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A photograph of a devotional gathering in a plain concrete hall with a corrugated roof. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand along the back, several with palms pressed together, while two men hold up a red banner with Tamil lettering. Women and girls in colourful saris and salwar kameez sit cross-legged on woven mats in front of rows of small oil lamps, with a few children nearby. A wall portrait shows a smiling man in an orange turban, and a small framed deity image sits in the centre. Several steel vessels rest near the front.

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A photograph of a devotional gathering inside a plain concrete hall. Many devotees sit on mats in front of a small shrine with a deity murti, oil lamps (diyas) and a kalasha-style metal pot set before it. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand along the back, several with palms pressed together in anjali. A worker in white stands at the centre holding up a red banner with Tamil lettering. A large red portrait of a man in a red turban hangs on the left wall. Women in saris and children sit in the foreground, some with hands folded in prayer.2011-03-23March 23 20112011-03-23A photograph of a hall with bare grey walls and tiled steps where women sit in rows on woven mats, many with hands folded in prayer. Oil lamps sit before them on the mats, and a framed picture of a deity murti with garlands stands on a small table at the back. A large framed portrait of a smiling man in orange robes and a red-orange head covering with a purple bird logo hangs on the left wall. Women wear saris and salwar kameez in red, orange, blue and teal, with flowers in their hair and gold necklaces.2011-03-23October 02 20112011-10-02A photograph of a covered pandal at night where many devotees stand and kneel in rows. Women in white and cream saris and men in white shirts and dhotis sit before rows of brass oil lamps (vilakku) lit on banana-leaf plates with yellow rice-like offerings, as a vilakku pooja is performed. Patterned painted pillars and orange triangular pennants line the roof, and a colourful kolam decorates the floor at the right edge. A woman in a blue-striped sari and a woman in a pink sari stand near the front, and several children are among the crowd. No individual is clearly identified as a person; no candidate is visible in the frame.2006-12-31A seated group performs an evening ritual in a hall with cream walls and red curtains. Many people hold lit oil lamps and flames aloft with raised arms, with brass plates of fruit, flowers and offerings on the floor before them. Monastics in saffron-orange robes sit among white-clad devotees and children in colourful shirts. A bald man in white dhoti and saffron shawl sits near the centre, and a woman in orange sits at the back. Near the upper right, flames burn above the group.2011-12-15January 31 20072007-01-31December 30 20112011-12-30A photograph of a seated group performing a lamp-lit ritual in a covered hall with orange-red walls and a corrugated roof. In the left foreground, two women in orange and peach saris hold small oil lamps above brass plates of offerings. Beside them, a shaved-headed man in white dhoti and shawl raises a lit lamp, with others in white and pale clothing seated on mats behind a metal railing. Brass thalis and small bowls sit on orange cloths on the floor, and hanging woven decorations line the wall. Several more people sit in the background.2010-12-14Evening puja at a decorated outdoor shrine lit with strings of small lamps. On a raised red-and-white striped platform, a shaved-headed priest in a saffron-orange robe sits at the centre, playing a small handheld instrument, flanked by two men in white with yellow shawls. Behind them stands a framed portrait garlanded with marigolds, beside an ornate golden throne-like seat. Women in white saris and a girl in pink sit on the floor in the foreground, many with small red trays holding lit oil lamps. A few people in white sit further back. Nightlights and greenery frame the scene.2009-12-30Indoor temple shrine at night where a group of people sit on a striped cloth in a semicircle facing the altar. A large framed painting on the back wall shows a smiling saffron-robed figure with a white-and-orange turban, and a smaller framed portrait sits beside it. On the altar stands a decorated lotus-shaped kalasha or sacred vessel with white swan-like ornaments, flanked by brass lamps and a lit oil lamp. A seated man in white dhoti and white shawl and a man in saffron-orange robe lead the gathering, with devotees in white shirts, an orange shirt and a woman in a lavender sari in the foreground. Brass vessels and offering plates sit on the floor before the altar.2011-10-02A photograph of a bare white-walled hall with a corrugated metal roof, where many children sit on mats on the floor and others sit on white plastic chairs at the right edge. Several children in yellow, white and green clothes stand near the back. Behind them hangs a large black backdrop bearing a sepia portrait of a smiling man wearing a light turban and a shawl, a depiction on the backdrop rather than a physical person. A white ceiling fan and a yellow curtain by a barred window are visible. The scene appears to be a children's programme in progress.2007-05-04