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A seated priest in an orange-saffron robe with a red shawl and a gold necklace holds a lit oil lamp toward a group of devotees sitting on a grey carpet. Before him is a silver tray with fruit, bananas and brass ritual items. A woman in a red sari sits at left, a woman in a pink floral dress and a woman in a beige head covering with long dark hair sit nearby, and a man in white at right. Behind them a shelf displays white marble deity murtis and a metal kalasha-style urn stands at right.

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October 22 20082008-10-22Photograph inside a temple shrine room: a priest in an orange-saffron robe with a red border sits on the floor at left, reading from a white paper while handling a brass tray of flowers, fruit in a woven basket, and incense sticks. Three devotees kneel on blue carpet in front of a tiled plinth holding black stone deity murtis dressed in blue, red and white cloth. A woman in a grey-beige headscarf with long dark hair sits at left, a woman in a blue-and-cream floral sari with a hair clip sits centre, and a man in a white dhoti with a green-gold border kneels at right. Behind them, white marble seated figures and a gold canopy shrine stand on black pedestals.2008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22A seated puja inside a temple room with rows of white and black deity murtis on dark shelves behind. In the centre, a man in an orange-saffron robe with a red shawl and a gold necklace sits cross-legged, holding his hands over a small plate. Around him, devotees sit on grey carpet: a woman in a pink floral dress on the left, a person in a beige wrap with long hair in the centre, a man in white with a green-striped cloth on the right, and a woman in a teal sari at lower right. A brass plate with flowers, a banana, a red offering and incense sticks sits on a patterned mat, with a silver pot beside it. a person is the robed figure in saffron with the red shawl and gold necklace, seated at the centre of the ritual.2008-10-22Indoor puja at a Hindu temple with a row of devotees seated behind a rope barrier beside a black stone lion sculpture. In the foreground left, a bald priest in orange robes sits cross-legged before a low offering tray holding apples, a lime, a yellow melon, bowls of rice and sweets, and orange and pink cloth. On the right, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and red tilak sits with hands joined in prayer beside a brass lamp and flower-decorated tray. Behind them, colourful deity murtis and statues are arranged on shelves and altars. Several women in salwar kameez and a man in a striped shirt watch with palms together.2008-10-22Indoor temple hall with a seated audience on a dark floor and a row of stone lions near the front. A devotee in an orange sari with a head covering holds a brass plate and offers it to a seated woman in a white top; the rope barrier and stone lion sculptures separate the group. On the right, a man in orange robes and a rudraksha mala sits on a wooden seat, facing forward. Behind them stand decorated figures in colourful dress, a red-draped stage with deity murti, a tall brass oil lamp and a display of small decorated pots and kalasha-like objects. Several people in saris and casual clothes sit among the audience. Exact identity is not established by appearance.2008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22October 22 20082008-10-22Indoor temple scene at Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temple: a seated man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a gold pendant sits on an ornate wooden chair beside a dark stone lion and a brass lamp tray with marigolds and lit candles. A second man in orange dhoti stands above him holding a plate of flowers, while about a dozen devotees in casual and saree clothing sit on the floor behind a rope barrier. Colourful painted deity figures in ornate costumes and bowls of fruit are visible in the background.2008-10-22A photograph inside a temple shrine room where two men in orange-saffron robes sit cross-legged on the floor, one on the left in a saffron robe with a red border and one on the right on a raised seat in an orange sleeveless robe with a rudraksha mala and a red mark on the forehead; the right figure appears to be a person by appearance cues including the saffron ornate clothing and rudraksha mala, though this is uncertain. Before them on an orange mat are offerings of fruit including apples, a melon and bananas, bowls of sweets and rice, pink and white flowers, a brass tray with an oil lamp and incense sticks, and a small brass figure. Behind a metal stanchion rope and a black stone lion statue sits a seated audience of about ten to fifteen people in colourful saris and shalwar kameez, some with hands folded in prayer, while colourful draped fabrics and deity statues stand in the background.2008-10-22