-like stacks of offerings, flower garlands, coconut halves and small kalasha pots wrapped in marigold garlands. A small flame burns at the centre. Behind it, a deity murti is decorated with garlands under a canopy of flowers and a red and gold cloth. Several bare-chested priests in white dhotis with gold borders officiate; one in a gold-bordered dhoti stands at right, another kneels at left wearing a rudraksha mala, and a man in saffron clothing sits at the far left. Red floor covering, a brass implement and a bowl of flowers lie in the foreground.2018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14April 14 20182018-04-14 +2 copiesPhoto inside a temple hall decorated with banana plants, colourful striped pillars and hanging garlands. Five men in white dhotis with saffron-yellow shawls and rudraksha or gold necklaces sit on a red-and-white striped mat around a decorated altar. A seated priest in a saffron-yellow shawl and white dhoti, with a tilak on his forehead, gestures with his hand toward an altar piled with red, pink and white flower garlands, fruit, brass lamps, kalasha pots and bowls. Behind the altar stand gold ceremonial umbrellas and a golden chariot-style seat. Stone deity statues stand in the background. The scene reads as a puja or abhishekam ritual.2018-04-14Inside a temple hall under construction, a bearded man in a saffron-yellow dhoti and shawl sits cross-legged on a red striped mat, holding a palm-leaf bundle over brass puja items. Around him, white-clad priests with rudraksha and gold-looking chains sit in ritual pose; one wears a white shawl over bare shoulders. Brass lamps, silver thalis with turmeric, kumkum and flowers, and a pot of offerings lie in front. Large garlands of pink roses, purple flowers, white jasmine and yellow blooms hang on the right beside a ceremonial staff. Behind them stands a dark stone deity murti, a painted pillar and banana-leaf decoration.2018-04-14 +1 copies