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A temple puja in a small shrine room with pink walls and a split air conditioner unit. On the right, a richly decorated deity murti of a standing figure in a crown, draped in rainbow-coloured garlands of flowers. In front, a smaller silver-framed image is garlanded in red and white flowers. A tall brass oil lamp stands beside them. A priest in a saffron-brown silk dhoti with a gold border stands at left with palms joined in prayer, a white flower garland over his shoulder. Two kneeling attendants in brown and white clothes tend a steel bowl on the floor, one in a white dhoti with a gold border. Potted plants and a maroon curtain frame the left side.

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A temple puja in a small shrine room with pale pink walls and a maroon curtain on the left. A standing man in maroon and gold-bordered dhoti with a white flower garland, hands folded in prayer, faces an ornate deity murti dressed in maroon and gold, adorned with a crown, jewelry and a large multicoloured garland of marigolds and roses. Beside it a smaller deity murti is decorated with garlands. In the foreground a seated priest in a maroon and gold cloth with bare shoulders watches, and another kneeling priest in white with a gold-bordered cloth bends over a silver vessel. A brass oil lamp stands beside the shrine and a gold lion-shaped object sits at the lower right. Vibrant flower garlands and an arched gold frame surround the main deity.2015-06-03 +1 copiesJune 03 20152015-06-03June 03 20152015-06-03June 03 20152015-06-03 +1 copiesIndoor temple puja in a pink-walled hall. On the right, a gilded shrine holds a deity murti dressed in maroon cloth, draped in multicolored marigold and white flower garlands with a crown. A standing man in maroon and gold-bordered robes with a flower garland stands at left, palms joined in namaskar. A seated man in maroon and gold holds a silver vessel, and a bent-over person in white with a gold border tends the offerings at the lower center. Gold ornaments and a wall air conditioner are visible. Three people are visible.2015-06-03A photograph of a temple-style puja in a plain room with a pale pink wall and a white split air conditioner. A standing priest in a rust-brown dhoti with a cream and gold border and a white flower garland stands at left, holding a small silver vessel. Beside him a young man kneels in a dark brown and gold cloth, gesturing toward a golden shrine arch wrapped in red, green and white flower garlands. Inside the shrine is a deity murti with a silver-ornamented face and a crown, seated with a garland of colorful flowers. A brass oil lamp burns at right, and a woman in a white sari with a gold border holds her hands in namaskar near it. A metal offering plate sits on the floor in front.2015-06-03A puja inside a plain room with a cream wall, a white wall-mounted air conditioner and red curtains. A standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and angavastram, wearing a white flower garland, has a sandalwood mark on his forehead and his palms pressed together in reverence. Beside him a shaved-headed man in orange dhoti and a rudraksha mala kneels on a red patterned rug, holding a silver bowl over a deity murti dressed in a red cloth and decorated with a multicoloured flower garland. The deity sits on a gold-framed throne draped with a multicoloured floral garland. Brass oil lamps stand nearby, one flame burning on a tray, and a woman in white kneels at the lower right edge of the frame.2015-06-03June 03 20152015-06-03June 03 20152015-06-03 +1 copiesA temple-style puja in a room with pink walls and a split air conditioner. A standing man in saffron-orange dhoti and shawl, with a white flower garland, holds a small flame or offering toward a silver-gold framed murti of a deity. The deity is draped in red and orange silk and decorated with a multicolored flower garland. A kneeling man in a white dhoti with an orange border sits in front, and a second kneeling man in saffron clothing with a sacred thread is at lower left. A brass lamp stands at right beside a tall gilded throne-like stand and a gold kalasha-shaped object. Potted plants sit at the left edge.2015-06-03 +1 copiesJune 03 20152015-06-03 +1 copiesJune 03 20152015-06-03