Devotees hurry to buy flowers from vendors to fill their baskets and join the sea of women heading into the gaily lit and brightly decorated temple. It’s the evening of an auspicious festival and temples all over the southern Indian city of Hyderabad are crowded with Hindu worshippers, most bringing offerings of flowers: marigolds, lilies, roses and chrysanthemums.
The faithful leave the temples with blessings, but they leave behind piles of blossoms and leaves too.
Hyderabad homemaker Aruna Parvathaneni, 70, has spent much of her life worshipping in temples, and is well aware of the lifespan of floral offerings, from purchase to them being discarded.
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