Hinduism: festivals: folk rituals
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Women and children doing "pongal" during a festival. LF37	Siva and the Goddess dressed and decorated during a procession. LAY45. More processions	Sivagami dressed and worshipped inside the shrine. LM47.
Woman coming out of a shrine with offerings during a festival. LAN19	Worshippers sleeping in a temple during "Siva ratri" festival. LAP26.	Women washing their feet before ritual. LN16
The temple tank during a festival. LN15	Women going to the shrine during a festival. LAN18	Muruga decorated for a festival. LW24. MORE decorated murtis (statues)
Crowd going to the temple during a festival. LF30	Offerings for a festival. LF31	Ganesha with offerings during a festival. LF32
Woman and child carrying offerings during a festival. LF34	Woman and child carrying offerings during a festival. LF35	Woman and child carrying offerings during a festival. LF36
Crowd in the temple during a festival. LF38	Worshippers wash themselves in the tank before rituals, during a festival. LN17	Courtyard of a temple during a festival. LF39
Brahmotsava: main annual temple festival	Crowd in the temple during a festival. LF40

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