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Photograph inside a temple hall during Navaratri at Adhi Kailasa Bidadi. A bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti with gold armlets and a long marigold garland stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing the shrine. Beside him a woman in a red sari with a rudraksha mala holds a brass plate. At centre, a pink-faced Ganesha murti in gold dress and garlands sits on a red cloth beside a golden-arched Devi murti in green and gold with garlands. At right, a large Durga murti with multiple arms holds weapons, approached by steel stair rails. Brass oil lamps, flower offerings and a small fire pit stand in front; a tattered world map and a banner hang in the background.

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Photo inside a temple hall with a white tent ceiling showing a Durga Navaratri shrine. A bare-chested priest in a red dhoti and a red garland with gold armlets stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing the deities. Beside him, a woman in a red sari with a rudraksha mala holds a tray. Center stands a pink-bodied Ganesha murti in gold dhoti with garlands, next to a golden-haloed goddess murti in red and green garments. At right, a tall ornate Durga murti with multiple arms, gold crown and trident sits atop a platform reached by silver steel railings. Brass oil lamps, flower garlands, marigolds and scattered petals surround the shrine, and a world map with red and green regions hangs on the back wall.2017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27A temple hall during a Navaratri puja with a large, brightly decorated deity murti of Durga in the upper right, adorned with gold and a crown, beside a pink-and-gold Ganesha murti and a standing murti with gold trim. A man in red dhoti and gold armband, with a red and white garland over his shoulder, holds a tray of offerings at left. A second figure in orange-red robes stands behind him, and a turbaned person is partly visible. Marigold and flower garlands hang on the deities, a brass oil lamp stands at right, and a sunken yellow-rimmed fire pit with petals lies in the foreground. A world map and a numbered chart hang on the back wall.2017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple hall during a puja. A priest on the left, bare-chested with a red dhoti and a red garland over his shoulder, holds a lit oil flame or lamp toward the deities. Behind him stand a pink-and-gold Ganesha murti and a golden Durga murti with multiple arms, her face painted, decorated with marigold garlands. Trays of flower offerings and petals lie on the floor, a fire pit with a yellow border sits in front, and a world map hangs on the wall behind. A staircase with metal railings stands to the right, and a figure in orange cloth is partly visible in the background.2017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple worship scene with a golden-decorated Durga murti on a raised platform reached by a metal staircase, flanked by a pink-and-gold Ganesha murti and a golden-haloed Lakshmi-type deity murti garlanded with white and red flowers. In the foreground a man with long dark hair and a red-brown dhoti and shawl, wearing gold armbands and a red flower garland, raises flowers in offering, while a second person in red cloth stands behind him. Brass oil lamps, flower offerings and a small smoke-filled brass vessel sit on the floor, with a red-and-purple striped mat and a world map banner hanging overhead.2017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27September 27 20172017-09-27 +2 copies