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A photo of a temple shrine decorated with marigold and multicoloured flower garlands hanging from pillars and draped over a golden deity murti seated on a throne, wearing a red-and-gold crown. Before the shrine, a man in a white dhoti with a white flower garland and a bare upper body raises a lamp toward the deity, while a second person in an orange robe stands beside him. On the stone platform in front are offerings of fruit, brass vessels, a kalasha and a small blue figure with garlands, and a golden ornate plate sits at the lower left. Sugarcane stalks frame the right side.

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A photograph of a temple shrine decorated with garlands of yellow marigolds and red and purple flowers. Two large gilded deity figures stand in the niche, one in a red turban and one in a crown, flanked by a small blue-clad murti seated before the garland-draped shrine. On the left, a man with long dark hair, a red flower garland and white dhoti-style clothing holds a brass oil lamp (aarti) before the deities. Gold and brass lamps stand nearby, and an orange cloth hangs behind the pillars. The scene suggests a puja at the shrine.2010-01-01January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesJanuary 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA temple shrine decorated with yellow, orange and purple flower garlands frames two golden deity murtis seated on a maroon cloth. A standing priest in white dhoti and shawl with a white flower garland and red-and-white garland stands at left, holding a flame before the shrine. Beside him, a seated figure in saffron-orange robes with hands folded in prayer sits on the left edge. Brass oil lamps stand on the sides, and a small blue deity figure with flower garlands sits at the base beneath a green bead garland and a golden kalasha-like pot. The setting is a stone-pillared temple pavilion with greenery behind.2010-01-01A photograph of a temple ritual in an open pavilion. A man in a sleeveless saffron-orange garment with a white flower garland stands at left, holding up a tall brass aarti lamp with a lit flame toward a deity pair. Behind the lamp, a seated golden deity murti in a red garment and crown, with a garland of yellow, orange and purple flowers, is framed by a large floral arch. Brass oil lamps and a kalasha-like gold object sit on the altar in front. A second saffron-clad seated figure with a garland is at lower left, and a man in white stands at the far left edge. The scene reads as aarti during puja, with the people visible partly and the figures identifiable only by clothing and role.2009-12-30January 01 20092009-01-01December 21 20102010-12-21December 30 20092009-12-30January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA woman in saffron-orange robes stands at left holding a lit oil lamp (aarti) toward a decorated deity murti with gold crowns and garlands of yellow, purple and red flowers. The deities are seated under a gilded arch in a temple-like pavilion. In the foreground a small figure in orange and a white shawl with garlands sits beside ritual brass vessels, and a seated man in orange robes sits at the left edge. A brass lamp stand and kalasha-type vessels surround the altar. Some garland-decorated golden structure is placed before the murti.2009-12-30A photograph inside a temple shrine showing a priest in a white dhoti and white shawl with long dark hair and a red-orange head cloth, reaching toward a gilded deity murti decorated with a silver crown, ornate silver-gold necklaces and a blue garment. The murti stands before a gold-framed arch wrapped in garlands of yellow, purple, red and white flowers. A second attendant in an orange robe stands at left holding a tray with offerings. A brass lamp glows in the foreground beneath the garlands. The priest's appearance does not clearly match any recognizable candidate, so the figure is described by role only.2009-01-01December 23 20102010-12-23