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A woman in a red-orange saree with a yellow blouse kneels on a polished maroon-speckled floor, drawing a large white kolam of interlocking loops and dots with a small tin of white powder. Behind her, a man in a blue checked shirt and a boy in blue sit on woven mats before a golden shrine with a deity murti draped in red and garlanded with flowers. A woman in orange stands at left, a child climbs the golden pillar at upper right, and brass puja vessels sit near the kolam.

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A woman in a red and orange saree with a yellow blouse sits on the polished maroon floor of a golden temple hall, beside a large white chalk kolam with yellow and red dot accents and a small brass lamp and bell. Behind her, two boys sit on a striped mat before a golden shrine holding a deity murti draped in a red garland, while a third child climbs the pillar at the right. A framed picture of a trident-bearing deity hangs on the left, and a red cloth drapes the shrine doorway. A mobile phone lies on the floor in the foreground.2022-02-07Two women draw a large white rangoli kolam on a polished reddish stone floor inside a golden temple hall. The woman on the left wears an orange-red sari with a yellow blouse and kneels beside small brass pots, dropping powder. The woman on the right wears a white sari with a cream border and bends over a metal container. Behind them, a priest in orange-red dhoti sits before a golden-decorated shrine holding a deity murti draped in white and red garlands. A boy in a blue checked shirt sits on a mat nearby, and another child in blue stands at the shrine edge. A framed picture of Shiva with a trident hangs at left, and the golden carved pillars and banyan trees frame the scene outdoors.2022-02-07Feb 7 2022 sripuram2022-02-07Feb 7 2022 sripuram2022-02-07A woman in an orange-red saree with a yellow blouse kneels on a polished maroon granite floor, drawing a white rangoli kolam with rice flour. The geometric white kolam has a lattice of diamonds and concentric circles, dotted with small yellow and red decorative motifs. A small brass and silver pot sits near the kneeling woman, and at the top right a figure in white dhoti with a gold border stands nearby. Ritual floor art at a temple space.2022-02-07Feb 7 2022 sripuram2022-02-07Feb 5 2022 sripuram2022-02-05Feb 12 2022 sripuramIndoor photo inside a gold-toned temple hall at Sripuram, with a gold lattice screen and gilded pillars behind. A standing priest in orange cloth performs a puja before a seated goddess murti draped in a red-and-gold cloth and garlanded with white flowers. Four devotees sit on the floor on woven mats around brass and silver plates of flowers, fruit, oil lamps and offerings: a woman in a white sari with green blouse, a woman in maroon and gold, a woman in white with yellow blouse, and a young boy in a gold-patterned shirt. A woman sits on the left with a mobile phone on the floor nearby. Brass lamps and a potted plant complete the scene.2022-02-05A photograph of a ritual puja in a gold-decorated temple hall at night. Several devotees sit on mats on a polished reddish floor before a shrine with three deity murtis under golden arches. A bare-chested priest in orange dhoti sits centre-right, facing the shrine with ritual items spread on low wooden stands and brass plates. A woman in a yellow sari sits near a child in white, another woman in a red sari sits at right, and a child in yellow stands at the back. Ornate gold pillars and a gilded doorway frame the scene.Feb 5 2022 sripuram2022-02-05January 22 20242024-01-22