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A night-time photograph inside a covered temple pavilion during Navaratri puja. Large colourful murtis of goddesses with multiple arms and weapons, including a figure holding a trident, stand behind a lion-mounted deity. A young priest in orange robes and an orange turban carries a silver bowl on the left, while a boy in orange cloth tends a rectangular offering tank filled with flowers and lamps in the foreground. A seated man in red-brown dhoti wears a yellow-and-white flower garland and sits on an ornate silver throne with a silver canopy at right, while another priest in red stands nearby with a lamp. Women in saris and garlands sit around the altar, and brass oil lamps stand before the murtis.

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A Navaratri puja in a covered hall with large golden-framed deity murtis of a multi-armed goddess riding a lion and a goddess with a veena. Seated women in saris of green, pink, yellow and red sit on the floor with garlands and oil lamps before a fire pit, while a priest in a red-orange dhoti stands near the pit. On the right, a seated man in a red-orange dhoti and a flower garland sits with folded hands on an ornate silver throne, a silver umbrella-style canopy above him. Flower petals and garlands cover the carpeted floor. Several people are visible, including a boy in an orange cloth at the bottom edge.2017-09-21A festive Navaratri puja at an open-sided temple hall with a corrugated roof. Large gilded and jewelled murtis of goddesses stand behind the scene; one goddess holds a sword aloft and rides or stands beside a lion. Seated devotees in silk saris and dhotis face the shrine, many wearing white flower garlands, with oil lamps and brass vessels in front. A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl sits on an ornate silver-decorated throne at right, hands joined in prayer with a yellow-orange garland. Two young boys in orange cloth stand at a square fire pit in the foreground, and the floor is covered with flower petals and coloured mats.2017-09-21A festive temple puja during Navaratri in a covered hall. Three large deity murtis stand in ornate yellow-and-gold arched halos; the central one, with multiple arms holding weapons, is a goddess murti. Seated at the right on a silver-and-gold throne, a man in maroon robes and a yellow-and-white flower garland receives worship. Standing near him, a man in maroon garments attends. In the foreground, a man in orange robes kneels at a brass-edged vessel of flowers. Another man in orange with long hair and a crown-like orange cloth stands at the left. Women in green, pink and yellow saris, garlanded with white flowers, sit in attendance. Silver vessels, oil lamps, white and marigold flower offerings and colourful floral patterns fill the floor.2017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21Indoor temple-style Navaratri puja under a metal-roofed pandal, with large colourful deity murtis of goddesses with multiple arms, one holding a trident-like weapon, beside a lion and a blue figure. A man seated on an ornate silver throne with a yellow-and-orange tiger-striped cushion wears a saffron-coloured cloth and a yellow flower garland, hands folded in namaskar. Nearby a priest in an orange-brown dhoti stands by a lit brass oil lamp, while women in green, pink, yellow and white saris sit with flower garlands on the flower-strewn mats. Two boys in orange cloth stand near a square fire pit with offerings. The seated man has long hair and a shaved-looking appearance and no clear distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.2017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21September 28 20172017-09-28 +1 copies