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Close photo of a gilded palanquin or ornate golden seat heavily decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink rose petals, with green leaves scattered on it. Two elderly hands, one wearing a gold bangle, rest on or adjust the flower-covered seat. In the foreground are silver ritual vessels or bowls, and a corner of an orange-clad arm is visible at the left edge. The setting suggests a temple procession or ritual decoration.

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Close view of an ornate gold palanquin or throne frame heaped with white jasmine garlands and pink rose petals. An elderly person's wrinkled hand wearing a gold bangle reaches among the flowers, with green leaves scattered on top. A brass figure or lamp stand is partly visible at the right edge, and an orange-clad arm appears at the left.2012-06-05 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesMay 11 20122012-05-11Close-up photograph of a puja at a gold-decorated shrine. A person's bare forearm and hand, wearing a gold bangle, pours or offers from a metal vessel near a tray of pink and yellow flower petals and white blossoms. Ornate gold pillars, a gold canopy and a gold-rimmed altar frame the scene, with a deity murti partly visible in the background behind the flowers. A steel bowl sits at the lower edge. a person not clearly visible; only an arm is shown.2012-05-14 +1 copiesClose photo of a temple shrine decorated with pink and red flowers, white jasmine garlands and green leaves. Two arms and hands of a priest, one wearing a gold bangle and a ring, are placing or adjusting flowers around a gold Nataraja dancing Shiva figure and a gold ornate canopy or palanquin-like shrine piece. Silver cups stand in a row below in front of the offering platform. The hands are the only visible people; no face is shown, so no one is identified.2012-05-11Close photo of a gilded palanquin or shrine canopy, its golden arches and pillars wrapped in pink and red flower garlands. Heaped white jasmine and pink flowers fill the central seat, with a single red rose on the white blossoms. A brass oil lamp with a bright flame burns in the left foreground, and gold ornamental details surround the frame. No people are visible.2012-06-05 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10October 15 20112011-10-15June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesClose view of a gilded ritual tray filled with red, pink and white flowers, including a red hibiscus-like bloom and white frangipani-style blossoms. Two hands, one from each side of the frame, arrange flowers around small gold cups and a gold-edged ornate container on the golden plate. The gold tray has embossed floral and lotus-like motifs.2013-06-25Close overhead view of a puja offering arrangement on a gold tray and silver bowls. White flowers, including jasmine and white roses, surround a small gold kalasha-style finial, with pink and red blossoms and a yellow flower among them. Silver spoons and ladles rest in shallow silver vessels filled with yellow liquid. A hand adorned with bangles reaches in from the lower left, and another hand holding a ladle enters from the right. No faces are visible.2013-03-08A photograph of a shrine or palanquin-style altar decorated with dense pink rose garlands and white jasmine strands. A gold-coloured ornate canopy with arched pillars stands at the centre, surrounded by a heap of white flowers. Silver vessels and brass oil lamps sit on a golden platform in the foreground, with green leaves scattered among the blooms. No people are visible in the frame.2012-06-05 +1 copies