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Night photograph outdoors in front of an ornate golden gopuram temple tower under a dark blue sky with a bright full moon. A woman in a blue and teal saree holds a lit oil lamp with a flame, decorated with a white flower garland. Beside her, a bare-chested man with a white dhoti and a beaded necklace stands smiling with a light body marking on his chest. Two young boys in casual shirts stand in front of him, with a yellow wall and a tiled ground in the foreground.

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Night photograph of a temple courtyard at Sripuram with a full moon in a dark sky above a tiered gopuram tower. In front of a golden-yellow altar platform, a large oil lamp burns with a flame, ringed by a white flower garland. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand with palms pressed together in namaskar, one on the left and one on the right near the lit entrance doorway. Two children join them in folded-hand prayer, a boy in a blue shirt on the left and a girl in a dark dress and a boy in green on the right. The scene suggests a devotional lamp offering.2022-12-06Night photograph at a temple courtyard with a lit gopuram tower in the background under a full moon. Two bare-chested men in white dhotis stand before a large flame in a brass lamp decorated with a white flower garland, one holding his palms together in prayer. A young boy in a green shirt and a girl in a purple dress stand beside them, watching the flame. Dark trees frame the scene, and a low yellow wall runs across the foreground.2022-12-06December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06Evening photograph at a temple gateway with a tiered gopuram-style tower, lit by a bright moon in a dusky sky. A large oil lamp with a white flower garland burns on a yellow-draped platform in the foreground. Four women and children stand with palms pressed together in namaskar. A woman in a blue and green saree stands at the centre with a child in a green shirt and another child in a pink dress nearby, while two women in red and orange sarees pray to the right. A brass vessel with incense sticks sits at the lower left. The scene suggests a Karthika Deepam lamp-lighting offering.2022-12-06Outdoor evening scene at a temple courtyard during a lamp ritual. A bare-chested older man with a white dhoti and a rudraksha-style necklace holds his hand over a large flame from an oil lamp on a yellow ledge. Beside him a young boy in a teal shirt stands with hands folded in prayer, and a taller bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a beaded mala stands with hands joined. Behind them another child in a blue shirt is partly visible. Yellow stone sculptures and white frangipani flowers surround the area, with palm plants in the background.2022-12-06Outdoor shrine at dusk with a bare-chested priest in an orange-red dhoti, white tripundra markings on his forehead and arms, and a rudraksha mala with a white sacred thread. He leans over a stone basin pouring water from a brass vessel. Two young boys stand in front: one in a green t-shirt with hands pressed together in prayer, the other in a white and blue top raising his palms over a brass oil lamp with a lit flame. A golden canopied shrine holds a deity murti with a crown and garland, and white kolam designs decorate the red wall. Sugarcane pieces lie on the ground.2022-01-30Feb 5 2022 sripuram2022-02-05December 06 2022 Sripuram2022-12-06Three women stand with palms pressed together in namaste at dusk before a lit oil lamp (deepam) set on a stone platform decorated with white flower petals and a white flower garland. The woman on the left wears a coral-red saree with a rudraksha-style bead necklace, the middle woman wears a maroon printed saree and glasses, and the woman on the right wears a teal and gold bordered saree with a gold necklace. Behind them stands a golden-stone temple gateway tower with carved sculpted figures on its top, and dark trees line the evening sky.2022-12-06March 09 20202020-03-09A photograph inside a temple hall with a polished reddish floor and yellow-ochre walls and pillars. A bare-chested man with a short beard and a rudraksha-style bead necklace sits cross-legged in an orange dhoti with a yellow sash, performing a puja with brass lamps and a plate of offerings. A woman in a green silk sari with gold border sits beside him holding a small brass bowl, and a young boy in a grey shirt and camouflage trousers sits to the right holding a small item. Puja items include a leaf plate with flowers, a red powder bowl, banana-leaf offerings and a water bottle. Three people are visible.2022-01-21March 09 20202020-03-09