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A photo of a puja at a stage set with a starry red-and-purple backdrop and a painted temple tower. A standing man with long dark locks wears a maroon-red dhoti and a flower garland, holding a lit oil lamp toward a decorated deity murti seated on a golden peetha under a gold umbrella, adorned with purple, yellow and red flower garlands and jewelry. A kneeling man in brown and maroon cloth bends forward at lower left, a person in orange at left holds another lamp, and a person in orange with a shawl stands at right beside a silver stand and a golden figure. The scene shows an abhishekam-style puja with lamps and garlands.

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A stage puja scene before a richly decorated deity murti. The murti wears a pink and gold sari, layered gold necklaces and a crown, and is garlanded with red, white, purple and yellow flowers. A man with long dark braided hair, wearing a rose-red dhoti and shawl, stands at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, flanked by a kneeling priest in a dark brown-red cloth. At right, a standing attendant in saffron-orange robes holds a cloth near the deity. Behind them a backdrop shows a glowing red-and-gold temple tower under a starry purple sky. A pedestal of brass vessels and a kalasha sit at lower left. Visible people appear to be three to four.2018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesA temple-style puja stage with a deity murti of Meenakshi seated on a gold-and-red throne under a gold canopy, draped in garlands of red, white, and purple flowers. On the left, a man with long dark dreadlocks in a rust-red dhoti and wrap, bare-chested, with gold armlets, holds a lamp toward the image. Behind him a second man in a brown dhoti and wrap stands with hands folded at right. A lit temple gopuram backdrop with a starry sky frames the scene, and silver lamps and offering vessels sit on the rail.2018-04-25A photograph of a temple-style puja on a stage with a red curtain and a backdrop of a gopuram-like temple tower under a starry sky. A man with long dark dreadlocks and a rust-red dhoti and shawl, with gold armlets and a garland, reaches toward a deity murti seated on a golden throne decorated with flower garlands in purple, yellow and white. A pink-and-gold umbrella hangs above. A bare-chested man in brown robes and a brown turban, with white ash marks on his arms, stands at right holding an object, and a man in an orange robe stands at left. Brass vessels and a pot of flowers sit in the foreground, consistent with a Meenakshi Pattabhishekam puja.2018-04-25April 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesApril 25 20182018-04-25 +1 copiesPhotograph of a temple-style ritual on a stage with a starry red backdrop. At centre sits a decorated deity murti, adorned with long garlands in purple, yellow, red and white, a gold crown and a gold ceremonial umbrella overhead. A man with long dreadlocks and a red garment stands at left with hands joined in namaskar. At right, a priest in red dhoti and red shawl with white body markings bends forward at the deity, and another attendant in red garments and white patterned markings stands beside him. Brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel and bowls sit on the front ledge, with smoke rising from the left. Golden figures flank the scene. This appears to be a puja in the Chittirai Brahmotsavam Meenakshi Pattabhishekam context.2018-04-25 +1 copies