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A woman in a cream sari with sequined border and a turquoise blouse stands at an altar, reaching toward a food offering. Behind her are gold-framed shrines holding a black Ganesha murti with a gold crown and orange garland, and a blue-robed deity murti with silver ornaments and red flower garlands. In front of her, a tray of savoury donuts is arranged with green limes, red and orange flowers, and a small oil lamp. Brass vessels hold rice, yellow dal, pulao, chickpeas and a sweet dish, with a brass plate and a laptop nearby.

A woman in a cream sari with gold-toned border stands before a decorated offering arranged with green limes, orange and red flower garlands, and ring-shaped snacks, lit by a brass oil lamp with a bright flame. She holds the lamp in one hand and a small brass vessel in the other. Behind her a black stone Ganesha murti sits in a shrine with gold ornamentation and orange marigold garlands hang at the right edge. A green banana leaf and a small white conch shell lie in the foreground. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti at a temple shrine.

A woman in a cream and turquoise saree stands at a temple altar, holding a lit oil lamp over a large offering arranged on a tray. The offering is a tall pyramid of fried sweets, green limes, and marigold and red flower garlands, flanked by brass bowls of rice, dal, pulao, halwa, and chickpeas. Coconut halves and small brass vessels sit on a red and gold cloth. Behind are dark stone deity murti, including a figure in orange with a crown and another draped in blue and gold with a garland, plus a laptop on a stand. The scene looks like a puja offering with aarti.

Indoor puja in a temple hall with a row of black stone deity murtis on red-cushioned shelves along the back wall. A standing deity murti with a tall crown and staff stands at the right edge. At a central table draped in gold-patterned cloth, brass vessels, a pineapple, oranges, bananas and a pile of fruit are arranged. A woman in a white sari with a rudraksha mala sits at the left reading from a paper. Several women in pink, orange and blue saris sit around the offering table, some wearing face masks, and a bare-chested man sits beside them. A woman in a cream sari with gold border holds a brass aarti plate with flowers at the right foreground. A tripod-mounted camera is in the centre.

A photograph of a Hindu temple ritual in a hall with a gold-carved shrine at right, featuring a lion-like gold sculpture on a pillar. A woman in an orange and green silk sari with a red-brown patterned blouse stands in the centre holding a gold ritual vessel. To the right, a man with bare upper body and white dhoti with orange border, with white tilak markings, tends a gold lamp with a lit flame on a tray. Behind him, a woman in a green and maroon sari stands beside a table draped in purple and magenta cloth laden with fruit, bananas, pineapple, grapes, rice, brass bowls and flower petals. Seated devotees in the background, some with folded hands, fill the room under overhead lights, and a row of red and black statues sits near the back wall.

A woman in a white sari with a red and orange embroidered blouse sits cross-legged on the floor at left, hands raised in a mudra, wearing a blue face mask and a bangle. In front of her a long white-covered table holds dozens of small bowls of food, including sweets, rice dishes, flatbreads, bananas, mangoes and fruit, arranged for a puja offering. At the centre of the table stands a pink-draped kalasha or murti with a red hibiscus, and beside it a small figure with a red flower. Behind them two dark deity murtis sit on a raised platform before red drapes: a seated elephant-headed Ganesha with a green and blue turban and orange dhoti, and a golden-adorned goddess in a pink and green sari with a veil. Brass lamps and a tray of puja items lie on the floor in the foreground.

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A woman in a cream sari with a maroon blouse and a face mask performs puja at a shrine, ringing a brass bell in her right hand while holding a small vessel in her left. Before her, a metal deity murti with a crown and a garland of white and yellow flowers stands on a dark maroon cloth. Brass bowls, a plate with a red-petal offering, and scattered rose petals sit on a blue and orange-patterned table. Behind her, a larger deity figure in dark blue and gold garments and garlands is visible, with a gold-framed shrine niche to the right.

A woman in a cream sari with gold embroidery and a turquoise blouse performs a ritual by a decorated offering. She holds a small brass vessel and pours or waves a lamp over a large heap of ring-shaped sweets, green limes, red flower garlands with yellow marigolds, and a lit flame atop the offering. Brass plates, a cracked coconut half and small oil lamps sit on the foreground, and a deity murti with a dark face is visible in a shrine behind her.

KAILASA SINGAPORE on 6/22/2021

A photograph of a temple puja at an altar with a black Ganesha deity murti dressed in a purple and green cloth, adorned with orange marigold garlands and a red-and-gold turban-like crown. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti stands at left, holding a lit oil lamp with both hands. In front are brass bowls of yellow rice, a green cucumber, an orange, a pomegranate, banana leaves and a brass plate of offerings, with a second lit lamp on the altar. The setting is a dark tiled wall with ornate gold-framed arches.

Indoor shrine room with yellow walls where devotees perform a naivedyam offering before deity murtis decorated with marigold garlands and gold-colored garments. Several golden deity figures stand on a raised platform on the left, one crowned and holding objects. A woman in a white top and red cloth kneels on a red floral mat, arranging a large spread of fruit, sweets, and small bowls of food on banana-leaf-style trays and plates. Oranges, a green coconut, and brass lamps sit among the offerings. In the foreground, two devotees with folded hands face the altar; one wears a pink top. A small shrine on the right holds smaller deity images and a decorated framed picture.