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A temple hall during a Navaratri puja. A shaved-headed priest in an orange-brown dhoti and shawl, bare-chested, stands at left gesturing toward seated women in colourful silk saris with flower garlands. Behind them stand large decorated deity murtis, including a goddess with multiple arms holding weapons, flanked by ornate golden peacock-arch backdrops. A small child in blue sits among the women. Pink cloth canopy, pink petals on the floor, plates of offerings and a metal vessel in front. An overhead digital clock reads 10:58.

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A photograph of a Navaratri puja at an open-sided pavilion. A bare-chested priest in a rust-red dhoti and wrap stands with his back to the camera, gesturing toward a row of women seated on mats and chairs. The women wear garlands and saris in green, orange, red, white and yellow, and a small child sits among them. Behind them stand large painted deity murtis, including a multi-armed goddess with a trident and a lion, flanked by golden arched backdrops with peacock-feather halos, and a figure of Ganesha. Brass pots, flower petals and food offerings lie on the floor. A digital clock shows 10:58 on a wall. No identifiable a person candidate is visible.2017-09-21A photograph of a Navaratri puja at an open-sided pavilion with a corrugated roof and pink draped cloth. Behind the ritual area stand large decorated deity murtis with golden halos and peacock-feather backdrops, one a multi-armed goddess with a trident and weapons. Seven women in colourful saris with flower garlands sit on a striped mat and bench before the altar, several with flowers and offerings in front of them. A man in a rust-red dhoti and upper cloth walks across the foreground carrying an offering toward the altar. Brass vessels and plates of offerings sit on the floor; a small vessel sits in the lower foreground. A few other people in orange clothing stand near the back and right.2017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21September 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesSeptember 21 20172017-09-21 +1 copiesA festive Navaratri puja at an open-sided temple hall with a corrugated roof. Large gilded and jewelled murtis of goddesses stand behind the scene; one goddess holds a sword aloft and rides or stands beside a lion. Seated devotees in silk saris and dhotis face the shrine, many wearing white flower garlands, with oil lamps and brass vessels in front. A man in a rust-orange dhoti and shawl sits on an ornate silver-decorated throne at right, hands joined in prayer with a yellow-orange garland. Two young boys in orange cloth stand at a square fire pit in the foreground, and the floor is covered with flower petals and coloured mats.2017-09-21Indoor temple-style Navaratri puja under a metal-roofed pandal, with large colourful deity murtis of goddesses with multiple arms, one holding a trident-like weapon, beside a lion and a blue figure. A man seated on an ornate silver throne with a yellow-and-orange tiger-striped cushion wears a saffron-coloured cloth and a yellow flower garland, hands folded in namaskar. Nearby a priest in an orange-brown dhoti stands by a lit brass oil lamp, while women in green, pink, yellow and white saris sit with flower garlands on the flower-strewn mats. Two boys in orange cloth stand near a square fire pit with offerings. The seated man has long hair and a shaved-looking appearance and no clear distinctive a person cues, so identity is uncertain.2017-09-21