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A photograph of a gaumatha puja at a cow shed. A black-and-white spotted cow with painted red dots on its forehead and horns, wrapped in a yellow-green cloth, stands on the left, with green grass fodder spread before it. On the right, a woman in an orange sari and blouse with her hair in a bun bends forward, lighting or offering a small oil lamp on the floor and holding her hands together in prayer. In the background, a small shrine holds a seated deity murti lit by a flame, against a red wall.

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A woman in an orange-saffron saree with a tied-back grey bun and a tilak on her forehead performs gau puja in a covered shed. She holds a lit oil lamp in one hand and extends her other hand toward a black-and-white cow draped in a yellow-green cloth, with pink kumkum marks and yellow flowers on its horns. Green grass lies on the floor. A small deity murti sits in a niche on a red wall behind her. The scene reads as a gaumatha puja with aarti.2022-11-21November 21 2022 sripuram2022-11-21November 21 2022 sripuram2022-11-21November 21 2022 sripuram2022-11-21November 21 2022 sripuram2022-11-21November 21 2022 sripuram2022-11-21November 21 2022 sripuram2022-11-21A woman in an orange sari stands at night beside a black-and-white cow, garlanded with yellow flowers at its horns and tied with rope. She holds a brass oil lamp in one hand while her other hand rests on the cow's head, as part of a Gaumatha puja. Fresh green palm fronds lie on the floor in front of the cow. Behind her, a deity murti is visible on a shrine lit by lamps. The setting appears to be an indoor hall with bright ceiling lights.2022-12-07A blurry evening photo inside a covered shed with a red wall. In the foreground a black-and-white spotted cow with gold-tipped horns and a yellow cloth draped over its back grazes on a pile of green grass, tied with a rope. Behind it on the right, a person in an orange-saffron robe stands with palms pressed together in prayer before a small shrine holding a golden deity murti lit by an oil lamp, in a gaumatha puja setting.2022-11-21A woman in an orange saree performs a go puja at night, holding a brass oil lamp with a lit flame toward the head of a black-and-white spotted cow with long horns and a yellow flower garland on its forehead. The cow stands beside a bowl of grain under a roof. Behind them is a golden shrine canopy housing a small seated figure of a sage-like deity murti, flanked by two lit brass lamps and draped in gold cloth. A green cloth covers the cow's back.2022-03-15Jun 21 2022 sripuram2022-06-20A night-time photograph of a gau seva ritual at an outdoor temple area. A woman in an orange sari, hair tied in a bun with an orange band, holds a brass bell in one hand and a lit oil lamp in the other, offering aarti to a black-and-white spotted cow and her calf. The cow is draped with a gold-green cloth and garlanded with red flowers, and the calf has a flower garland and a brass bell hanging from its neck. Fresh green grass is spread on the ground in front. Behind them a person in a white top and blue striped pants stands with hands folded in namaste, and a red wall and tarpaulin roofing are visible.2022-12-23