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September 16 2013

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A photograph of a temple shrine with carved grey stone pillars and a gilded arch framing two large deity murtis against a red curtain. The murtis wear floral garlands and ornaments, and one holds a raised hand with a ritual implement. In front stands a shaved-headed priest seen from behind, wearing an orange-saffron dhoti and a saffron upper cloth draped over the shoulder, facing the shrine. Brass lamps and offering vessels sit on the stone platform, and a smaller garlanded figure stands in a green-backed niche at right.2013-09-16A temple shrine with a stone arch framed in gold, draped with gold-yellow cloth. Two large deity murtis stand side by side, one with a red-orange turban and the other with a tall crown, both adorned with gold jewellery, beaded necklaces and red-and-white garlands. A sannyasi-style figure stands at the right in orange-saffron robes beside a smaller shrine niche. In front, a seated priest in orange-saffron cloth performs puja at a silver-and-gold altar with a lingam, brass lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, flower garlands and a white-and-gold cloth. A red curtain hangs at left.2013-05-19January 19 20132013-01-19October 30 20112011-10-30April 08 20122012-04-08June 17 20132013-06-17January 25 20132013-01-25Inside a stone temple shrine, a shaved-headed priest in saffron-orange robes kneels at the base of a large deity murti pair, seated on a red-draped platform. The two figures, painted in gold and yellow with green backdrop cloth, wear ornate garlands and crowns. The priest holds a small ritual object before a brass kalasha-style vessel with a hanging rudraksha-like mala, with brass lamps and puja vessels arranged on the red cloth below. The gilded arch frames the shrine. No one is recognizable as a person by appearance; the person present is a priest performing puja.2013-05-27Interior of a temple shrine with a large golden arch framing gilded deity murti of a goddess in red and green garments, adorned with marigold and multicolored flower garlands and a crown. A smaller red-clad figure stands at the right side. In front, a red-draped altar bears a small figure and brass oil lamps. A standing devotee in saffron-orange cloth, bare-chested, faces the shrine from the lower right, appearing to offer worship. Ornate stone pillars with carvings surround the shrine.2012-04-08November 11 20102010-11-11January 20 20132013-01-20A photograph inside a stone temple shrine showing a deity murti with a gold arch behind it, decorated with flower garlands in yellow, orange and purple. The central figures wear crowns, jewelry and yellow and pink garments, and one holds a trident-like staff. In front is a small white-draped stand with a red figure and a kalasha-style brass vessel. In the foreground at right, a single person with a shaved or tied head wears an orange saffron dhoti and shawl and a rudraksha mala, facing the deity with hands raised in prayer as in puja or darshan. Red curtains frame the shrine.2011-01-31