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A ritual scene at an outdoor tent pavilion where a bare-chested priest in a pink dhoti stands beside a flower-decorated altar and deity murtis draped in yellow, orange and red garlands. Seated in the foreground are rows of men in green shawls with white and ash-marked foreheads, several with microphones before them, chanting and performing puja. Behind them, a robed figure in orange and devotees in green and yellow stand near a tiered decorated structure with banana plants and bunting. Several murtis in the background are richly adorned with marigold garlands. No figure is clearly identifiable as a person from appearance.

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January 12 20152015-01-12July 18 20132013-07-18January 12 20152015-01-12A temple-style ritual hall with a pujari-led worship scene. On the right, a red and gold throne is draped with thick marigold and yellow flower garlands, holding deity murtis and a small figure adorned with gold ornaments. In the centre, a standing figure in a green and gold dhoti with a green shawl and a sandal-marked body stands beside a seated figure in white dhoti and a saffron-yellow shawl wearing a rudraksha-style mala and a crown-like headdress. Several men seated on striped mats in the foreground wear white dhotis and yellow shawls, with offerings, fruits, brass lamps and a kalasha-like vessel arranged before them. A large ornate golden throne with heart-shaped peetha backdrop stands at far left. Two bare-chested men at left tend the offerings.2016-02-02December 07 20162016-12-07Temple ritual scene before a richly decorated deity shrine with yellow and red marigold garlands and a golden prabhavali halo at left. A priest in white dhoti with an orange-yellow upper cloth and rudraksha mala stands at left, holding a lamp toward the shrine. Behind him a shirtless man in white dhoti with a beaded rudraksha necklace holds a brass tray with a vessel and offerings. Seated at right, a man in a yellow turban and gold upper cloth with a bead necklace and gold armbands sits beside another man in a green turban and green shawl with gold bangles, who is seated and handling a ritual item. Small oil lamps and a flower vase sit in front of the shrine, and a stack of offerings lies at lower left. This appears to be a puja or abhishekam in progress.2016-02-02A ritual worship scene before a decorated shrine with three silver-framed deity murti draped in garlands of marigolds and roses. In the centre a brass-and-silver stand holds a kalasha-like vessel with flower garlands. Two seated men lead a puja on the floor: the man on the left, bare-chested with a white dhoti and a blue cloth, holds ritual items, while the man in the foreground centre wears a white dhoti, a gold-bordered blue shawl and a yellow marigold garland and offers flowers from a plate. Oil lamps, brass vessels, yellow marigold heaps and red rose petals surround them. Three more men in white dhotis with garlands sit behind on the right. a person candidate is not clearly identifiable by appearance, so no probable label is given.2015-10-18July 18 20132013-07-18January 12 20152015-01-12A ritual scene before a shrine of large deity murti statues draped in heavy garlands of yellow, red, orange and purple flowers. In the centre, a seated person wearing a brown turban-style headwear and a white garland, with bare upper body and a pink wrap, sits before the altar. Foreground devotees in white dhoti-style cloths with bare upper bodies and sacred markings sit facing the altar, some with bare heads or tied hair, and microphones stand before them. Gold ornamented backdrop and a kalasha-like arrangement of flowers complete the shrine setting.2013-07-18Outdoor ceremony under a canopy with rows of seated men in green dhotis and shawls, many with white tilak and rudraksha malas, sitting on mats before a decorated shrine. A tall pink and gold ornate structure draped with yellow marigold garlands and banana leaves stands behind them, with a large kalasha-like decoration and standing deity murtis in yellow garlands at left. Microphones on stands sit at front. Among the seated men, one older man in an orange-gold shawl with white forehead marks sits at front left. Many more people stand and sit in the background. No clearly identifiable a person candidate is visible in the foreground group.2015-01-13October 18 20152015-10-18