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Photo of a gaumatha puja in a covered cowshed with red walls and a corrugated roof. A woman in a pink saree with gold border holds a brass lamp with a lit flame and a brass bell, offering aarti toward two spotted cows. One cow is draped with a green-gold cloth and has red kumkum marks on its body and horns. Behind them, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with red and orange flowers, with lamps and offerings on a yellow-and-red cloth-covered table. Kolam designs are drawn on the wall at right.

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Feb 1 2022 sripuram2022-02-01Jan 26 2022 sripuram2022-01-26A woman in a red and gold silk sari performs a gau puja at a cowshed. She kneels on the bare floor, holding a brass oil lamp and a brass bell toward a black-and-white spotted cow with a green cloth draped over its back, its horns tipped in gold and its head decorated with yellow flowers and rope tied at the horns. Behind her, several cows stand in pens under a corrugated roof. Against a red wall stands a gold-domed shrine housing a small seated figure in red and orange garments with a crown-like headdress, a garland and a necklace, flanked by two brass lamps and a flower offering. Floor and wall have white kolam patterns. A kumkum mark is on her forehead, and she wears bangles and an earring.2022-01-26A woman in a red top and red-and-gold shawl, with a white forehead mark, stands barefoot beside a spotted brown-and-white cow in an open-sided shed. She holds a small brass vessel with a lit oil lamp and tilts it toward the cow's head, which is lowered over a basket of green fodder and yellow flowers. The cow is draped in a green cloth and has marigold-coloured marks on its horns and legs. A second brown calf stands behind. On the back wall, a framed portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a red-and-orange garland sits behind a small altar with brass lamps and a red-and-gold cloth. This is a go-puja (cow worship) scene.2021-12-31Feb 1 2022 sripuram2022-02-01Jan 26 2022 sripuram2022-01-26Jan 31 2022 sripuram2022-01-31A woman in a magenta sari and a maroon blouse, with a pendant necklace, performs an aarti with an oil lamp and a brass handbell beside a red-walled shrine in a covered cowshed. Inside the golden-domed shrine stands a deity murti draped with a white and red garland. Several cows, one with a green-and-gold embroidered cloth draped over its back, stand in the shed, and a concrete trough with white kolam-like patterns sits at the right edge. The setting suggests a Go seva and Nithya Gaumatha puja.2022-01-31Jan 31 2022 sripuram2022-01-31Jan 5 2022 sripuram2022-01-05Jan 7 2022 sripuram2022-01-07A woman in a red and pink patterned saree and red blouse performs puja at a cow shelter. She holds a brass bell in her right hand and a brass lamp with a lit flame over a small golden shrine, where a deity murti in red garments and garland sits on a green cloth-draped base. A black-and-white spotted cow with green cloth and painted red marks stands in front of her. She wears layered beaded necklaces, earrings and bangles. The setting is a covered shelter with a red tin roof and a red wall, consistent with a Go seva and gaumatha puja.2022-02-01