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A photograph of a temple-style ritual stage decorated with a red curtain, a starry pink backdrop and a golden canopy. At centre, a deity murti dressed in a pink and gold garment and layered jewellery sits on an ornate throne garlanded with red, purple, yellow and white flowers. A man in a red-orange dhoti and shawl with a long white and purple garland and gold necklaces stands smiling beside it. To the right, a bare-chested man in a saffron turban and beaded rudraksha malas holds a ritual item. Brass oil lamps and offering vessels stand in the foreground, and golden standing figures flank the throne.

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April 25 20182018-04-25A temple-style puja stage with a deity murti of Meenakshi seated on a gold-and-red throne under a gold canopy, draped in garlands of red, white, and purple flowers. On the left, a man with long dark dreadlocks in a rust-red dhoti and wrap, bare-chested, with gold armlets, holds a lamp toward the image. Behind him a second man in a brown dhoti and wrap stands with hands folded at right. A lit temple gopuram backdrop with a starry sky frames the scene, and silver lamps and offering vessels sit on the rail.2018-04-25April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple-style puja on a stage with a red curtain and a backdrop of a gopuram-like temple tower under a starry sky. A man with long dark dreadlocks and a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with gold armlets and a garland, reaches toward a deity murti seated on a golden throne decorated with flower garlands in purple, yellow and white. A pink-and-gold umbrella hangs above. A bare-chested man in brown robes and a brown turban, with white ash marks on his arms, stands at right holding an object, and a man in an orange robe stands at left. Brass vessels and a pot of flowers sit in the foreground, consistent with a Meenakshi Pattabhishekam puja.2018-04-25April 25 20182018-04-25April 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 with a red draped backdrop and a dark starry projection. A figure with long dark hair and a reddish-brown dhoti and wrap offers a flower-garlanded object to a deity murti seated on an ornate golden throne under a gold canopy with hanging tassels, the murti decorated with garlands in red, purple, white and yellow. Standing at right, a man in a saffron-brown wrap and dhoti with a white-marked forehead, arm bands and a rudraksha bracelet watches, another wears a maroon turban, and an attendant in orange cloth stands beside. Brass lamps and flower offerings sit on the left. The scene suggests a puja during a Meenakshi Pattabhishekam ceremony.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 20182018-04-25 +1 copies