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A large festival hall with a red floor covering and a pink-and-white draped canopy hung with colourful cloth panels and lit hanging lamps. Rows of seated people in white dhotis and white saris with gold borders face a ceremony at the front, where ornate golden murti shrines and decorated deity figures stand. A golden bull statue is in the foreground, and a central lighted stage and screen are visible. Many people sit on the floor; some wear white and some bare-chested with white cloth.

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A large tented hall during an evening puja, with a crowd of devotees seated on red mats facing a stage at the far end. Many men sit bare-chested in white dhotis, some wearing red or saffron shawls, while women sit in white saris with gold or yellow borders, one with a long braid. Golden decorative elements and an ornate golden figure sit in front of the crowd, and multicoloured hanging banners with floral and bird motifs and small lamps hang from the canopy. Illuminated decorated deity shrines and altars line the background, with lights and a monitor at the right side of the stage.2017-09-26September 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesA night-time ritual in a decorated tent with red floor mats. Many men, mostly seen from behind, sit cross-legged in rows wearing white dhotis with gold borders and white upper cloths, some bare-chested with rudraksha malas. They face a lit screen and a fire pit with an oil lamp and offerings near a decorated deity shrine at left. Hanging paper lanterns and colourful pillar banners decorate the tent, and a tiered display of small lamps and figurines stands at right. Roughly 40 people are visible.2017-09-26 +1 copiesSeptember 26 20172017-09-26 +1 copiesLarge outdoor pavilion at night during a Navaratri ceremony. Rows of seated devotees fill red carpets; many men are bare-chested with white dhotis and yellow borders, while women wear white and yellow saris, one in green. Two large golden bull (nandi) statues face the central aisle. Hanging colourful festoons decorate the canopy. At the far end, a lit deity murti shrine and a screen show a live feed of the ceremony, with ornate golden thrones and offerings nearby.2017-09-26September 26 20172017-09-26September 26 20172017-09-26Night photo of a Navaratri puja inside a tented pavilion with colourful hanging decorations and oil lamps. Many men, mostly bare-chested with white dhotis and rudraksha malas, sit in rows on a red mat facing an elaborately decorated deity murti of Devi Durga in a shrine. A man in an orange robe stands at the left among other standing devotees. A white-clad priest sits in a chair at the foreground left, and a golden throne and ritual setup are visible at the right. A screen shows a live image near the platform.2017-09-26Large evening ritual in a open tent hung with colourful paper lanterns and cloth streamers. Hundreds of devotees, mostly men bare-chested in white dhotis and some in saffron, sit cross-legged on striped floor mats facing a long red-draped altar piled with fruit, flowers and ritual vessels. Smoke rises from a homa area at centre, and a golden deity shrine with decorated murti stands at the right. A large screen and stage lights are visible, with a few people standing near the stage in white and saffron. The scene reads as a Rudra Abhishekam-style puja and abhishekam gathering.2016-12-02December 07 20162016-12-07A large night-time ceremony in a canopied tent hall with a red carpet aisle. Rows of seated participants, mostly men bare-chested in white dhotis with yellow borders and sacred threads, face a decorated shrine with a deity murti at the far end. Women in white and yellow saris sit at right, and a golden bull statue stands at center foreground beside a golden lion-like figure. Colourful hanging fabric lanterns, paper lamps and string lights decorate the ceiling, and a screen shows a small image near the shrine.2017-09-26A photograph of a large group of devotees seated on a red floor covering under a decorated tent during a Navaratri ritual at the Nithyanandeshwara Temple setting. Many people wear white dhotis and saris with gold and orange borders, rudraksha malas and sacred ash, sitting in rows in front of golden deity shrines and altars. Colourful hanging tassel decorations and a golden bull figure appear in the foreground. Several standing figures in white and bare-chested devotees also appear near the back.2017-09-26 +1 copies