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A temple ritual inside a hall with red-and-white cloth on the floor, a decorated deity altar draped in red brocade and heaped with marigold and rose garlands, and a green umbrella overhead. A bare-chested priest in a purple and white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl stands at the front, facing the altar with his back to the camera, while several men in white dhotis and orange or saffron cloths stand with folded hands. A seated man in an orange cloth sits near metal buckets and a lit oil lamp. Smoke rises at the left and flower-covered offerings sit on a tray, with hanging paper lanterns and garlands along the upper walls. A standing man in a white shirt and a man in a head-wrap with a rudraksha-style garland appear among the devotees, with a light-coloured headpiece on one priest.

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A bare-chested priest in a purple and gold shoulder cloth and white dhoti holds a lit aarti lamp toward a decorated deity murti on a draped table covered with marigold and rose garlands. Other priests in white and orange cloths stand around the table, some with hands folded, and a woman in the background also looks on. Silver buckets and brass lamps sit on the red-carpeted floor, with a green umbrella and hanging red and orange floral decorations above, typical of a puja setting in a temple hall.2018-04-14Photograph of a temple ritual inside a hall with pillars and hanging marigold garlands. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a purple sash stands center, holding an aarti lamp toward a deity murti decorated with flower garlands and a red-and-gold cloth. Nearby, a man in a saffron-and-white dhoti holds a mic, and another in white stands with folded hands. Steel buckets with offerings and a brass oil lamp sit in the foreground, and a green umbrella hangs overhead. 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The figure in the red and gold clothing is not clearly identifiable by appearance alone, so no candidate is named.2018-04-14 +1 copiesApril 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesA temple ritual inside a hall with red patterned floor mats, where a bare-chested priest in an orange-yellow dhoti and purple sash stands at left facing a central figure. The central figure wears a long brown robe, a white garland of flowers, and pressing palms together in anjali, with a small bearded man in a white dhoti and shawl beside him. A flower-decorated platform on the right holds large garlands of yellow, red, white and purple flowers, and brass lamps and metal bowls with offerings sit on the floor. A green umbrella hangs above, and women in purple and red saris stand in the background among other attendees.2018-04-14 +1 copies