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Five-panel collage of temple puja scenes. Left top: a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with a red sash rings a bell before a deity murti under a multicoloured umbrella canopy. Left middle: a priest in white dhoti and red sash holds a bell and a silver plate of offerings beside a decorated murti with marigold garlands and a golden crown. Right top: a large decorated deity murti under a striped canopy, garlanded with marigolds and roses, with a yellow and green silk cloth. Right bottom: seated devotees on a floor of a hall watch a screen showing the same deity while a woman and others sit in rows. The left and right top panels show ritual worship and the bottom panel shows devotees attending a satsang-style gathering; no single physical person is clearly identifiable as a person.

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September 05 20112011-09-05September 05 20112011-09-05 +1 copiesSeptember 01 20112011-09-01A four-panel collage of temple and ritual scenes in a small hall with yellow walls and pink draped altars. Top left shows a silver Ganesha murti under a silver umbrella, flanked by fruits, a pineapple and a coconut. Top right shows several people seated on the floor before decorated deity figures in pink and black, with a red flag on the wall. Bottom left shows a group seated on the floor before an altar with an ornate golden throne-like seat and figures in pink cloth, with a small pink-and-white mat. Bottom right shows a man in white clothes tending brass ritual vessels before dark deity figures on pink-draped platforms. The collage is a graphic of several photographs, and the visible people appear in the panels rather than in one real scene.2011-09-09 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple-style ritual set before a large dark stone deity murti of Ganesha, adorned with orange silk drapery, a red-and-yellow flower garland, a golden crown and gold jewellery, seated in a carved arched niche with maroon curtains. Two men sit on a teal cloth in front of brass puja items, flower petals, fruit and oil lamps. The man on the left is bare-chested with a white dhoti and a red-and-white shawl, holding a red-and-white cloth or ritual item, with a rudraksha-style mala. The man on the right wears a white dhoti and a white upper cloth and handles a microphone on a stand near the offerings. Four smaller murtis and offerings are arranged on the floor.2020-07-04A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a red-and-gold border stands before a deity murti of Ganesha, dressed in a yellow silk cloth with an orange headpiece and jeweled crown. The murti is decorated with marigold and red flower garlands, gold ornaments and a jeweled necklace, and sits under a multicoloured fringed canopy against a red curtain. The priest, with white and red tilak on his forehead and a rudraksha mala, holds a silver bell in one hand and a small silver vessel in the other, which another arm offers near the murti. Fruits, flowers, a silver tray and a brass bowl of leaves sit on the altar, and a metal bowl of offerings lies on the table in the foreground.2011-09-01A photograph of a temple puja before a deity murti dressed in a yellow silk garment, with a gold crown, a red and orange shawl at the neck, and a large garland of orange and yellow marigolds with red and white flowers. A tall ornate canopy with fringed trim stands above it against red drapes. A bald man in a white dhoti with a red-and-gold border, bare-chested and wearing a wristwatch, holds a flaming oil lamp (aarti) toward the murti from the left. Flowers rest at the base on a pink cloth.2011-09-01Collage of three temple scenes from the July 2010 Photos of the Day feature. Top left: a man in white clothing with a yellow shawl ties or hangs offerings with garlands on the trunk of a large banyan tree. Top right: a man in white with a yellow shawl pours or offers water over a black stone linga with garlands and red kumkum powder at the base. Bottom: a man in white with a yellow shawl sits seated, performing puja beside brass oil lamps, a brass tray and vessels, in front of a decorated deity murti pair on a golden palanquin with orange and yellow silk and red-and-yellow garlands under an ornate golden arch.2010-07-08April 30 20122012-04-30 +2 copiesMay 10 20142014-05-10Photo 11683826 +1 copiesA devotional puja before a decorated deity murti framed by a gold arch and draped in a bright red and green cloth. The murti wears a large garland of white, pink and yellow flowers. In the foreground, a seated figure in saffron robes with a gold necklace holds a small lamp toward the altar. A man in a white kurta and white dhoti bends forward to offer something at the altar while a young child in a red striped shirt stands on his lap. A woman in a white sari with a red border sits at left with her feet bare, and fruit, flowers and brass dishes fill the altar.2008-05-03