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Photograph inside a temple shrine at night. A priest's bare arm, at the left edge, holds a brass tray with lit oil lamps and a flame toward a deity lingam. The lingam is dressed in a red silk cloth with a gold border and an orange-and-white striped shawl, garlanded with flowers, and framed by a ring of small lamps behind it. A silver face mask sits on the golden pedestal, with additional lamps burning around the golden niche. The shrine's carved stone arch and gold-plated base are visible. Deity murti and lingam worship, aarti with lamps.2012-05-16 +1 copiesA deity murti of a goddess dressed in a red and gold sari with a gold crown and garlands of white and yellow flowers, holding a lit lamp flame in its raised hand inside a decorated shrine with golden arches. Brass oil lamps with lit wicks and a bird-topped lamp stand flank the image, and a smaller murti in a green-and-gold robe with a flower garland appears at the lower left. No living people are visible.A photograph of a goddess murti in a shrine decorated with a large gilded arch. The deity wears a jewelled crown, gold and red silk sari-style drapery, and heavy ornaments, and is framed by garlands of orange marigolds, white flowers and red beaded flower strings. A large lit oil lamp with a tall flame sits before the figure, and a human hand is visible at the left edge holding or tending the lamp. Small lit lamps are visible at the sides. In the lower left foreground, a second murti with a green silk headwrap and silver-toned jewelled ornaments is partly visible. The scene is dim and warmly lit.Photograph of a devi alankaram at a KAILASA Hyderabad shrine, with a large golden arched frame behind a goddess murti dressed in a gold and red silk sari, a jewelled crown and a pearl-tasselled headdress, and garlanded with marigolds and white flowers and a red-and-white sequined garland. A lit flame burns in front of her. A human hand holding a lit brass oil lamp with several small flames enters from the left. In the lower left, a bronze face murti wearing a green silk head covering and a jewelled necklace is visible. No physical people are visible; the hand is partial and the murtis are statues.Photograph inside a dimly lit temple shrine showing a carved bronze-and-gold deity murti draped in red and cream cloth, framed by a ring of lit oil lamps behind its head. In the foreground a hand holds a brass tray with a flaming camphor or aarti lamp before the deity, with a partly visible figure in gold fabric at the left edge. The stone niche and ornate metal pedestal carry more small lamps. No clearly identifiable person is shown in front of the camera apart from the hand and edge figures.2012-05-16 +1 copiesMay 16 20122012-05-16 +1 copiesPhoto 11731323 +1 copiesNight aarti before a decorated deity murti at a temple sanctum. A large flame rises from a lamp held above the figure, which is draped in red and orange silk with a white-and-orange striped shawl and wears a silver crown-like headpiece and silver hand ornaments. A ring of lit oil lamps surrounds the head, with more lamps at the side, and an ornately carved wooden arch frames the shrine. A hand holding the flame lamp is visible at the left edge, and partial figures stand at the edges, with no clearly visible full faces.2012-05-16 +1 copiesA large camphor flame rises from a brass aarti lamp held before a deity murti dressed in a red sari with gold zari border. The murti wears layered gold necklaces, a gold waist belt, and garlands of white and yellow flowers over the shoulders and arms. Its face is partly obscured by the flame. A hand from the left holds the lamp base, and a figure with a rudraksha-type bead necklace sits at the left edge. Gold lamp stands with lit wicks and a golden kalasha-like finial frame the shrine, with a patterned fabric backdrop behind. This depicts a devi alankaram aarti at the KAILASA Hyderabad shrine.November 18 20152015-11-18A photograph of a deity shrine decorated for Navaratri-style worship. A golden ornate arch frames a deity murti dressed in a red and cream sari with a tall crown and silver ornaments, garlanded with white, yellow and red flower strands. A large flame burns in front of the murti. In the foreground, a golden-faced murti wears a green headpiece with jewelled band, a silver-beaded necklace and white flower garlands. A hand holds a lit brass oil lamp at the left, and two more brass lamps stand at the sides. No physical people are clearly visible apart from the hand.A dark stone deity murti. A brass oil lamp with multiple flames is being offered in front of the murti, and a person's hand reaches in from the left to hold the lamp or a garland. The setting is dim. No a person candidate is visible in the frame; only a partial hand is shown.2012-05-21