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A photograph of a temple shrine interior with a green carpeted floor and blue-grey pillars. Two large painted stone guardian figures with gold and red ornaments flank an entrance hung with orange and yellow marigold garlands. Inside, a golden murti of a deity stands before a brass offering table holding small brass vessels, with a garlanded image on a gold cloth. Several men in bare upper bodies and yellow dhotis, some with sacred threads and tilak, perform puja near the murti. A seated woman in orange sari and a man in white shirt and red shawl watch nearby, and a brass vessel and a garlanded kalasha sit on the floor in front.

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February 16 20132013-02-16February 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesA temple shrine interior with green carpeted floor and blue columns. Several priests in yellow dhotis and bare upper bodies perform a puja before three deity murtis draped in orange and white garlands, with a larger deity figure behind them under a marigold garland arch. Two tall painted guardian statues with gold crowns flank the doorway. A seated woman in an orange sari and devotees in white clothes watch and hold offerings, including a fruit. A brass vessel and a garlanded kalasha with coconut sit on a tray in front. A man in a white shirt and orange shawl stands at left. The image is a photograph.2013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20132013-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20132013-02-16 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20132013-02-16February 16 20132013-02-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a ritual at a decorated shrine entrance with blue-grey pillars garlanded in yellow and orange flowers. Several priests in yellow dhotis and bare upper bodies stand at a marble altar holding offerings, with a lit oil lamp, brass vessels and a small floral tray in front. A large brass drum stands on the green-carpeted floor to the right. Behind them a painted deity image hangs above the doorway. Devotees with folded hands and raised arms crowd the rope barrier, a woman in an orange sari kneels in the foreground, and a man in white holds up a mobile phone. Visible people number about two dozen.2013-02-15A temple shrine decorated with marigold garlands and two large painted deity statues flanking the entrance. Priests in yellow dhotis and bare-chested devotional dress stand around a central altar holding orange-robed figures and garlanded kalasha-style vessels, performing a ritual. A standing priest with a bare upper body extends his hand toward the offerings. Devotees sit on green matting; a woman in orange sari with hands folded watches at the right, and a man in white kurta with a saffron shawl sits nearby. Brass vessels and a flower-decorated plate lie on the floor in front of the altar, with a curtain and a painted deity image behind.2013-02-15A temple shrine with a golden-yellow doorway draped in orange and marigold garlands. Two blue-and-gold dvarapala guardian statues flank the entrance. Several men in yellow dhotis and bare upper bodies stand and sit around a marble altar holding brass vessels, a kalasha and garlanded deity murti. A man in a yellow dhoti at left gestures with a hand, and an older bald man in a yellow dhoti and orange-and-white shawl folds his hands in prayer. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari sits with palms pressed together, and devotees in white and orange clothing watch. A painted image of a deity hangs behind the altar, and a green floor covers the area.2013-02-15 +1 copiesFebruary 15 20132013-02-15