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Night photograph at a temple courtyard with a lit gopuram tower in the background under a full moon. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand before a large flame in a brass lamp decorated with a white flower garland, one holding his palms together in prayer. A young boy in a green shirt and a girl in a purple dress stand beside them, watching the flame. Dark trees frame the scene, and a low yellow wall runs across the foreground.

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Night photograph of a temple courtyard at Sripuram with a full moon in a dark sky above a tiered gopuram tower. In front of a golden-yellow altar platform, a large oil lamp burns with a flame, ringed by a white flower garland. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, one on the left and one on the right near the lit entrance doorway. Two children join them in folded-hand prayer, a boy in a blue shirt on the left and a girl in a dark dress and a boy in green on the right. The scene suggests a devotional lamp offering.2022-12-06December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06Night photograph outdoors in front of an ornate golden gopuram temple tower under a dark blue sky with a bright full moon. A woman in a blue and teal saree holds a lit oil lamp with a flame, decorated with a white flower garland. Beside her, a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and a beaded necklace stands smiling with a light body marking on his chest. Two young boys in casual shirts stand in front of him, with a yellow wall and a tiled ground in the foreground.2022-12-06Evening photograph at a temple gateway with a tiered gopuram-style tower, lit by a bright moon in a dusky sky. A large oil lamp with a white flower garland burns on a yellow-draped platform in the foreground. Four women and children stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A woman in a blue and green saree stands at the centre with a child in a green shirt and another child in a pink dress nearby, while two women in red and orange sarees pray to the right. A brass vessel with incense sticks sits at the lower left. The scene suggests a Karthika Deepam lamp-lighting offering.2022-12-06Outdoor evening scene at a temple courtyard during a lamp ritual. A bare-chested older man with a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace holds his hand over a large flame from an oil lamp on a yellow ledge. Beside him a young boy in a teal shirt stands with hands folded in prayer, and a taller bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a beaded mala stands with hands joined. Behind them another child in a blue shirt is partly visible. Yellow stone sculptures and white frangipani flowers surround the area, with palm plants in the background.2022-12-06March 12 20202020-03-12Night ritual outdoors beside a blazing fire pit lined with brick and marigold garlands. A young priest in white dhoti with gold border and bare chest, with white sacred ash marks on forehead and arms, raises a flaming kalasha-style lamp over a seated younger boy in saffron-orange robes and rudraksha mala. Behind them a standing boy in orange robes rings a handbell. Nearby stands an ornate gold-leaf throne with red cushioned back, a red draped altar table with marigold garlands, coconuts, pineapple and fruit offerings, and a brass tray of oil lamps and sweets. Scattered flower petals cover the ground, consistent with an aarti or homa-style puja.2013-12-21A woman in a red-orange sari and a rudraksha mala stands at dusk beside a stone platform, holding a lit oil lamp in a brass bowl with white jasmine garland and marigold petals. Behind her a golden temple gateway with carved stone sculpture and a decorated tower stands against the darkening sky. Another brass plate is held at right.2022-12-06April 21 20122012-04-21Outdoor shrine at dusk with a bare-chested priest in an orange-red dhoti, white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, and a rudraksha mala with a white sacred thread. He leans over a stone basin pouring water from a brass vessel. Two young boys stand in front: one in a green t-shirt with hands pressed together in prayer, the other in a white and blue top raising his palms over a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. A golden canopied shrine holds a deity murti with a crown and garland, and white kolam designs decorate the red wall. Sugarcane pieces lie on the ground.2022-01-30December 21 20132013-12-21Dusk photograph at a temple courtyard. A large oil lamp with a tall flame sits on a yellow-draped altar, garlanded with a white flower string and small flower heaps beside it. A woman in a red sari with a red-beaded mala and a tilak on her forehead holds a brass bowl and a metal tray with lit oil lamps. Behind her stands a carved sandstone gopuram tower with a lion-topped finial and a lit doorway.2022-12-06