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Two cows eat grass and fodder from a woven basket in a dim, covered shed at night. A brown cow with a vermilion mark on its forehead stands in the foreground, and a white cow with a red tilak on its forehead grazes beside it. Behind them, a red-painted wall holds a framed portrait garlanded with red flowers, flanked by two lit oil lamps on a draped table in red and yellow cloth. A hand in the right edge holds a brass lamp with a flame, performing aarti toward the portrait. A figure in saffron clothing is shown in the portrait, but whether it is a person is not determinable from appearance. The setting suggests a gau puja and gau seva offering.

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Jan 6 2022 sripuram2022-01-06Interior of a covered cowshed with a red-painted rear wall. Two cows graze on cut green grass on the floor: a brown cow in the foreground with an orange kumkum mark on its forehead and a green cloth draped over its back, and a white cow to the right, also with a kumkum mark. A small altar against the wall holds a framed portrait of a man with long dark hair in orange robes, garlanded with red and white flowers, flanked by two oil lamps, with a yellow and red cloth on the table. On the right edge, a person in red clothing holds a lit oil lamp near the white cow's head. Goseva and gaumatha puja are being performed.2022-01-06Night-time photo inside a covered cowshed where two cows are being fed. A brown cow in the foreground with a green cloth draped over its back and a white cow beside it with orange tilak marks on their foreheads eat cut grass from the floor. A person's arm in a red sleeve with red bangles and a gold bracelet offers grass to the white cow. Behind them against a red wall, a framed portrait labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" is garlanded with red and white flowers, with two brass oil lamps lit on a yellow and red draped table as a Gau puja offering. The portrait figure wears orange robes and a beaded necklace; the depicted person is a portrait, not a physical person in the scene. One physical person is visible, only their arm.2022-01-06Jan 6 2022 sripuram2022-01-06Jan 6 2022 sripuram2022-01-06A blurred nighttime photo in a covered cowshed with a corrugated metal roof and red-painted back wall. A brown cow with a green cloth draped over its back eats grass spread on the floor, and a white cow stands behind it. A woman in a red top with red bangles, her face partly cut off at the right edge, holds a flower garland toward the brown cow while a small oil lamp burns nearby. Above on the wall, a framed photograph of a woman in an orange garment is garlanded with red flowers, with lit lamps placed before it on a red and yellow cloth. This is a gau puja scene with goseva. The portrait shows a woman, not a man, so it is not a depiction of a person.2022-01-06Jan 6 2022 sripuram2022-01-06Photograph of a red-walled shrine structure under a corrugated roof where two cows stand. The larger cow, black-and-white spotted with yellow-tipped horns and red markings, wears a green cloth draped over its back. A smaller dark brown cow with a rope halter eats from the ground beside a silver dish holding a flame, which a hand at the right edge holds. Behind them, a framed portrait shows a figure in orange robes with a rudraksha mala, flanked by red marigold garlands, with brass oil lamps and an offering on a red-and-gold cloth-draped ledge. Green leaves and grass lie on the floor.2022-01-04December 27 2021 sripuram2021-12-27Gau puja at a covered cow shed with a red corrugated roof and red-painted back wall. A spotted black-and-white cow draped with a green and gold cloth stands with brass-tipped horns, a bell on its head rope, and a kumkum mark on its forehead, while a hand holds a lit oil lamp in a brass dish near its head. Behind it, a framed portrait with red and orange marigold garlands sits on a red-draped stand beside a brass oil lamp; the portrait shows a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and white necklace, so this is a depiction and the appearance-based label is a person. Another cow stands at right, and a basket of green fodder sits in the foreground.2022-01-04Evening photo inside a covered cow shed. A woman in an orange sari with a red-and-orange blouse and a dark rudraksha-style necklace holds a lit oil lamp toward a brown cow draped with green cloth and a garland, which is eating a pile of green leaves. Beside her, a woman with short grey hair in a white sari with a gold border and orange waist cord stands with hands folded in prayer. A red wall and a small deity murti are behind them, with a metal fence on the right.2022-07-21A photograph of two cows standing under a red corrugated roof at a go seva shelter. The larger spotted black-and-white cow wears a green cloth draped over its back, a yellow-tipped horn and a rope halter with red and yellow markings on its forehead. A smaller brown cow with a white face stands beside it, eating green fodder scattered on the floor. Behind them on a red wall is a framed portrait of a young man with long dark hair, wearing an orange robe and a rudraksha mala, garlanded with red and orange flowers. Brass oil lamps and a brass bowl sit before the portrait on a red and gold cloth, and white kolam designs decorate a concrete trough on the right. No people are physically present in the frame apart from a partially visible person at the far left edge.2022-01-04