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A temple ritual ceremony in a decorated hall with silver arches and a green-draped central platform holding deity murtis garlanded with marigold and rose garlands. Several priests in white dhotis and bare chests stand and sit around a central puja setup with brass vessels, fruit, flower offerings and a coconut being held by a standing priest. Two murtis flank the central altar on silver thrones, and a seated figure in saffron-coloured robes with a shaved head sits at the left edge. Men in white and orange-striped dhotis sit at right, some holding microphones, and a colourful canopy hangs above.

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A temple ritual photo of a puja before an elaborately decorated altar with silver-and-gold arches and a green canopy. Central deity murti figures wear red crowns and are heavily garlanded with marigolds and white flower strands; flanking murtis are dressed in pink and magenta cloth. Several priests in white dhotis and bare-chested devotees with rudraksha-style necklaces sit on the floor. A seated woman in a grey-blue sari kneels at a brass-and-wood offering table holding fruit trays and a kalasha wrapped in garlands. Brass oil lamps stand beside the altar, and microphones are set in front of the seated ritual participants.2015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18A temple-style ritual hall with a large silver-framed central throne holding a crowned deity murti in white draped with red and white garlands, flanked by two silver-framed side thrones with smaller decorated murtis garlanded in pink, red and white flowers, and a small colourful canopy above. In front, a priest in ochre robes and bare upper body with white markings sits at a low table, while a bare-chested man in a dhoti and white-cloth attendants in white dhotis with rudraksha-style garlands sit on the floor. Brass lamps, flower-filled plates, a gold bowl, fruit offerings and garlands fill the floor. No identifiable a person figure is clearly visible.2015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18A temple-style ritual hall with deity murtis dressed in garlands on silver-framed thrones under decorative canopies. Four people sit on the floor in front of a central puja setup: a bald man in an orange-brown cloth on the left, a man in white with a yellow garland and a red-tinted shawl, a woman in a white sari, and a man in a bare upper body at right. Brass lamps, flower trays, fruit, a kalasha-style vessel and marigold garlands fill the foreground. No visible person clearly matches the a person appearance cues, so no identity is asserted.2015-10-18 +1 copiesOctober 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18A photograph of a temple-style ritual hall with a red draped backdrop and a striped colourful canopy. At centre sits a deity murti with a golden face, garlanded in white and orange flowers, seated on a green-draped silver throne with a gold arch. Flanking silver thrones with gold canopies hold smaller garlanded figures. Priests in white dhotis and bare-chested attendants with rudraksha malas stand around, one in a red-orange turban holding a brass lamp and one with a blue-and-white turban. A pile of offerings, fruit, brass vessels, a kalasha and a woven mat are arranged on the floor. Marigold garlands and scattered petals decorate the scene, which resembles an abhishekam or puja setting.2015-10-18