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Photograph inside a narrow tiled shrine corridor where a priest in a red shawl and light dhoti performs puja before a deity murti of Hanuman (Veeranjaneya) in a gold arched niche draped with orange cloth and marigold garlands. A blue sign above the niche reads 'Prasanna Veeranjaneya Swami'. Two large garlanded devotional posters of Hanuman hang above. In the foreground a woman in an orange sari with a white flower garland stands with palms joined in prayer, her back to the camera. Brass lamps and offering items sit on a checkered floor and a side shelf holds books and steel tumblers.

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Photograph of a doorway shrine decorated with orange cloth, marigold and flower garlands, and a golden arch framing a seated Hanuman murti with orange-yellow garments. A devotee in an orange sleeveless top with a white flower garland and dark hair stands with palms joined in namaskar while holding a brass plate with a lit oil lamp. Beside them, an elderly bearded man in a red shawl and rudraksha mala stands with a hand on the plate. A small brass pot and offerings sit on the tiled floor. A blue signboard above the door shows Kannada text.2010-02-08A person in an orange sleeveless top with a white flower garland and a dark hair bun stands with palms pressed together in prayer before a small shrine. A golden arched frame surrounds a deity murti of Hanuman, draped in a yellow garment and garlanded with yellow and white flowers, set against an orange cloth backdrop with marigold festoons. A blue sign above the shrine reads in Kannada. A woman in a red sari stands beside the devotee. Brass pots and a lamp sit on the tiled floor in front of the shrine.2010-02-08A photograph inside a small temple corridor of a shrine labelled in Kannada as Prasanna Veeranjaneya Swami. The golden-framed shrine is draped in orange cloth and decorated with marigold and yellow garlands; a golden deity murti of Hanuman sits within, with a white and red garland. A woman in orange robes and a white flower garland stands with her back to the camera holding a brass lamp (aarti) toward the deity. Beside her, a bald man in orange robes writes in a notebook, and at the right edge a man in a white shirt watches. Brass pots and a small table with books sit on the left.2010-02-08A photograph of a small shrine room with white tiled walls and a blue curtain backdrop framed by a gold arch. Two dark stone deity murtis stand inside, one draped in orange cloth and garlanded with yellow marigolds and purple flowers, the other in green cloth with a similar garland. In the foreground, a woman in an orange sari with a flower garland on her shoulders stands with her back to the camera. Beside her, an elderly person with white hair in a red shawl and orange robe holds a lit lamp toward the murti. At right, a man in a dark jacket and white shirt watches. Brass plates of offerings, bowls and a kalasha sit on the altar below, with a yantra-like plate in front. This appears to be a puja or aarti in progress.2010-02-08A photograph taken from behind inside a small shrine room with white tiled walls. A priest in a red shawl and light saffron dhoti stands at the centre, holding a lit oil lamp before two black stone deity murtis draped with garlands of yellow and purple flowers, set against a blue curtain and a gold arched frame. On the left a woman in an orange sleeveless top and white flower garland watches, and on the right a man in a tan kurta and another man in a white shirt stand with hands folded. A framed yantra picture and brass vessels with flowers sit on the altar below.2010-02-08Photograph of a temple shrine doorway decorated with yellow, white and pink flower garlands and a blue cloth canopy. Inside the sanctum, a black stone deity murti with a silver crown is framed by garlands. An elderly man with white hair and a white beard, wearing a red upper cloth and cream lower cloth, stands barefoot at the shrine with his hands near the deity. Beside him, a bare-chested priest in a green shawl and yellow dhoti stands in the sanctum. Brass plates with offerings sit on the shrine platform. To the right, two devotees kneel on a checkered black and white floor with a rangoli design: one in white with green-bordered cloth, another in an orange garment with long dark hair. Lamps and garlanded idols appear in a side niche.2009-01-07May 13 20122012-05-13 +2 copiesAugust 09 20102010-08-09Photograph inside a temple shrine room with a dark-stone doorframe and a black deity murti seated before a red-and-silver arch, decorated with white and orange flower garlands, a silver crown-like headdress, and a blue-and-silver garment. A person in an orange sleeveless top and long orange wrap stands with back to camera, holding a brass vessel near the deity. To the right, a person in white dhoti and a yellow shawl holds a brass tray of pink petals beside tall brass lamps. Brass puja items, a small kalasha-style vessel and a brass lamp sit on a low platform in front of the deity.August 09 20102010-08-09Photo inside a temple shrine doorway of a black stone deity murti, a dark-faced goddess dressed in a blue sari and heavily garlanded with white and orange flowers, with gold ornaments. A priest in a white dhoti at left raises a brass kalasha-like vessel toward the deity during aarti. In the foreground, a person with swept-back dark hair wears a saffron/orange sleeveless robe and a multicolour flower garland, hands held in anjali; beside them an older bald man in an orange robe also stands with folded hands. Offerings of flowers, brass lamps and a plate of petals sit on the shrine floor. a person: the swept-back hair and orange robe with garland match the page's event, but the face is not clearly distinguishable here, so the identity remains uncertain.2010-08-09August 09 20102010-08-09