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Photograph of a puja at an outdoor ritual setting. A golden ornate throne-like seat with an orange backdrop is adorned with heavy garlands of white jasmine, red roses and yellow marigolds, with a decorated deity murti or ceremonial figure draped in gold-toned cloth at its centre. In front stand brass oil lamps, a silver puja vessel, bananas and a coconut as offerings. Two priests in white dhotis: one standing in the centre with a sacred thread, another at right with a yellow-and-gold shawl over the shoulders and a yellow head cloth, leaning over to attend the offerings. A seated bare-chested man with a thread sits at left, a woman in the background at top, and a partially visible person at the left edge.

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March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16 +1 copiesA puja at a gold-framed arched shrine with an orange cloth backdrop. A priest in white dhoti with yellow border and orange head cloth bends over an ornate deity murti draped in marigold and jasmine garlands and a gold-embroidered cloth, offering with a lamp. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha pot, bananas, coconut and fruit plates surround the murti on a striped mat. Another white-clad priest stands behind and a seated man in a white dhoti is at left, with a few partly visible onlookers in the background.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16Priests in white dhotis with yellow borders perform a puja before an ornate deity murti draped in a gold-and-maroon silk cloth and heavy jewelled garlands of white jasmine, yellow marigolds and red roses. A brass-framed arch with an orange cloth backdrop sits behind the idol. A priest in a bare-chested white dhoti with a yellow border leans in to adjust the garlands, while another in white stands at left. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks, a silver-lidded bowl, plantains, coconut halves and fruit offerings sit on a colourful striped mat in the foreground. Several people are partly visible at the edges, bringing the visible count to a small group.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16A temple-style puja at a shrine: a gilded arched backdrop frames an orange cloth, and a deity murti or ritual form is heavily decorated with red roses, yellow marigolds, white jasmine garlands and green leaves, with a rudraksha-bead garland draped across it. In the foreground a shirtless priest in white dhoti with yellow borders pours or offers from a small vessel near a brass lamp with a lit flame, beside bananas, coconut halves and brass pots. A second shirtless man in a white dhoti sits at the left edge, partly cropped.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16A puja at an altar draped with white and orange cloth beneath a gold arched frame. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with yellow borders and a yellow-orange head cloth leans forward to light an oil lamp in front of a decorated deity murti garlanded with white jasmine and red and yellow marigolds. Silver and brass vessels, a plate of bananas, flower-filled trays and a bowl of petals sit on a striped cloth. A second man in white sits at the left edge, and another priest stands behind the altar.2017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16March 16 20172017-03-16April 06 20172017-04-06