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A photograph of an indoor room with pale blue walls and overhead fluorescent tubes. At left, a priest in white dhoti with an orange shawl stands at a steel counter, holding a flower-decorated object near a metal vessel and offerings of fruit and coconut. Behind him, framed deity pictures hang on the wall. On the right, five devotees stand with palms joined in anjali: men in white dhotis and pale shirts, and a woman in an orange sari with a purple border holding a yellow cloth bag. A calendar hangs on the wall and white candles and flowers sit on the counter.

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Indoor photograph of a puja at a plain room with pale walls, a wall clock and a window grille. A long-haired man in an orange saffron robe stands at a decorated table, reaching toward offerings of fruit, flowers, a plate of rice and a small oil lamp with a flame. Behind him, men in white dhotis and shirts stand with hands folded in namaskar, and another man in a red shirt handles offerings. A man in white at left, with hands pressed together, faces the altar. Garlands of yellow and red flowers hang at the table front and near the framed picture above, and brass lamps stand on the altar.2006-12-17December 17 20062006-12-17A photograph inside a plain room with a ceiling fan, fluorescent light and a wall clock. Several men stand in a row facing a decorated altar on the right, with offering trays of fruit and flowers, brass oil lamps, and a framed picture under garlands. A man at left in white clothes presses his palms together in namaste. Beside him, a figure in a long saffron/orange robe with long dark hair holds a lit lamp toward the altar. Other men in white dhotis and shirts stand behind, some with hands folded, and one wears a red shirt at the far left. Wall garlands of yellow and red marigolds frame a painted deity image. Six people are visible.2006-12-17June 23 20142014-06-23 +2 copiesDecember 17 20062006-12-17A photograph of a small room with mint-green walls and a tiled floor where a group performs a devotional puja before a home shrine. A man in an orange-saffron shawl over white clothes stands centre-right with palms joined, beside a barefoot man in a white dhoti and white shirt holding flowers. To the left, a grey-haired woman in a blue sari and a woman in a red-bordered sari stand with palms joined, and two boys in white with rudraksha malas also have hands folded. On the shelf are framed photographs, trophies, small brass deity figures, a radio and a wall calendar. The altar table holds bananas, coconuts, fruit, a brass lamp, flowers and a plate of offerings, with white flower garlands along the right side.Indoor photograph of a small shrine room with a white tiled wall, fluorescent ceiling lights and a calendar on the wall. At the left, a man in a white robe with an orange shawl stands at a white table with a decorated deity murti garlanded in pink and a brass vessel. Five people stand with palms pressed together in namaskar facing the shrine: a man in white, two men in white, an elderly man in white with a yellow cloth, and a woman in a pink sari. White flowers and a lime sit on the table.2006-10-01September 28-29 2006 - Kodikkan Ratha YatraJanuary 15 20092009-01-15A photo of a devotional aarti being performed in a small whitewashed room with a blue doorframe. A man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange-saffron shawl over his shoulders holds a brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a large framed portrait garlanded with red and pink flower strands and yellow marigolds. Offerings of fruit, flowers and a copper vessel sit on a blue table draped in white cloth. Behind him, a man in white and another in white dhoti stand with palms pressed together in prayer, and a woman in a brown sari with a mala stands at left. Small framed deity images and shelves are at the upper right, and a kolam is drawn on the floor.A photograph taken indoors in a pink-walled room with a blue doorframe. In the foreground, a man in a striped shirt and a woman in a white sari with a green border hold a brass oil lamp with a flame, offered toward a figure seen from behind in a saffron-orange turban, orange robe and white flower garland, hands pressed together in namaste. Behind them, an older man in white clothes with glasses and a vibhuti mark, hands folded, and other people stand in the doorway. A wall calendar for 2004 hangs on the right. The scene resembles an aarti offering to a guest, but the figure's identity is not established from appearance alone.A photograph taken in a pink-walled room with a blue-painted doorway. A man in an orange turban, orange robe and white-and-orange flower garland stands at right, extending his hand toward the head of a man in a striped shirt who bows with palms pressed together. Behind them an older man in white dhoti and shirt with a white vibhuti mark on his forehead watches, and a woman in a red sari with bangles stands with hands folded. Another woman in a green patterned sari stands at left, and a wall calendar hangs at upper right.