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January 13 2017

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A shaved-headed young priest with a white vibhuti band and red kumkum on his forehead holds a brass oil lamp (deepam) with a lit flame in both hands during an offering. He is bare-chested and wears a rudraksha mala and a bangle. Behind him are ornate gold-coloured temple fittings, a golden arch with lion motifs, a small green-clad deity murti, and red and white garlands. A partially visible person stands at the left edge with white markings on the body.2017-01-26A young boy in a saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala and a topknot stands before a golden shrine, holding a lit oil lamp with both hands and waving it toward a deity murti. His torso and arms are marked with white ash stripes. Behind him a gilded shrine with lion figures holds a small deity murti dressed in teal with a white floral garland, and brass pots and flower garlands surround it. At left, a large cardboard cutout of a smiling woman in red robes and a red turban with a rudraksha mala stands beside the shrine. Blurred heads of onlookers fill the foreground.2017-01-13January 21 20172017-01-21January 11 20172017-01-11April 27 20142014-04-27January 11 20172017-01-11December 26 20182018-12-26January 26 20172017-01-26A photograph inside a temple shrine hall with painted pillars and two standing deity murti flanking a central framed portrait. The portrait shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, labelled as a framed photo rather than a physical person. In the foreground a shaved-headed priest in orange robe with a pink-edged cloth and white tripundra markings faces the shrine, raising a brass aarti lamp. To the left, two seated women in orange and red saris sit with hands folded, and to the right a seated man in white dhoti and white shawl with white tripundra markings and rudraksha beads also sits with hands joined. Brass oil lamps and a tray with offerings stand on a red carpet.2014-06-06January 07 20192019-01-07November 26 20142014-11-26A shaved-headed man in profile, bare-chested, wearing an orange saffron shawl over his shoulder and a dark rudraksha mala around his neck, with white vibhuti marks on his forehead and shoulder. He holds an oil lamp with a visible flame near a temple shrine, appearing to offer aarti. Behind him, other people in orange and white ritual clothes stand in a blurred temple interior.2017-01-11