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A night-time temple ritual photograph. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a golden border and an orange shawl stands at right, raising a lit flame or camphor on a plate toward a decorated palanquin-like altar draped in red, yellow and white flower garlands with a pink-and-gold structure on top. Smoke drifts through the frame. At left, a man in a yellow shawl with a rudraksha mala and white forehead markings stands beside a brass lamp with a bird finial and a trailing red garland. A photographer with a camera is at the far right beside carved stone pillars and hanging ornaments.2016-12-07March 02 20182018-03-02March 02 20182018-03-02A priest with a shaved head and bare back, wearing white dhoti and an orange-and-gold shawl, holds a brass lamp with a flame and a bell-shaped aarti vessel before an ornate gold-framed shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated with red roses, marigold garlands and green leaves. Another person in white stands at left, and several more figures stand in the background. Small deity murti with garlands sits on a red cloth in the foreground, and string lights and scaffolding are visible behind. This shows an aarti ritual at a shrine.2018-03-02July 13 20152015-07-13A shirtless man in white dhoti with a red-and-gold headcloth bows over an oil lamp with a visible flame, held before a low offering table of marigold garlands, bananas, oranges, coconuts and leaves. Behind him a seated crowd of devotees in white clothes watches; a golden ornate throne stands at right and a brass vessel sits at left. Smoke rises from a fire pit.2016-12-12A homa ritual in a covered hall with a brick fire pit in the foreground. A shirtless priest in white dhoti sits at left, waving a ladle or stick over the pit, which holds offerings and marigold garlands. A standing man in a white dhoti and orange-red shawl with a beaded necklace stands at right with hands folded. Two seated men in saffron-and-purple attire with white cloth chant at a microphone, one in the background at right. Behind them stands a gold-framed altar with a seated deity murti draped in marigold garlands, flanked by golden kalasha-style vessels and brass lamps. Gold-and-red ceremonial umbrellas decorate the sides of the hall.2015-07-17A photo of a temple aarti scene at night with a bald priest in white dhoti and a gold-and-yellow shawl, his bare back to the camera, holding a multi-flame oil lamp toward a golden deity murti decorated with red and yellow flower garlands. A second person stands beside him with hands folded in anjali, wearing a blue cloth and a rudraksha-style necklace. Red flowers and marigold garlands cover a red-draped platform in front of the murti, and a golden kalasha-like vessel sits at the base. Strings of coloured lights and temple pillars surround the scene. The priest's orange waistband bears printed images of a deity pair.2018-03-02April 14 20182018-04-14A temple puja in progress before a deity murti dressed in white silk and draped with red and yellow flower garlands, with red flower arrangements and a gold prabhavali behind it. A bald priest bent forward in a white dhoti with a yellow-and-orange shawl and a rudraksha mala holds a lit camphor flame on a plate toward the deity. Another priest stands behind him on the right in a white dhoti and red garment, and a third priest with a bare torso holds a tray at the left edge. Brass lamps, a bell and flower-strewn offerings sit on the altar in the foreground.2018-03-02A priest in a white dhoti with a red border sits cross-legged on the floor, bare-chested, performing puja before three deity murtis adorned with garlands of red, orange, yellow and purple flowers. The central figure is a standing murti with a crown; flanking murtis wear crowns and jewellery. Behind them is a red-orange draped platform. Brass oil lamps stand at the sides, and steel bowls of rice, yellow powder, sweets, flowers, fruit and grains are arranged on a red cloth in front. Behind the deities, a golden shrine holds a seated figure in orange robes, with a large lamp-like brass structure above.2010-11-12A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a gold border and a pink-and-gold headcloth performs a puja at a shrine decorated with thick garlands of white, yellow, red and purple flowers. He holds a small oil lamp on a brass tray toward a central object. Brass vessels and a brass pot sit at the base, with a carved bearded figure at lower right and a bright yellow cloth backdrop with floral embroidered panels.2015-07-18