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Photograph of an evening puja inside a temple-like pavilion with white tent cloth and pink trim overhead. A priest in orange robes and an orange headband stands at left, holding a lit lamp in his raised right hand toward a gilded shrine. Behind the shrine stands a deity murti with a golden arch and a red backdrop, flanked by smaller figures and garlands. A golden kalasha-like vessel sits before the deity. In the foreground is a gold-edged rectangular fire pit with white kolam lines and an oil lamp. At right, a seated man in orange-red robes with palms pressed together faces the shrine on a gold throne-like seat with red cushions. Striped mats cover the floor. Two people are visible in the scene, the standing priest and the seated devotee, with another partial figure at far left edge.

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Night ritual inside an open-sided temple pavilion with white canopy and pink-edged cloth. A priest in orange cloth and orange headwrap stands at left, extending his arm over a yellow-tiled fire pit where flames burn, and holds a lit flame. A second orange-clad attendant with an orange headband sits at the lower left edge. At right, a bearded man with long hair, wearing a red-orange shawl and red-orange cloth, sits on a gold ornate seat with a red cushion, hands folded in namaste, with a dark wooden lingam-style figure with garland to his side. Behind them is a decorated shrine with a deity murti of a seated figure flanked by two other figures, bright garlands, and a kalasha-like altar with oil lamps and smoke rising. Scene suggests a homa or puja.2017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11A photograph of a temple-style ritual at an open-sided pavilion with white canopy and pink-edged drapes. In the centre stands a grey stone shrine housing deity murtis adorned with flower garlands, with a golden arch behind them. In the foreground a golden fire pit (homa/yagna kunda) burns brightly with a white kolam pattern around it. At left, a man in an orange-saffron robe and red head cloth holds a lit lamp aloft during aarti. At right, a man in a red-brown robe with folded hands sits on a gold-covered seat beside black stone murtis draped in yellow-orange garlands. Coloured striped rugs cover the floor.2017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesInside a tented temple hall, a gold-coloured square homa fire pit burns brightly in the foreground with a white rangoli-style border. Two attendants in orange robes and orange headbands stand at the left; one holds a white cloth and a small bowl. A seated man on the right wears an orange-red robe and presses his palms together in prayer, seated on a red cushion beside gold ornamental stands. Behind the fire stands a shrine with a deity murti dressed in blue and gold garments, flanked by gold arches and a kalasha-style offering. Striped mats cover the floor and smoke rises from the fire.2017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copiesSeptember 11 20172017-09-11 +1 copies