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January 04 20152015-01-04 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20162016-01-03January 04 20152015-01-04November 26 20142014-11-26A woman stands with her back to the camera at a richly decorated shrine, hands joined in prayer near her chest. She wears an orange-saffron wrap over a leopard-print blouse, with a beaded necklace and hair in a bun. Before her is a silver-and-gold lingam or deity form draped with long garlands of red roses, white jasmine and yellow and purple flowers. Behind it stands a gilded deity murti with a golden crown and ornaments, flanked by gold-framed panels and brass lion figures on the altar. The setting suggests a temple puja or darshan.2018-12-20 +1 copiesJanuary 04 20152015-01-04Outdoor temple courtyard beneath a large banyan tree with sprawling aerial roots and branches. On the left, a bare-chested man with dark hair and a flower garland stands with palms pressed together in namaskar, facing a tall deity murti on the right. The murti is dark-faced with a gold crown, gold ornaments, a green leaf garland and flower garlands, draped in red, orange and green cloth. Red-rimmed circular stone platforms and a red metal railing sit on the paved stone path. Pink flower petals lie at the murti's base.2017-09-02A photograph of a seated figure in a flower-decorated shrine, dressed in orange with a red-and-orange shawl draped across the lap and an orange-clad priest in the foreground. The seated figure has long black hair, a white forehead mark with a red bindi, rudraksha beads and bangles, and sits on a leopard-print cushion over a gold throne. Garlands of white, orange and purple flowers frame the arch, with green leaves above. The priest on the right, with a shaved-looking head, wears orange robes and white body markings, and holds a silver bell in one hand while gesturing with a small silver vessel. A red curtain and an ornate dark panel form the background. The figure is a murti or statue, not a living person, and no identification is made from the figure's face.2018-05-27Outdoor photo of a devotee in a red-orange dhoti and shawl with long dreadlocked hair, wearing a red and white beaded mala and gold bangles, holding a small oil lamp and facing a large golden statue of a seated male figure in a saffron-brown robe and ornate crown, decorated with yellow and red flower garlands. Dense green trees and a metal railing surround the shrine, with a cameraman and a few onlookers in the background. a person appears to be the devotee performing the lamp offering, identified by the distinctive long swept hair, rudraksha-style beaded mala and saffron clothing. Several people stand behind him, and a lingam-like stone object sits at the base of the statue.2016-07-19 +1 copiesA photograph at an outdoor temple grove under a large banyan tree with hanging aerial roots. In the foreground a woman in a maroon sari with a white flower garland and gold jewellery stands beside a black stone shivalingam garlanded with flowers. To the right a dark statue of a seated deity in green and orange dress wears an orange crown, flower garlands and a long pearl-like garland. Behind them several people in saffron and orange robes walk along a railed path, and a man in a white kurta stands near the centre. A carved shrine arch frames the statue.2015-02-05December 14 20162016-12-14September 02 20172017-09-02 +1 copies