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August 02 2008

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A figure in an orange saffron garment with long dark hair stands at left holding a brass oil lamp with a visible flame, offering aarti before a shrine. The shrine is a small stone structure with a blue-and-white capped top under a large tree, holding a black stone deity murti or linga-like form decorated with white and red flower garlands and a white cloth. Seated devotees, including a child with shaved head in the foreground, watch at right and lower edge, with a brass oil lamp and pink flowers visible. Night setting with dark foliage behind.2008-08-02August 02 20082008-08-02Night photograph of an outdoor shrine beneath a large tree. A small stone shrine with a white and blue domed roof and gold finial holds a dark deity murti garlanded with white flowers. A woman in a long orange sari with her hair loose stands at the shrine, holding a flower near her face. Men in orange and white clothes kneel and sit before the shrine; a kneeling man in white with an orange shawl leans forward, and a bald man in orange sits near a lamp. Onlookers in white and orange gather behind a red railing, and a microphone stand is visible at the left edge.2008-08-02Night photo at an outdoor shrine beneath a large tree. A man with long dark hair, a white forehead mark, a yellow bead garland and saffron-orange robes stands at left with his hand extended toward a small stone shrine. Inside the shrine sit dark stone deity murti adorned with green leaves, white flowers and red blossoms. At lower right, a shaven-headed man in orange robes kneels at the shrine, holding a small offering vessel, with a brass bell on the ground nearby. Behind a low railing, several people in white and orange clothing watch, and a photographer is visible. A blue-and-white pot-shaped finial sits atop the shrine structure.2008-08-02December 20 20112011-12-20August 02 20082008-08-02November 20 20102010-11-20Night-time temple scene at a shrine with a dark linga-like deity murti draped in a red cloth and garlanded with white and yellow flowers. In the foreground a figure in an orange saffron dhoti and shawl, with a floral garland and long dark hair, faces the shrine holding a lit lamp aloft. Two men in white dhotis stand to the left, one holding a tray of flowers. A small blue-robed statue and an oil lamp sit on a red-and-white striped platform, and gold-patterned pillars frame the shrine. Offerings and a puja in progress.2011-09-30November 24 20122012-11-24September 28 20082008-09-28May 27 20132013-05-27December 23 20082008-12-23