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A shaved-headed priest in a red dhoti with a blue sash and a bare upper body performs a puja at night, holding a brass plate of red flowers in his left hand while his right hand is raised in a blessing gesture. He wears a rudraksha mala and sacred ash markings on his chest. Beside him, a second man in white stands holding a similar plate. In front, a deity murti is decorated with red and white garlands, and the floor is strewn with rose petals and leaves. Strings of multicolored lights and scaffolding poles surround the stone pillars in the background.

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A night-time temple puja scene. In the foreground a bare-chested priest with a sacred-thread cord and a red cloth wrap stands before a golden deity murti garlanded with white and red flowers, holding a plate in his hands. Behind him stands an older man in white with a brass basin. Another bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a green border stands at the centre, and a figure in white stands at the far right. The altar is draped in red cloth with yellow and red flower petals, leaves and small brass vessels spread across it. Scaffolding and string lights are visible in the background.2018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02April 14 20182018-04-14 +1 copiesMarch 02 20182018-03-02July 02 20162016-07-02March 02 20182018-03-02May 30 20182018-05-30Close-up of a bare-chested priest performing a ritual offering with red flower petals on a wooden plate. He wears a blue shawl over the shoulder, a red dhoti, a gold-bead and red-cord necklace, a yellow and purple sacred thread bracelet, and a gold ring, with white sacred ash marks on his arm and chest. His right hand scatters red petals toward a golden deity murti decorated with green garlands and yellow flowers, against a red backdrop. Only his arm and torso are visible, so no face is shown.2018-03-02