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May 31 2017

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A night-time photograph inside an ornate temple hall with pillars of gold-toned metal sculpted with mythical beasts and figures. In the foreground, a brass lamp stand sits beside the pillar base. Behind, a white and silver elephant statue decorated with coloured cloth is positioned on a platform. Two figures in orange robes walk through the hall, one a woman in an orange sari with a shoulder bag, the other an older person in orange. Framed portraits hang on the white columns, and coloured striped cloth hangs from the pillars. The hall is lit warmly and the floor is covered with matting.2018-05-31Interior of a temple hall at night showing ornate bronze pillars topped with carved mythical lion-and-bird figures in the foreground, and a small brass oil lamp stand beside them. Behind them, a silver-coloured elephant vehicle decorated with coloured cloth and jewelled trappings stands on a platform in an open pavilion lined with white pillars. Framed portraits hang on the walls, and colourful striped pillar drapes hang between the columns. Two or three people in orange robes stand at the left edge and in the background among the pillars, partly visible.2018-05-31Night-time temple procession at a Hindu shrine lit by floodlights. In the foreground, two silver elephant figures draped with yellow and multicoloured garlands stand on a striped orange floor covering, with a small child in red beside them. Behind them a crowd of devotees in white dhotis and saris and orange robes walks toward a shrine where a deity murti in gold and red is decorated with garlands. Several figures raise hands in devotion, and a bald man in a white shirt stands at right. Ornate golden pillars, a kalasha-topped gopuram-style canopy and a lit altar with a palanquin-like structure complete the scene. Roughly two dozen people are visible.2018-05-22January 12 20152015-01-12 +1 copiesJanuary 09 20192019-01-09November 13 20182018-11-13Photograph of a hall lined with ornate golden and silver vahana-style animal figures, including a foreground golden lion-like mount with carved mane and scale-patterned chest. Behind them, silver and gold figures recede along a wall of stone blocks beneath a red-and-white striped floor covering. Colourful hanging banners with red, yellow and blue patterns hang from the ceiling beams. A faint figure in white clothing stands at the far right near the back of the hall, partially visible.2018-04-14 +1 copiesNight ritual at an open-sided temple pavilion with a corrugated metal roof and strings of colourful lights. Gold lion-shaped pillars and a gold-finished railing frame the scene. On the left, a deity murti in a silver palanquin-style base is decorated with garlands of marigolds and red flowers. A man in white dhoti with bare upper body and grey-streaked hair stands with palms joined in prayer. Beside him, a bare-chested man in orange cloth stands behind a blue-draped table, and a younger man in orange garments holds a lit oil lamp in aarti before the deity. Devotees in orange and saffron clothes stand in the background and at the right edge, with brass vessels and flower offerings on the tables.2017-01-08Close view of a row of ornate gold-finished mythical animal sculptures, with elephant-headed and lion-like forms carved with scale and feather patterns, set along a temple hall. Behind them stand stone pillars wrapped with red, blue and yellow painted panels, and red striped flooring extends to the right. Ceiling lights illuminate the space. No people are visible.2018-04-14 +1 copiesOctober 10 20182018-10-10August 04 20182018-08-04Night photograph of a temple-style shrine with a gilded arched frame and gold-painted lion pillars. A deity murti, adorned with a garland of colourful flowers and a silver crown, sits on a silver peetha or palanquin base at the centre. In the foreground, a young man in an orange robe with white body markings holds a brass oil lamp with a lit flame towards the shrine, while another orange-robed devotee with white markings stands beside him. Behind them, a man in glasses and a white shirt and an older man with white hair stand with hands folded in prayer. The scene is a puja or aarti at the shrine under a metal roof with string lights.2017-01-08