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A man in a white shirt and white trousers reaches toward a decorated altar with golden arched backdrop, where deity murti figures in green and red silk, orange and gold garments, and crowns are dressed with yellow and white garlands and jewelry. Devotees in white and orange dress stand and sit around; a woman seated at left wears white with rudraksha beads. Attendees in the background wear white and orange clothing, and a visible puja setting with flowers and fruit sits at lower centre.

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A man in a white shirt and white trousers stands at left with palms pressed together, offering reverence to a pair of decorated deity murti seated on a green and gold draped platform. The murti wear gold crowns, ornate jewellery and red-and-white flower garlands with yellow marigolds, and one is dressed in a green sari-like cloth with red border while the other wears a red and orange cloth. Behind them stand white-clad devotees, a robed priest in orange, and a gilded throne with ornate carvings in a hall with maroon drapes. The scene reads as a wedding-style darshan at a Meenakshi Tirukalyanam celebration.2015-04-30April 30 20152015-04-30April 30 20152015-04-30April 30 20152015-04-30A man in a cream patterned kurta with rimmed glasses stands at left with palms pressed together in anjali, bowing toward a row of deity murtis dressed in green and red silk, draped with white, yellow and red flower garlands and gold ornaments. Behind him, several white-clad priests and devotees attend the wedding-ritual setting; one priest in white dhoti bends low near the flower-strewn floor and a figure in orange robes stands center. Marigold and rose petals lie scattered on the floor, and a gold canopy frames the shrine.2015-04-30A temple ritual photograph in a shrine decorated with marigold garlands. In the centre, a bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a striped border stands with his back to the camera, holding a small bell, facing the deity murti. Beside him, a man in an orange-yellow dhoti kneels at the front. On the right, a seated priest in a green turban and white clothing performs puja with offerings. Several deity murtis dressed in yellow and orange garments and garlands stand on a raised dais, with a decorated silver lamp stand at left. Brass vessels, banana leaves, flowers and a wooden platter of sweets sit on the floor in front of them.2013-07-18April 30 20152015-04-30March 27 20162016-03-27February 02 20162016-02-02February 02 20162016-02-02April 30 20152015-04-30A photograph of a temple-style ritual setting with gold arches and garlanded deity murti decorated with marigold and red flower garlands. In the foreground, a man in saffron-orange robes and a rudraksha mala stands at right, holding a small object, beside the garlanded deity. A woman in a cream and red saree with a red blouse bows forward with her hands extended toward the deity. Several women in white churidar-style outfits stand at left, some with folded hands, others holding flower offerings. The draped backdrop is dark red and a blue cloth covers the altar base.2015-04-30