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A photograph of a Navaratri sandhi puja at an open-sided hall with a corrugated roof and strings of lights. A fire burns in a raised rectangular homa pit with brass vessels, flower offerings and fruit on a striped cloth. A priest with bare upper body and a yellow-and-red flower garland stands with palms joined at left. Behind him, several men in orange and saffron cloths with rudraksha malas stand in a line. Along the back are large decorated deity murtis, including a pink and gold Ganesha, a multi-armed goddess holding a trident and a sword, a green figure and a lion, all with gold and jewel ornaments and seated on ornate silver thrones. A wall poster shows a map of the world with a portrait of a man in white, labelled in Kannada script.

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September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 27 20172017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21A photograph inside a temple hall showing a ritual before a decorated Durga murti and a Ganesha murti with a pink face, both adorned with garlands and gold ornaments. A bare-chested man in a rust-red dhoti stands centre-left with hands folded, while a woman in orange robes at left holds a lamp near a smoking offering. A shaved-headed man in white sits near a golden throne-like seat on the right, garlanded with pink and white flowers. Brass oil lamps sit on the floor, and a yellow cloth hangs from above. A world map banner hangs at top left. Several orange-robed attendants are partly visible at the edges.2017-09-30October 02 20142014-10-02A photograph of a ritual at a temple shrine under a white canopy. In the foreground, a man with long black hair and a red-orange dhoti and shawl, wearing a flower garland, faces the shrine from behind. Before the shrine stands a golden deity murti of Ganesha with a pink-and-gold body, next to a large Durga murti with a golden halo and garlands, and a tall multi-armed Durga murti on the right holding weapons. Brass oil lamps, flower garlands, and offering plates with fruit and marigolds sit before them, petals are scattered on the floor, and a yellow-and-black square fire pit is in the foreground. Behind, two people in orange robes and a standing figure in white stand near a wall-mounted world-map banner with a portrait of a saffron-robed man. Palms grow in the background. Four or fewer people are visible.2017-09-27 +1 copiesOctober 10 20162016-10-10A photograph of a night homa at an indoor temple hall with a corrugated roof and red paper lanterns. Four women in orange-saffron garments stand at the left side of a raised fire pit; two press their palms together in namaskar while others hold ritual vessels and lamps near the flames. A large fire burns in the centre of the pit. Behind it are decorated murtis of deities framed in white lace-like arches, with flower garlands and gold ornaments, including a figure in a golden canopy and a standing deity with a crown and jewelled necklace. A brass kalasha-style vessel with a long spout sits in the foreground on a striped cloth, and a tall brass lamp stands at right. A banner with a portrait of a figure in red and green decoration hangs on the back wall, beside green electric-style lights. Several people are partly visible at the far left, and a seated figure in white is at the back. The scene suggests a homa or puja before deity murtis.2016-10-10September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesA temple scene with a bare-chested man in saffron-orange dhoti and a long swept-back black braid, wearing a garland of flowers, holding a lit flame toward a deity murti. Behind him stand a Ganesha murti in pink and gold and a large gold-and-green-framed Durga murti with multiple arms and a golden crown, stairs leading up beside it. Marigold garlands, flower petals, brass oil lamps and offering plates of flowers and fruit surround a yellow-edged square fire pit. A large portrait on the canopy shows a figure in saffron with a garland beside a world map. Several saffron-clad attendants stand in the background. The scene reads as a Navaratri Durga puja at a temple setting.2017-09-27 +1 copiesSeptember 30 20172017-09-30