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Indoor temple hall with white pillars and colourful striped pillar wraps, garlanded doorway and a golden stepped pyramid structure on the right. A standing priest in white dhoti and kurta waves a brass ritual lamp or vessel before a framed portrait and an altar with oil lamps, bananas and flowers. Seated devotees on white cloths and mats watch, including women in red, pink and light blue saris and men in shirts and trousers. A figure in white sits near the altar at left. Ceiling fans and framed pictures are visible on the walls.

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A homa at night in an open hall with white pillars and a golden stepped pyramid structure on the left. A fire burns in a raised brick fire pit in the foreground, surrounded by bananas, fruit, brass lamps and a brass bowl. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at right, holding a brass lamp aloft in one hand and a bell in the other. Seated devotees on mats and cushions, mostly women in saris of pink, red, blue and green, watch and sit in rows. A man in a blue kurta sits at far left, with a garland of flowers at his feet. Smoke rises above the fire.2009-05-28September 14 20092009-09-14 +1 copiesJanuary 24 20062006-01-24 +1 copiesInterior temple hall with white walls and ornate ceiling medallions. A standing priest in a white dhoti and white shirt with a yellow shawl performs an aarti or lamp offering before a shrine decorated with a red-and-gold canopy and small deity murtis. Seated devotees in front, including women in red and grey saris and men in white, sit on green mats with their hands folded. Brass lamps and bells sit on the floor near a small fire pit. Several people are visible seated in the scene.2009-09-21January 23 20062006-01-23 +1 copiesIndoor temple hall with white pillars and a polished dark floor during an evening puja. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a yellow shawl stands at left, holding a lit lamp before a small fire pit with a flame. Seated devotees on green mats include a woman in a red sari with a long braid, another in red, a man in white, and an elderly man in white at lower right. Behind the fire, an altar holds a deity murti and a red-framed portrait, with garlands, brass lamps and oil lamps, and a carved arch with curtains beyond. A framed portrait sits on the right altar with floral garlands. Ceiling fan and tube light overhead.2009-09-21A photograph of a homa or puja in a temple hall with a red carpet and white floor mats. Several priests in white garments sit near a fire pit and ritual objects at the front, with a dark-clothed figure seated beside them. A gold pyramid-shaped structure and a black stone deity murti stand near tall decorated pillars with colourful cloth and garlands. Devotees, including children in striped shirts and women in saris, sit cross-legged in rows facing the altar. Oil lamps and flowers are visible near the altar, and a framed picture hangs on the wall.2009-05-28A homa or yagna in a temple hall with white marble pillars and a glossy floor. A man in white dhoti and shirt stands at the centre, tending a small brick fire pit with burning flames. Offerings of bananas, coconuts, fruits and grains sit on brass plates arranged on the floor around it. Seated devotees in white, yellow and red saris and kurtas watch and take part, one woman in yellow with hands folded. Behind them stands an orange-robed deity murti flanking a decorated shrine with a garlanded deity image and a kalasha. On the right, a seated figure in orange robes on a throne-like seat with red and orange garlands, and framed wall art. Brass lamps and vessels fill the foreground.January 23 20062006-01-23 +1 copiesA photograph of a homa inside a temple hall with white pillars and a polished marble floor. A fire burns in a small brick-lined fire pit at centre. Several people sit on the floor in white clothes, including a man in a white shirt standing and a seated man in white with a yellow scarf at left. Two women in yellow and red saris sit at right beside a red-and-orange draped seat. Brass trays hold bananas, mangoes, coconuts and fruit, and a pile of dried sticks lies at left. Behind the fire stands a decorated shrine with a deity murti framed in flowers, flanked by two orange-clad guardian statues. No individual here is shown in a way that supports identifying the presence of a person.A homa or yagna being performed inside a white temple hall with a glossy floor. A priest in white dhoti and white shirt stands at a square brick fire pit with a flame, extending an offering toward it. Around the fire, seated devotees face the pit: a woman in a yellow sari, women in red and orange saris, a man in a white shirt, and a girl in a red blouse with a braid. Brass plates hold bananas, fruits, coconuts and sweets, and steel vessels and oil lamps sit nearby. In the background a decorated deity murti stands in an illuminated shrine with red and gold drapes, flanked by two dark stone-like dvarapala figures in orange, and a seated figure in orange and red draped on a red-and-gold throne chair stands at the right wall.Indoor temple hall with white pillars and a dim ceiling. A priest in white clothes sits at left beside a small brick fire pit with a bright flame, performing a homa, with brass oil lamps and offerings on a banana-leaf and straw spread. Behind him stands a decorated deity murti with a garland. In the centre an older man in white and a woman in a green-and-brown sari sit near the fire. Around a dozen children and adults in colourful clothes sit on the floor facing the fire, including a girl in a white dress and a girl in a blue-and-gold sari with a long braid. A framed portrait of a deity garlanded with orange flowers stands on a red-draped stand in the background.