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March 25 20082008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25March 25 20082008-03-25A photograph of a temple shrine at an outdoor temple complex. A priest in a saffron-orange robe sits at the centre on a raised platform before a deity murti adorned with orange and red garlands and a crown, performing a puja with brass lamps, a kalasha and offering plates. To the left, a man in white clothes and an orange shawl stands with his hands folded in reverence, next to a woman in orange robes with palms pressed together. A man in white garments stands in the foreground, facing the shrine, and two heads of onlookers are visible at the lower right. Red curtains hang at the left, and a plaque with lettering is on the wall behind them.2009-10-15A photograph inside a stone-pillared hall where a crowd of devotees, mostly men in white shirts and some women in saris, sits and reaches forward with hands joined. A figure in orange robes with a shaved head sits cross-legged at a low wooden table holding a brass lamp and offering items, facing the seated devotees. A tall brass oil lamp with a lit flame stands in the foreground, along with brass bowls and a small cloth-draped deity murti in red and orange on the right. Carved grey stone pillars frame the scene.2008-03-22A photograph of an outdoor temple shrine with a stone pillar and a red curtain. A man in saffron-orange robes with a rudraksha mala sits behind a stone altar, holding an offering while devotees stand before it with hands folded in namaste. Brass lamps, a kettle-like vessel, brass bowls, and trays of flowers and fruit sit on the altar, and a board on the left lists devotees who built the Dhyanapeetam. Among the visible people, a woman in pink and a man in a striped shirt stand in front, with a woman in white nearby, and a few others in white garments at the left edge.2009-11-16A photograph of a temple courtyard with a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes seated cross-legged on a raised stone platform, tending brass vessels, a lamp and silver puja items. Several devotees in white dress stand close, one woman with a long braid and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, another with hands extended toward the platform. Grey stone walls, a corrugated roof and a stone carving frame the scene. a person is seated as the officiant; this matches the page's account of a paduka procession flag-off at a temple.2007-02-24Outdoor temple courtyard with white walls and a corrugated roof. On the right, a man in an orange robe bows low with his hands joined in front of a grey stone shrine ledge holding brass lamps and a small brass pot. Standing in a line to the left are devotees: a woman in an orange sari and dark blue border, a woman in a green sari, a girl in a red dress holding a folded paper, a man in a white shirt with a yellow shawl, a man in a pink checked shirt holding a bottle, a bald man in white kurta with orange shawl, and young men in white dhotis with orange shawls. A red cloth hangs from the roof beside the shrine.2008-03-25January 01 20082008-01-01January 01 20082008-01-01February 14 20072007-02-14January 02 20092009-01-02