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Outdoor evening scene at a temple courtyard during a lamp ritual. A bare-chested older man with a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace holds his hand over a large flame from an oil lamp on a yellow ledge. Beside him a young boy in a teal shirt stands with hands folded in prayer, and a taller bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a beaded mala stands with hands joined. Behind them another child in a blue shirt is partly visible. Yellow stone sculptures and white frangipani flowers surround the area, with palm plants in the background.

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Night photograph at a temple courtyard with a lit gopuram tower in the background under a full moon. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand before a large flame in a brass lamp decorated with a white flower garland, one holding his palms together in prayer. A young boy in a green shirt and a girl in a purple dress stand beside them, watching the flame. Dark trees frame the scene, and a low yellow wall runs across the foreground.2022-12-06November 14 20132013-11-14Night photograph of a temple courtyard at Sripuram with a full moon in a dark sky above a tiered gopuram tower. In front of a golden-yellow altar platform, a large oil lamp burns with a flame, ringed by a white flower garland. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, one on the left and one on the right near the lit entrance doorway. Two children join them in folded-hand prayer, a boy in a blue shirt on the left and a girl in a dark dress and a boy in green on the right. The scene suggests a devotional lamp offering.2022-12-06Photograph of a homa ritual in a temple-style shrine lit by warm lamps. A fire burns in a stone fire pit before a decorated deity murti framed by marigold and red-yellow garlands and draped cloth. Three priests stand in white dhotis with gold-bordered cloth. The priest on the left wears a striped cream turban, bare-chested, with rudraksha mala and white ash markings, and offers items into the flames with cupped hands. The middle priest wears a yellow turban and rudraksha mala and holds a brass plate with red offerings. A third priest is partly visible at the right edge, with a rudraksha mala. +1 copiesMarch 12 20202020-03-12Night photograph outdoors in front of an ornate golden gopuram temple tower under a dark blue sky with a bright full moon. A woman in a blue and teal saree holds a lit oil lamp with a flame, decorated with a white flower garland. Beside her, a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and a beaded necklace stands smiling with a light body marking on his chest. Two young boys in casual shirts stand in front of him, with a yellow wall and a tiled ground in the foreground.2022-12-06July 09 20132013-07-09KAILASA HYDERABAD On October 14, 2026 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa fire pit in an outdoor ritual setting. A young priest in a white dhoti and white turban, with rudraksha mala and white sacred ash on his forehead and arms, feeds offerings into the fire. Beside him a boy in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha mala, with white tilak on his forehead, watches closely. Other saffron-robed and white-clad participants sit behind. The square fire pit is outlined with yellow-painted edges and decorated with marigold and rose flowers, with brass vessels, a kalasha and bundles of firewood nearby.2013-11-20Night outdoor ritual scene with fire sparks rising in the lower right. Several bare-chested men in plain white dhotis stand in a row at a fire ritual, one with a white tilak on his forehead and a white cord over his shoulder. The man on the far right wears a white dhoti with a gold border and is bending toward the flames while handling offerings. Strings of coloured lights and banana leaves frame the background, and an ornate gold and flowered vessel sits in the lower left.2016-03-06 +1 copiesOutdoor evening puja on a raised golden platform with ornately carved golden pillars and a black lion sculpture at right. A bare-chested man with a rudraksha-style necklace sits at left beside a golden oil lamp, and a woman in a green and gold silk saree sits in the centre with a young boy in a white shirt. At lower right, a bald man in a saffron/orange robe with a rudraksha mala sits behind a brass plate of flowers and offerings, with a lit lamp in front of him. Brass pots, flower garlands and a small golden peacock-shaped object are visible. The scene is lit by night.2022-01-21Night outdoor scene at a Karthika Deepam lamp offering. On the left, an oil lamp with a lit flame sits on a yellow-draped table, with a white flower garland beside it and a brass kalasha-style pot. A woman in a maroon and pink silk saree with glasses and a pearl necklace holds a small tray. Center, a woman in a red-orange saree with a red bindi and rudraksha mala stands with palms pressed together in prayer. At right, a woman in a green-and-yellow saree holds a brass aarti tray with a flame. White flowering plants and bamboo fill the background. Three women are visible.2022-12-06