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A photograph of a temple ritual. On the left, a smiling woman in saffron-orange robes wears a rudraksha mala and gold bangles, with a vertical forehead mark, and gestures toward a brass tray. A young girl with white sacred ash on her forehead and a white-and-gold sari-style dress kneels on the right with palms pressed together in prayer. The brass tray holds yellow, purple and white flowers and a brass vessel. Behind them, robed figures in white and saffron stand near golden temple pillars, and a white-clad figure stands in the middle distance.

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January 05 20192019-01-05Indoor temple-style scene in a hall with red drapes and gold-toned pillars. A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala and large beaded necklace sits cross-legged at left, hands folded in namaste. At right, a young woman in a cream and gold-bordered sari, with a white forehead mark, rudraksha mala and kneeling, presses her palms together in prayer. Between them is a brass plate with yellow and purple flowers and a small brass kalasha, with a silver-coloured vessel and blue cloth nearby. Another person in orange stands in the background. No visible candidate for a person is present.2019-01-05January 05 20192019-01-05Two women kneel on a marble-floored temple platform before a brass tray of yellow and purple flowers with small brass vessels. The woman on the right wears a cream and gold-bordered Kerala-style saree, a white forehead mark and rudraksha mala, and joins her palms in prayer while gazing upward. The woman on the left wears an orange-red sari with layered beaded necklaces, hands folded in her lap. Behind them, a standing woman in red and white attire and a golden deity murti stand in a shrine with red drapes. This appears to be a devotional puja scene.2019-01-05Two women in devotional dress sit beside a brass kalasha-style vessel set on a red-and-silver tray, decorated with yellow and white chrysanthemums and purple flowers. The woman on the left wears an orange sari, beaded necklaces, gold bangles and a bindi, and reaches toward the tray. The woman on the right wears a rust-red sari with a gold neckline, holds her palms together in namaskar, and has white vibhuti on her forehead. Behind them, other women in orange and white saris stand and sit in a hall with red curtains and gold-framed ornate shrines.2019-01-05January 05 20192019-01-05Two women sit on the floor in a temple-style hall, with a brass tray of yellow, white and purple flowers and two brass cups between them. The woman on the left wears an orange-red sari, rudraksha beads, a mala-style wrap, bangles and a red-and-white bindi-like forehead mark with a ring on her finger, and she gestures over the tray. The woman on the right, in a white sari with gold border, rudraksha mala and eyeglasses, leans forward to touch the flowers with a faint ash mark on her forehead. Golden pillars and a maroon curtain stand in the background. Copyright and archive credit appear on the photo.2019-01-05A woman in an orange saree with a rudraksha mala and beaded necklace sits cross-legged on a raised platform, holding a brass tray of yellow and purple flowers and small brass vessels over a red-cushioned ornate pedestal. Beside her, a person in a white dhoti with a gold border and a rudraksha mala leans forward, hands near the offering. Scattered yams or tubers lie on a yellow cloth in the foreground. Behind them, red drapes, golden canopy structures and a figure in orange are visible in a hall setting. No appearance-based a person candidate is clearly identifiable, so the a person field is set to unsure.2019-01-05A photograph of a temple-like ritual space with a woman in an orange sari and rudraksha mala seated at left, bindi and nose ring visible, smiling toward a woman kneeling at right in a white sari with gold border, hands in anjali mudra with a rudraksha mala and bangles. In front stands a brass vessel with yellow and purple flowers on a tray. Behind, another person in white and gold-bordered sari and a red curtain, with gold-toned deity shrines in the background.2019-01-05January 05 20192019-01-05A photo inside a temple-like hall with dark red curtains and a gold-accented shrine behind. A woman in a cream and gold-bordered saree stands at right with palms pressed together in namaskar, wearing a rudraksha mala and gold earrings, with a bindi on her forehead. At left, a woman in orange robes and a rudraksha mala kneels with hands folded near a brass tray of yellow, purple and white flowers. Two more people in cream and gold-bordered white clothing stand in the background, and a figure in orange robes is further back. A copper vessel with flowers sits in the foreground.2019-01-05A woman in an orange sari with a rudraksha mala around her neck and a red bindi sits on a raised platform beside a brass tray holding yellow and purple flowers and a brass vessel. Across from her, a woman with glasses, hair in a bun and a white sari with gold border presses her palms together in namaskar. Behind them, saffron-clad and white-clad attendees move through a hall with red drapes, golden canopy structures and a raised dais. This appears to be a devotional or ceremonial setting in a temple-style hall.2019-01-05