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Two men stand either side of a wooden cradle-style swing decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink roses, holding a small blue-faced Krishna idol with a peacock feather and gold crown at its centre. The man on the left wears a mustard-yellow shirt and dark trousers; the man on the right wears a pink shirt and white dhoti-style trousers, with white vibhuti on his forehead. Behind them, a decorated shrine shows deity murtis in white and blue garments and a brass lamp stand at the right. A tray of bananas, lemons and other fruit sits on a patterned cloth in the foreground, indicating a Janmashtami puja. Fresh rose petals are scattered across the floor.

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Photo of a Krishna Janmashtami celebration at a temple shrine. A cradle-style swing decorated with white and pink flower garlands stands in front of a deity murti with flower garlands. A young boy dressed as Krishna wears a gold crown, pearl necklaces, and blue dhoti, standing beside a small girl in a purple and red dress. Several men kneel and stand around the cradle; one in a pink shirt and another in a blue shirt hold the swing. A man in white shirt with tilak stands behind. Bananas, fruits, and small steel plates of offerings lie on a patterned mat in the foreground.Kailasa Puduvai 30 August 2021A woman in a white sari with a pink-red blouse and a vibhuti mark on her forehead leans over a wooden cradle-style swing decorated with white jasmine garlands and pink roses. Inside sits a blue-skinned deity murti of Krishna with a peacock feather and a gold crown, set before a painted backdrop of deity figures. Below, metal trays hold sweets, savouries, fried snacks and a large platter of bananas and fruit on a patterned cloth, with rose petals scattered on the floor. Setting appears to be a home or temple shrine for Krishna Janmashtami.A photograph of a Krishna Janmashtami celebration inside a temple hall. A smiling man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at right, leaning over a small boy dressed as Krishna with a peacock-feather headdress, bare chest, blue and gold dhoti and a white garland, who reaches toward a decorated wooden swing cradle draped with white flower garlands. At left, a woman in a white sari touches the cradle, beside a small girl in a red shawl, blue blouse and purple pattu skirt. In front, a large spread of metal-foil plates holds sweets, fried snacks, plantains and rice preparations on a patterned cloth. Behind them, large painted deity statues with gold ornaments stand in the background.Kailasa Puduvai 30 August 2021A photograph inside a yellow-walled room with a red shutter behind. A seated figure on an ornate gold throne wears a pink turban and a pink garland of flowers, with yellow marigold strands, over a patterned embroidered garment and a gold-toned shawl. Four men stand around the throne: a man on the left in white shirt and glasses placing his hand on the garland, a man in cream shirt with a red tilak mark touching the throne, a man in white shirt and dhoti reaching toward the seated figure, and a man in grey shirt at the right edge, holding a phone, with a watch visible. The setting suggests a devotee visit rather than a formal ceremony. The seated figure's identity cannot be determined from appearance, so the presence of the a person candidate is uncertain.2024-03-31KAILASA SAN JOSE, USA on 5/2/20202020-05-02February 07 20222022-02-07Photograph inside a temple shrine of a deity murti draped in a green silk cloth and decorated with yellow and red-white flower garlands, with a golden arch behind. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti and shawl, wearing a long rudraksha-style bead necklace, leans forward over offerings on a brass plate of fruit, while a man in a yellow shirt reaches toward the offerings and another man holds white coconut shells in the foreground. Two visible people are near the shrine and one partially visible foreground person, appearing to perform abhishekam-style ritual service.2022-02-07Photo of a temple ritual on a decorated vehicle with green-painted pillars. A man in a yellow top and maroon cloth stands at right, one hand on a garland of yellow, red and white flowers draped over an ornate deity murti wearing a gold and green ornamental covering. At left, a man in a yellow dhoti and pink cloth lifts a pink garland overhead. Seated devotees in the foreground wear a blue shirt and a red shirt. Gold ornamentation and marigold garlands surround the deity. Timestamp and location text overlay the lower right corner.2022-02-07Photograph of two women performing puja at a home shrine. The woman on the left wears a red blouse; the woman in the centre wears a yellow blouse and a cream sari with red floral border, and reaches toward a shrine. The shrine has a gold-framed niche holding a deity murti in red headwear with garlands of orange and white flowers and a rudraksha-style necklace, with a lit oil lamp and flower offerings before it. Beside the shrine stands a printed portrait labelled as a framed photograph of a man in a pink-red garment with a red turban-like cap and garland, with a peacock feather bundle nearby. A brass kalasha-style lamp and a plate of food sit on a red cloth at right. The wall is orange. A timestamp reads 09/09/2024 15:27.2024-09-09February 07 20222022-02-07