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A temple shrine interior with a marble-clad wall and white niche. Four people stand before a deity murti draped in a red cloth with a flower garland, and a brass lamp is held forward by a man in white dhoti and shawl. A woman at left wears an orange sari with gold border, gold necklaces and a jasmine-style hair band, and a shaved-headed man in orange dhoti with gold border stands at right, bare-backed, with sacred ash marks on his back. A brass lamp stands on the ledge, and a steel bowl of red fruit sits on a stool in front. Ritual worship.2012-05-12 +1 copiesMay 12 20122012-05-12Photo 11734182 +2 copiesPhoto 11733150 +1 copiesMay 09 20122012-05-09Photo 11732665 +1 copiesPhoto 11730972 +1 copiesPhoto 11725499 +2 copiesPhoto 11729502 +1 copiesPhoto 11733462Photograph inside a small shrine niche tiled in pale green marble, showing a priest in white dhoti with orange-and-gold border, bare-chested and facing away, holding a lit multi-flame aarti lamp toward a deity murti dressed in an orange-yellow cloth and garlanded with flowers. Two devotees stand at left in orange-peach robes with rudraksha and bead necklaces, hands folded in prayer, one with a red-bead headband and one raising a hand toward the shrine. At right, a bare-chested devotee in white dhoti with gold-bordered orange cloth stands with palms joined. A brass kalasha and an offering plate with fruit and flowers sit on the floor, and an orange-tiled floor and carved stone base with elephant reliefs complete the scene.2012-05-21Photograph inside a temple shrine showing several priests making offerings before a dark deity murti draped in an orange cloth with flower garlands at its base. In the foreground, a man in a white dhoti with a gold-edged shawl holds a metal tray of fresh fruits including mangoes, apples, oranges and grapes on a white stool. A bare-backed priest in an orange-and-gold dhoti with a beaded headband and gold armlets carries a tray of pink flowers toward the shrine. A figure in an orange-brown wrap with a beaded headband and a long beaded necklace holds an orange flower at left, and another man in a white dhoti with a gold necklace stands nearby. Pink petals are scattered across the white shrine ledge and the striped marble walls frame the scene.2012-05-09