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A dimly lit temple hall at night with a priest in a white dhoti and shirt standing at left, waving a long dark ritual fan or flame-like implement toward a seated figure in white draped robes wearing a garland of red and white flowers and a tall cap-like headdress. To the right, large colourful deity murti figures in red, gold and green garments and garlands stand on a raised platform. Brass pots, a kalasha-style vessel, and small flower offerings sit on the floor in front. Strings of small lights and hanging decorations line the upper walls. The scene appears to be a puja or aarti performed during Navaratri celebrations.

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A man in a saffron-orange robe with a bright red and yellow garland stands at right in a namaste pose, hands pressed together. Beside him, on a raised stone platform, is a shrine with a large deity murti seated on a purple and red cloth, decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a golden crown, flanked by other figures in yellow and in a grey-black dress with a red turban. Stone pillars and an orange curtain frame the scene.

A man in saffron-orange sannyasi robes stands barefoot at right with palms pressed together in namaste, wearing a marigold and red rose garland and a light forehead mark. Behind him, a shrine platform holds a large deity murti with a crown and garlands, flanked by standing figures in yellow, pink and green dress and a gilded arch. A lower stone plinth carved with floral motifs supports small oil lamps and offerings in front of the murti. Red curtains hang at the right edge.

Photograph inside a covered temple porch of a shrine with two large, gold-coloured deity murtis seated on a throne, adorned with fresh marigold and rose garlands in yellow, orange, red and purple. A woman in a yellow sari with a garland around her neck stands in front of the murtis, looking up with hands folded. Behind her a man in an orange robe with a saffron shawl and rudraksha-style beads holds a brass tray of offerings. In the foreground at left a shaved-headed priest in white dhoti with a gold necklace holds a plate of flowers and fruit near brass lamps and a kalasha. Several other people in white and orange clothing stand at the back near an orange wall. Brass oil lamps and offering plates sit on the stone floor, and a flower arrangement rests in the lower foreground. The scene looks like a puja or aarti ritual, with the deities being honoured.

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Photograph of a temple abhishekam at night inside a stone-pillared shrine. A standing figure in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and ornate necklaces, holds a lit oil lamp (aarti) before a dark stone Shivalinga on a black yoni-peetha base, with smoke rising from the lamp. Two assistants in white dhotis and orange-striped shawls stand behind him. On the right, a large deity murti dressed in orange and purple silk is decorated with garlands of marigolds. A small pale seated statue sits on the left edge of the basin. Devotees are partly visible in the background.

A photograph inside a dimly lit temple shrine during an abhishekam-style ritual before a large deity murti of Shiva seated on a throne, adorned with multicoloured flower garlands and gold ornaments. In the foreground a green stone shivalinga-style pedestal receives offerings. A tall figure with a black turban-style headwrap and a rudraksha mala, wearing a dark red and gold shawl, stands at the left holding a small ritual object, while a man in an orange-red dhoti and rudraksha beads holds a flame lamp and another attendant in red stands behind. Several other ritual attendants in orange and red robes stand at the left edge.

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