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February 12 2006

A photo inside a small shrine doorway decorated with layered marigold and mixed flower garlands in purple, yellow and orange, with leaf and flower decoration on the back wall. A priest in a white dhoti and white shirt at left holds a brass plate of green leaves, flowers and a lit lamp, while a bare-chested priest with vibhuti marks and a sacred thread presents it. Two figures stand in saffron and orange cloth at the centre and right, one with a garland and bald head, one wearing an orange shawl and a gold necklace. A carved wooden door frame and brass bell sit on the right, and a red mat covers the floor. The scene reads as a puja or aarti at a shrine.

Inside a temple sanctum decorated with orange and marigold garlands, a man in an orange turban, orange robe and a pink flower garland stands with his back partly to the camera, his right arm raised to a lit lamp or ritual object at a shrine. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti and rudraksha-style beads stands behind him near a hanging brass lamp. Two onlookers in white and a few people with hair in buns stand nearby. Lit oil lamps on brass stands, a silver-framed arch and a decorated deity murti with flower offerings are visible beside the shrine.

A photograph of a devotee in an orange sleeveless top with a white and red flower garland draped over her shoulders, facing a home shrine and holding a brass lamp in one hand. The shrine holds silver-toned deity murtis garlanded with white and pink flowers, framed pictures of deities, and a small photo of a person in orange with a saffron head covering, placed on a wooden table with flower offerings, small lamps and brass vessels. Two other people stand behind her on the right, one in white with hands folded in namaskar and a bead mala, the other in orange, and a partially visible person in the foreground wears a dark bead mala. A white wall and window frame the room.

A photo inside a temple hall decorated with yellow marigold garlands and a red-and-yellow flower arrangement over a deity murti at the front. A man in a long saffron-brown robe with a red and white flower garland, a white tilak on his forehead, and hands pressed in namaste stands at the centre. Around them are men in white shirts and dhotis, a bare-chested attendant with a sacred thread, and women and children in colourful salwar kameez watching from behind metal railings, one woman raising a phone.

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February 12 2006

A crowded temple scene with marigold and flower garlands hung across the background. A man in an orange turban and orange robe, with long dark hair, stands centre-right beside a silver kalasha decorated with a garland and mango leaves on a wooden table. Beside him a bald man in orange robes with a white forehead mark bends toward another man in orange. At left, a man in white with white hair and glasses stands near a bald priest in orange with a white tilak. A man in a yellow turban and yellow garment in the foreground holds hands with someone, and gold ritual vessels and a brass lamp stand on the altar. Several people in the foreground and right edge are partly visible in white and blue shirts.

January 02 2012

A small room with a wooden-beamed ceiling and tiled floor, where a shrine wall is decorated with white, orange and multicoloured flower garlands. A man with long dark hair and an orange sleeveless robe with an orange shawl stands at the left, holding a lit oil lamp toward the shrine while a small flame burns. Behind him a monk in orange robes stands with hands folded in prayer, a woman in a white sari with gold border and gold bangles folds her hands, and a man in a white shirt and glasses presses his palms together at the right. Framed pictures and oil lamps sit on the altar, with flower offerings in front.