You do not have to walk very far in the city before you come across any one of the hundreds of Hindu shrines and temples. Hinduism is undoubtedly the most complicated religion in the world to comprehend - as I understand it there are 3 deities - Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva - who can appear in any one of a number of manifestations with a consort or vehicle on which they ride. The temples are dedicated to any one of these deities and Hindus can come to place offerings at specific temples depending on what they need help with e.g. relief from sickness, a motorbike, success in business, general good luck, thanks for any of the aforementioned. Above the first two pictures show the plates of offerings that worshippers buy, the next is of women preparing the offerings before they are placed at the temple, then a man with a bowl of candle wicks to be offered in thanks for a wish granted and then women getting their offerings blessed. I have asked so many people to explain more behind the ceremonies of offerings I have seen and have managed to glean odd bits but I am certain some was lost in translation and other things seem to be inexplicable.
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