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A temple puja scene with two standing priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, each wearing a long garland of marigolds and white flowers and folded hands. Behind them stands a large deity murti with a crown, silver ornaments and a green and red garment, flanked by two smaller deity murtis. At the front, a seated priest in a blue and white cloth with a head cloth and rudraksha-style beads faces a golden peetha holding a kalasha-like setup, oil lamps, flower offerings and a yantra. Bowls of flowers and brass lamps surround the altar. The scene suggests a ritual ceremony in a decorated temple hall.

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A temple puja in progress before a gold-framed shrine with a large silver-and-gold deity murti draped in flower garlands and a red-and-gold crown. Two young men in white dhotis and bare upper bodies stand with folded hands wearing marigold and white flower garlands. In the foreground a seated priest with a blue waist cloth and dark head cloth, bare-chested and strung with beads, performs a fire-and-offering ritual over a silver tray and brass pot with a lit flame, flower heaps and fruit. Brass lamps stand at right and a second small deity sits at left under garlands. The setting appears to be a Hindu temple hall with pink and red floor cloths and scattered petals.2015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18A temple shrine decorated with gold-toned arches and yellow and orange marigold garlands shows several deity murtis with ornate crowns and jeweled necklaces. A bare-chested priest in a blue-bordered white dhoti bends forward at the central altar, tending a fire pit covered with flowers and offerings. To the right, a standing priest in a white dhoti and dark shawl wears a flower garland and holds his hands together. Brass oil lamps stand beside the altar, and rose petals are scattered on the floor. The image shows ritual worship, with no clear view of a presiding figure.2015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18A photograph of a temple ritual before a golden shrine arch framing two deity murti decorated with garlands and gold ornaments, one seated figure wearing a crown and red tilak-marked forehead, the other with a gold crown and white necklace. Two standing priests stand at the sides: on the left, a priest in a green and gold turban with a white shawl and gold necklace performs an offering while a bare-chested priest in purple waistcloth gestures toward the deities; on the right, a priest in a mustard-yellow turban and white dhoti with flower garlands stands with hands folded. Brass oil lamps stand at the left and a gold-framed altar with flowers sits in front. Three people are visible.2015-10-18October 18 20152015-10-18