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Photograph inside a temple shrine during a ritual. A standing priest in orange robes faces the sanctum, holding a cloth or fan near the doorway, while a seated figure in orange with a long garland sits before a table of fruit and offerings. Gilded deity murti in the sanctum wear yellow flower garlands, with black stone dvarapala guardian statues flanking the doorway. Green curtains frame the entrance and a crowd of seated devotees, mostly women with dark braided hair and bright saris, watches from the foreground. A ceiling fan and wall clock are visible.

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A priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl stands at the centre-left with his right arm raised, performing an arati or blessing before a deity shrine. The deity murti, dark-faced with a silver-white face and adorned with yellow and orange marigold garlands, is framed by an ornate gold arch and green curtains. Two dark stone dvarapala guardian statues, each wearing a yellow garland, flank the shrine. Offerings of fruit and brass vessels sit on a platform before the murti. Seated devotees, many women in colourful saris and some with braided hair, fill the foreground, several with hands folded in prayer. White temple walls surround the scene.2006-10-01Interior of a white temple hall packed with seated devotees, mostly women in saris and men in white dhotis and shirts, facing a shrine. At center, a robed priest in orange-saffron clothing holds a lit flame aloft toward a golden deity murti in a glass-fronted shrine framed by green curtains, with dark stone figures in garlands flanking it and a golden lion-faced figure on the right. Devotees in orange and red sit closely together in the foreground while a second orange-robed figure kneels beside the priest at the shrine base. Fresh flowers and garlands decorate the shrine, and a ceiling fan turns overhead. The scene suggests an aarti or puja.2006-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01A photograph inside a temple shrine doorway flanked by two large black stone guardian statues with yellow flower garlands. Through the open doorway, small gilded metal deity figures stand on a yellow-draped platform with fruit, brass vessels and flowers. A man in an orange-saffron robe stands at right, holding a silver vessel and a flame near the doorway. Two seated men in orange robes sit at left, one hunched beside a seated figure in orange. Several women and girls in white and cream saris and dark hair braids, one with a flower in her hair, sit on the floor in the foreground facing the shrine. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti at a temple doorway.2006-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01A photograph inside a temple shrine where a standing robed figure in pale orange cloth holds up a flame toward a gold-adorned deity murti decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a gold crown. A seated devotee in orange robes sits in front with palms pressed together in prayer, and a dark stone statue with a yellow garland stands to the left. Offerings of fruit, bananas and betel leaves rest on a yellow-draped platform, with a wall clock, green curtains and a gold-edged arch framing the scene. Several people in the foreground audience sit in the lower frame, including a woman in dark clothes with hands folded, and a flower-adorned devotee at the right edge; the crowd is partly cropped.2006-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01A dense crowd of devotees sits on the floor of a white temple hall facing a shrine. A priest in orange robes stands at left holding a ritual implement beside a black stone deity murti garlanded with yellow flowers. Women in red, blue and maroon saris wear yellow flowers in their hair, and men wear white dhotis and shirts. Another figure in white stands at the right beside a golden deity and a decorated shrine, and a golden idol sits in an alcove at right. The scene suggests a puja or abhishekam being performed before devotees.2006-10-01A temple interior during an arati ceremony. A priest in a pale peach dhoti and shawl with pink borders stands at left holding a lit oil lamp with a tall flame toward a gilded deity murti decorated with yellow and pink flower garlands. A seated person in saffron-orange robes with folded hands and bare feet kneels in prayer at the shrine, with fruits and offerings on a yellow-draped platform in front. A black stone statue of a four-armed deity with a garland stands at left, and a wall clock hangs on the white wall. Seated devotees in white and colourful clothing, several with yellow flowers in their hair, fill the foreground facing the shrine.2006-10-01October 01 20062006-10-01