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September 23 20062006-09-23September 23 20062006-09-23May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesJanuary 24 20062006-01-24A photograph inside a temple shrine. A priest with long dark hair, wearing an orange-saffron cloth over his shoulders and a gold-trimmed garment, raises a flaming oil lamp or aarti lamp toward a deity murti. The shrine is decorated with a multicoloured garland of pink, green, white, yellow and purple beads, draped brown and maroon curtains, and a carved ornate wooden door on the left. Smoke or incense haze fills the air. Two brass oil lamps stand before the murti on a stone platform. Two devotees, one woman in a green saree and a man at the right edge, watch the aarti. The image is a photo.2006-01-24A photograph inside a shrine: a shaved-headed priest in an orange-red dhoti and bare upper body with a gold-bordered cloth, wearing a beaded rudraksha-style headband and gold necklace, holds a silver lamp with a flame above a dark stone deity murti. The murti wears white jasmine garlands, pink and red flower garlands and a diamond-like necklace, set within a gold arched niche with orange, white and green floral decoration. Brass oil lamps burn on the altar, with a brass tray of pink flowers held in the priest's other hand and small offering vessels below. The scene depicts an aarti or puja at a temple shrine.2012-06-05A temple shrine lit by a fluorescent tube, where a priest in a rust-orange dhoti with gold border and a gold-beaded headband stands at left, holding a flaming wick or camphor flame toward an oil lamp on a brass stand. Behind him a deity murti is framed by an arched garland of orange, red and white flowers, with a gold ornamental backdrop and a gold necklace. A second person in orange and gold silk, partly visible at right, holds another burning flame. Below, offerings sit on a stone platform: a brass bowl, a coconut, flower petals and a banana leaf. This appears to be an aarti or puja scene.2012-06-05 +1 copiesA person in an orange saffron garment with a golden border and a pink flower garland around the neck stands bent forward in a doorway framed by carved wooden panels, holding a brass oil lamp with lit flames toward a shrine. Inside, a black lingam-like stone form in a tiled chamber is draped with white jasmine garlands and purple flowers, with petals scattered on the floor and brass lamps in the foreground. The scene shows a puja with an oil lamp offered at a shrine.2009-01-12A photograph of a shrine niche inside a white-walled hall, showing a Shiva lingam with a three-line tripundra marking, draped in a garland and heaped with vegetables, fruit and flowers, set within a gilded arch. A lit oil lamp stands on a wall bracket at left, and a brass kalasha hangs from the top of the niche. A single person in an orange-saffron garment stands at the left edge with their back to the camera, facing the shrine. Brass offering vessels and a tray with food sit on the dark floor in front of the shrine.A photograph inside a temple shrine niche with white walls and ornate carved trim. A shaven-headed devotee in an orange garment with maroon border stands at left, back to the camera, extending an arm toward the shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti or linga framed by a gold arch, decorated with green leaves, garlands and a small kalasha hanging above. A lit oil lamp flame burns beside the murti. Brass puja vessels, a lamp and a plate of offerings sit on the floor in the foreground.Dim temple shrine seen through a doorway, with a priest in a dark garment holding a lit aarti flame before a deity murti draped in red and orange cloth. Oil lamps burn on the shrine ledge and above the arch. A person in red clothing stands at the left edge and another in orange at the right edge, partially cropped and blurred. Stone walls and a decorated brass or stone object are visible on the right.2008-10-15January 12 20092009-01-12