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Inside a stone-carved temple shrine, a person with long dark hair and an orange sleeveless top stands with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a large deity murti decorated with gold ornaments, red flower garlands and a white cloth. Brass oil lamps stand on the shrine ledge beside a brass kalasha-like vessel with mango leaves and a small brass bowl. Red draped curtains hang behind the altar. The rear-view figure is facing the deity, so no identifiable face is visible; this is a devotee at prayer rather than a person depiction.

January 17 2010

November 14 2010

A photograph inside a temple shrine with carved stone walls and gold-painted arch. In the foreground a person with long dark hair, seen from behind, wears a plain orange sleeveless garment and faces the shrine. Before them stand golden murti figures of a male deity in an orange turban and a female deity in a blue and gold sari, both garlanded with yellow and red marigold strands. A golden throne-like peetha sits in front with a small seated figure in orange and white, and gold lamp stands line the sides. A red-cushioned orange chair is in the lower foreground.

A photograph inside a temple shrine with a deity murti decorated with marigold and multicoloured flower garlands, set against a backdrop of red curtains. A standing woman in an orange sari and a white flower garland faces the shrine with hands folded in prayer. Brass oil lamps, a kalasha pot, flower offerings in a plate and a red and gold cloth draped over a marble altar surround the murti. Another person in orange stands at the left edge, partially visible. The scene suggests a puja or darshan.

October 10 2010

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A woman in an orange sleeveless top and orange wrap, wearing a white jasmine garland, stands with her back to the camera and hands joined in prayer before a shrine. The shrine holds large deity murti figures draped in colourful marigold and yellow flower garlands, with orange cloth beneath. A small white figure in orange cloth and an orange headwrap sits at the base of the shrine, surrounded by offerings. Brass oil lamps, a brass vessel and a red curtain stand beside the shrine, with white and orange flowers hanging at the left edge. Stone carvings frame the platform.

Night photograph of a pooja at an open stone shrine with red velvet drapes on both sides. Two painted deity murti stand on a white-draped pedestal: the left figure wears an orange-red garment, a crown and a pearl-and-white garland; the right figure wears red and a tall crown. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, with small brass vessels, a plate, scattered white petals and a kalasha-style pot before them. A person in long dark hair and orange robes, seen from behind, kneels in devotion at the front right. Other figures in white clothes stand faintly in the background among trees.

January 17 2010

A photograph inside a stone shrine lit by warm light, with orange curtains framing the entrance. At the centre stands a pair of deity murti decorated with flower garlands, one in purple skirt and gold ornaments and another in yellow and red. In front are brass oil lamps, a kalasha-like vessel, fruit offerings in a tray and marigold garlands on a stone altar. A standing person in an orange saffron robe, seen from behind on the right, holds an offering toward the altar. No visible a person candidate is clearly identifiable from appearance, so the attendee is described by role only.

October 29 2010

A photograph inside a temple shrine of a standing person in orange saffron robes with long dark hair, facing a stone altar topped by a gilded deity murti with a crown, garlands of yellow and red flowers, and an ornate golden dais. Brass oil lamps and candle stands line the altar, and a silver tray with offerings sits on an orange cloth in the foreground. A red and white striped pillar and orange-painted wall frame the scene. The person is barefoot on a mat, looking up toward the deity.