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Photo 11730327A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border stands in a dim temple corridor, holding a small brush or ritual implement toward a brightly lit shrine. The shrine doorway is framed by pink and white flower garlands and shows a deity murti decorated with flowers and brass lamps. A tall brass oil lamp stands at left beside a wall clock, and the shrine interior is adorned with pink flowers and offerings.2012-06-04A priest seen from behind performs evening arati at a shrine niche in a temple interior. He wears a white dhoti with a gold border and a sacred thread, holding a brass arati lamp aloft toward a deity murti and gold-trimmed shrine lit by a row of orange lamps. A brass oil lamp stands at right beside a wall clock showing about 7:25. The walls are dark marble-patterned stone and the scene is dim.2012-06-17Photo 11730542Photo 11733206June 29 20122012-06-29 +1 copiesMay 10 20122012-05-10June 25 20122012-06-25A priest in white dhoti and shawl stands with his back to the camera, raising one arm toward a shrine. Inside an ornate wooden shrine with a pillared arch sits a small deity murti decorated in red and gold, with a brass oil lamp (deepam) lit in front on the right. The walls are paneled in brown wood and a wall clock hangs at the top right. Some objects are visible on the shrine ledge. The scene reads as temple puja or aarti at the shrine.2012-06-25June 29 20122012-06-29 +1 copiesA photograph of a priest in white dhoti and shawl with a gold border, seen from behind, performing puja at a small shrine niche in a marble-lined temple wall. He holds a brass lamp or aarti in one hand and a bell in the other. Inside the lit niche stands a deity murti with red garlands, brass lamps and a gold-framed canopy. A wall clock, a brass oil lamp and metal vessels are nearby. One person is visible.2012-06-01 +1 copiesA temple priest in a white dhoti and white upper cloth stands at a green-and-gold shrine doorway, holding a lit oil lamp aarti in his right hand and a small bell or implement in his left. Inside the shrine, a decorated deity murti is visible under white and gold canopy decoration. A wall clock and marble wall surround the doorway. The figure is shaved-headed and clad in ordinary white ritual clothes, so no a person candidate is identifiable from appearance.2012-06-29