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Indoor temple hall with white pillars and arches, decorated with striped colourful cloth-wrapped pillars. In the centre, a priest in white clothing performs a puja at a floor arrangement of white packets, brass items and a lit oil lamp. Seated devotees on red and patterned mats watch, including women in yellow, green, and floral saris and children in checked shirts. Behind, a framed portrait on a red-and-orange draped chair is garlanded with marigolds, showing a figure in orange robes; this is a printed portrait, not a person present. Two dark stone-coloured statues in orange dhoti-like garments flank a shrine, and a television sits on a table at left.

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2008 - KAILASA in Hyderabad - Sripura SarvajnapeethamA photograph inside a white pillared hall with a polished floor, where seated devotees sit on mats while a standing man in a white shirt with an orange-trimmed collar tends a small fire near the front. Behind them stands a framed portrait of a long-haired figure in orange garlanded with flowers, placed on a red cushioned chair draped in orange cloth. A decorated deity murti stands at left, and a golden stepped structure stands at right. Colourful striped pillar wraps, a hanging bell and ceiling fans complete the room. Seated people include women in saris and children in yellow, pink and green clothing. The room holds about two dozen visible people.2008 - KAILASA in Hyderabad - Sripura SarvajnapeethamA photograph inside a white temple hall during a puja. Women and girls sit cross-legged on mats on a polished floor, many in saris in green, yellow, and pink, with bangles and kumkum. Several hold small brass lamps or dishes near a row of stacked white packets and fruit offerings. A priest in white clothes kneels at the central altar, which holds a decorated deity murti with a golden arch and lit brass lamps. Two dark-skinned guardian figures in orange-and-yellow garments stand on either side of the shrine doorway, flanked by tall colourful striped pillar covers. On the right, an ornate cane chair with a red cushion holds an orange cloth and a framed portrait of a saffron-robed man with long hair, rudraksha mala and gold necklace, labelled with no readable caption. A standing man in white and yellow shawl stands at the far right, and a small television sits on a table at the left. +1 copiesSeptember 03 20082008-09-03A photograph inside a white hall with pillars and a ceiling medallion, where many people sit on red and patterned floor mats. In the foreground a man in a white shirt with orange trim stands and hands a folded blue cloth to a seated child in yellow. To the left a framed portrait of a deity with garland sits on a red chair draped in orange cloth. A golden stepped shrine stands at the centre-right, with a hanging bell above it. Women in saffron, pink and yellow saris, children and older men in white sit among the devotees, and decorative striped cones hang from the pillars. A date stamp in the corner reads 10/27/2008.September 03 20082008-09-03September 03 20082008-09-03Devotees sit on floor mats in a white temple hall with polished red floor, gathered around a small fire pit with flames and bundled offerings. A man in white kurta with yellow shawl stands at the front with hands folded in prayer. Behind them a framed portrait of a seated saffron-robed figure garlanded with orange and yellow flowers sits on a red-cushioned chair flanked by two orange-clad guardian statues. Wall photos and a rattan settee are visible. Women wear yellow, light blue and green saris, and children sit among the group, one infant held in a woman's lap. Brass lamps and a plate of offerings lie on the mat.September 03 20082008-09-03Interior of a temple hall where a crowd of children and several adults sit on the floor facing a shrine. Two tall dark guardian figures in yellow and orange draped garments flank the central deity murti, which is dressed and placed under a green canopy. A man in white dhoti and a yellow shawl stands at the shrine, and another man in white stands to the left. Rows of white blocks or offering pieces lie on a cloth in front of the children. A framed photograph on the right shows a smiling man with long hair, wearing a red-orange garland, placed on a straw-covered platform. A small television sits at left and a ceiling fan is overhead.2007-11-14A photograph inside a white temple hall with polished red-brown floor. A priest in white dhoti and shirt sits before a small white-brick fire pit, performing a homa or puja beside brass lamps and a small deity murti. Around him, a group of women and girls sit cross-legged on mats watching: one girl wears a blue dress, another pink, a woman wears green and red saris, another a yellow sari with green border, and a girl in pink sits in front. Behind the priest, orange-draped black stone figures and a garlanded framed portrait of a man on a wooden seat appear, with a large framed photograph on the right. The scene is ceremonial and devotional in tone.2009-09-22