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November 11 2013

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A photograph inside a dark granite-walled shrine. A devotee with hands folded in namaskar stands beside a woman in a red floral garland and gold necklace, who reaches toward a metal tray. An ornate brass oil lamp burns beside a black Shivalinga decorated with yellow marigold and white flower garlands and red blossoms. A partially visible person with white hair is at the lower right. The scene shows puja offerings at a Shiva shrine. Visible people are three.2013-11-11A photograph inside a dim stone-walled shrine. A man in a red and yellow garment with a bare upper body and a sacred thread-like neck beaded necklace holds a brass bell over a brass oil lamp with a flame, reaching toward a black stone deity murti decorated with yellow marigolds and red flowers. Beside him, a bare-shouldered devotee with a red and white flower garland, hands pressed together in anjali, stands with eyes lowered in prayer. Gold bangles adorn the wrists. The scene suggests a puja or aarti at the shrine.2013-11-11November 11 20132013-11-11November 11 20132013-11-11November 11 20132013-11-11November 11 20132013-11-11November 11 20132013-11-11November 11 20132013-11-11Photograph of a temple ritual at night. A person in a black turban, saffron-red garment and rudraksha mala holds a lit oil lamp aarti toward a black stone shivalinga on a black peetha; garlands of yellow, white, purple and red flowers hang behind. A second man in a red-brown robe with a rudraksha mala stands beside the linga, and a figure in white and red-gold clothing with gold ornaments is seated at the right. Overall setting is a Shiva temple sanctum with abhishekam and puja activity.2016-03-07June 20 20212021-06-20February 07 20172017-02-07March 05 20182018-03-05