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A photograph of an interior temple hall with a polished dark floor and white pillared walls. A standing priest in white dhoti with a yellow shawl holds a lit lamp near a small brick fire pit with a flame. Seated devotees on a patterned mat face the altar, including a woman in an orange sari and women in yellow and white salwar kameez. A seated priest in white cloth sits to the left beside a small brass object and a black box. A brass bell hangs from the ceiling at right, and deity murti and a framed picture stand on the altar at left.

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Interior 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.2009-09-21Indoor temple hall with white pillars and fluorescent lights, lit by oil lamps on a floor with a seated priest in white clothes performing a puja at a small altar with a deity murti and offerings. Standing devotees in saris of green, blue, yellow and orange gather around, some with folded hands, while others sit on green mats. A hanging brass bell hangs from the ceiling and a wall-mounted ceiling fan is visible. Several people are visible in the room, and smoke or incense haze hangs in the air.Indoor 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.2009-09-21Interior photo of a temple hall with white pillars and carved white ceiling medallions, dimly lit by tube lights. A priest in white clothing sits at the centre near a small lit oil lamp and ritual vessels, performing a puja. Around him, devotees sit on the floor in a semicircle, women in colourful saris and salwar kameez, and a few men in white, including a child at the lower left. On the right, a deity murti stands in a niche and a framed portrait garlanded with flowers sits on a decorated stand, with brass lamps and offerings in front. Red curtains hang beside the altar.Interior of a temple hall with white walls and a white ornate ceiling medallion, lit by a ceiling fixture and a ceiling fan. A priest in white dhoti with a yellow shawl stands at center, holding a lit lamp aloft toward the shrine. Seated devotees on green mats face the shrine: women in red and a braided woman in a red blouse, a man in white and an older man in white. The shrine holds deity murtis garlanded with flowers, brass lamps and a kalasha-like vessel, and a framed portrait draped in red fabric is displayed on a wooden stand at right. The scene suggests aarti during evening worship.2009-09-21 +1 copiesA photograph inside a white temple hall with pillars and a ceiling fan. A priest in white dhoti with a yellow shawl stands raising a lit lamp, a trident-shaped arati lamp with flame, toward a deity murti in an arched shrine. Seated devotees in white and red saris and a white shirt watch from the floor on a green-patterned mat. Before the shrine is a small brick fire pit with brass oil lamps. To the right stands a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes on a red-draped stand, and a dark wooden statue of a figure with a stick nearby.2009-09-21Interior photo of a temple hall with white pillars and a dark polished floor. In the centre, a square white-brick fire pit holds a lit flame on a brass lamp, with a brass tray of fruit and flowers nearby. Two women in sarees sit on mats at the fire pit, one in green and one in pale grey, with a man in white and a young man in a yellow-trimmed white cloth and two boys in striped and white shirts seated in front. Behind them, a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes is draped with red and garlands on a stand, and two orange-clad deity figures flank the left entrance under hanging red cloth. Ceiling fans and fluorescent lights hang overhead.A photograph inside a white marble temple hall during an evening homa. A small square fire pit made of white bricks burns with flames at its centre, surrounded by brass lamps, plates of offerings and leaves. Several people sit on mats on the polished floor: a priest in white dhoti and shawl tends the fire, a woman in a red sari sits near a framed portrait, and a man in white shirt sits beside her. Devotees in saffron, red, lavender and purple saris and a man in white with folded hands sit in front. Behind them stand dark statues of female figures in orange sarees, a deity murti in a shrine, and a framed portrait garlanded with red flowers.2009-09-21 +1 copiesInterior of a white temple hall with a polished reddish floor, where a homa fire burns inside a low brick fire pit. Around it sit several people on the floor: a man in white shirt and dhoti tending the fire, another in white clothes seated at left, and women in orange, yellow and red saris seated at right. Plates of bananas, fruits, coconuts and offerings are arranged on the floor, and a pile of sticks lies at left. In the background stands a decorated deity murti with garlands and a lit lamp, flanked by two dark deity statues in orange, and a seated figure in orange on an ornate golden throne-like chair at right. Ceiling lights and a fan are visible.Interior of a white temple hall in the evening, with fluorescent lights and a bell hanging from the ceiling. In the foreground, a small brick-lined fire pit holds a burning flame, flanked by brass oil lamps and offering plates of leaves. A priest in white dhoti and white shirt sits at the left, while another white-clad man sits near the fire. Several women in saris, including green, blue and pink tones, sit cross-legged on the floor in rows at the right, watching the fire ritual. A deity murti stands in a niche to the left and a framed portrait of a saint is set on the back altar, decorated with garlands.Indoor temple hall with white pillars and carved ornamentation during a homa. A small brick fire pit burns at center, surrounded by brass plates piled with fruit, bananas, coconuts and sweets. A priest in white dhoti and shirt sits cross-legged at left, reading from a book. Women in saris, one in red and one in yellow and gold, sit on the floor with hands folded, while another person in white sits at far left. Two large dark deity murtis in orange garments flank the scene, and a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes with rudraksha beads and a garland hangs at right, draped in red and orange flowers. Brass lamps and a kalasha stand near the altar.Indoor temple hall with white pillars and polished floor, where a homa is performed before a small fire pit built of bricks. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl faces the shrine, which holds a decorated deity murti with a kalasha and garlanded images. Seated devotees wearing red, orange and white saris and dhotis sit around the fire with brass plates of fruit, sugarcane, coconuts and offerings. On a raised ornate seat to the right, a garlanded framed portrait of a woman in orange garments is displayed, and two orange-robed statues flank the shrine. Approximately seven people are visible.