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Night-time outdoor photograph of a festival puja at a shrine. Rows of large stone statues of seated figures, adorned with yellow and red flower garlands, line the right side. In the foreground, many metal plates hold offerings: red and yellow flowers, white and pink petals, coloured powders such as kumkum and turmeric, grains, pulses, coconuts and sweets, spread on a striped cloth. A single person in red-and-orange robes and a red turban sits in the centre, near a silver palanquin-style shrine on the left with a decorated canopy and a deity murti.

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January 31 20182018-01-31Night-time outdoor photograph of a Thaipusam-style puja at a temple, with a row of dark stone murtis of Lord Muruga and other deities garlanded with flower strings and draped in pink and green cloth, set on tiered white steps beneath a canopy decorated with purple and yellow fabric. In the foreground a seated priest in red-orange garments sits before a low platform, while trays of kumkum, turmeric, vibhuti, flowers, coconuts, fruits and betel leaves are arranged on a colourful striped cloth. Lamps and spotlights illuminate the scene. A small child is visible at the far right edge. The priest is a ritual officiant rather than an identified individual, so no a person candidate is asserted.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31Night photograph of an outdoor puja beside a tiered stepped platform crowded with black stone murtis of Lord Muruga, each draped with yellow, orange and white marigold garlands. A canopy of striped purple and yellow cloth with floral trim shelters a central figure. In the foreground a standing priest in a rust-red dhoti and orange-red head cloth, bare-chested with sacred ash and rudraksha, pours or offers from a vessel. A seated priest in red-brown cloth with a beard and rudraksha mala sits beside him with hands folded. Heaps of kumkum, turmeric, flower petals and rice fill brass plates on a colourful striped cloth. Silver ritual vessels and an ornate silver palanquin stand at left. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31December 20 20172017-12-20Night-time outdoor ritual scene on a striped multicolored cloth. At left, a man in dark clothing tends a blazing fire in a large metal vessel. In the centre, two figures in orange and saffron clothing kneel before a ritual arrangement of brass vessels and offerings; the man on the right has bare shoulders and a red-orange cloth, and the figure beside him wears a dark headwrap. Behind them, a tiered stone structure is lined with many dark deity murtis draped in garlands of yellow and white flowers. Trays of colourful powders, kumkum, and grains sit in the foreground, and an ornate silver palanquin or canopy with floral decoration stands at left. A mural-style mural and a decorated ratha-like shrine appear at the far left.2018-01-31January 31 20182018-01-31December 20 20172017-12-20