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Indoor temple hall with red-painted block walls and fluorescent lights, showing a Navaratri puja. On the left, a large deity statue with a crown and a stringed instrument stands beside a seated saffron-robed figure with a rudraksha-style garland on a black pedestal. Two purple-clad deity murtis stand in the centre on a raised platform, and a tiered row of red seats fills the right wall. A woman in a pink sari stands by an orange cloth bundle, a woman in a yellow sari kneels near brass oil lamps and a plate, and a woman in an orange sari sits with others on a white mat. Several seated devotees with folded hands perform puja, while a woman in a gold sari on the right films with a phone.

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A photograph of a Diwali puja inside a temple-like hall with red-painted walls and black tiled floor. Rows of orange-robed sculpted sages sit along the back wall. Three decorated deity murtis in purple and pink garments stand centre, and a gilded arch frames a dark deity figure with pink garlands on the right. Seated devotees on white cloth perform a puja: a woman in a pink shawl and a woman in a green and red saree sit with hands together, a man in white dhoti sits with folded hands, and women in saris with flowers in their hair sit in the foreground. Brass oil lamps and offering plates with fruit and sweets surround them.2020-11-13A devotional puja in a temple room with a tan wall and framed pictures. On the left, two large statues of Krishna and Radha stand in blue and pink garments with gold crowns. Rows of small dark figures in orange and gold dress line the back wall. 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