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A long hall with cream walls and a tiled floor shows two rows of women in white and cream saris with gold borders seated on the floor facing each other, many with flower garlands in their hair. Before each woman is a banana leaf holding banana fruit, flowers, a small brass oil lamp, incense sticks and offering plates. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border walks down the central aisle, bending slightly. Colourful hanging festoons decorate the ceiling, and a painted shrine with a deity murti stands at the far end. Several saffron-robed attendants are visible in the background.

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June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesJune 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesJune 19 20142014-06-19June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesPhoto of a ritual hall where two saffron-robed priests walk down a central aisle between rows of seated devotees. The seated women wear white saris with gold borders, a red sari and green blouses, and many have flower garlands in their hair. Before them are plantain-leaf plates with fruit, flowers, red kumkum and small lamps. Standing figures in orange and white dhotis, some holding instruments, line the edges, and a shrine with a deity murti sits at the back.2014-06-29A row of women sit cross-legged on a polished white floor in a hall, performing a ritual. Each has a leaf plate with flowers, fruit, red kumkum and incense sticks, and brass oil lamps (deepams) with lit flames stand before them. The women wear white and cream saris and sarees with orange or yellow borders, and some wear beaded necklaces. In the background, a man in a saffron-orange robe stands near the wall, and another figure in white stands nearby. Wooden doors and a framed picture hang on the cream walls.2014-06-19June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesA long row of women sit cross-legged on a polished floor during a 108 Vilakku Puja, each tending a brass oil lamp (vilakku) on a banana leaf set with flowers, fruit and red kumkum. Foreground women wear white saris with gold borders and rudraksha or bead necklaces; one wears an orange-bordered sari. In the background, a figure in saffron/orange robes stands near the far wall, and another person in white stands beside a doorway. Incense sticks smoulder among the offerings. The hall has cream walls, brown wooden doors and a small framed picture on the wall, and the scene shows a row of ritual lamps extending into the distance.2014-06-29