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A temple photograph of a golden deity pair, a seated male and female murti under an ornate gilded arch, draped with yellow, red and purple marigold garlands and a green-leaf frame. The male murti holds a trident and wears a red turban and a rudraksha-style necklace; the female murti wears a golden crown and jewellery. In front, a devotee in a white dhoti with a gold border bends forward, forehead bowed to a tall metal kalasha-style vessel set on a platform. Below, a white figure in a blue cloth and green-bead garland sits before offerings of pots, lamps, pomegranates and fruit. Abhishekam-style ritual setting at Bidadi temple.

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January 02 20102010-01-02January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a Shiva lingam being bathed during an abhishekam at a shrine. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at left, pouring liquid from a vessel over a dark black stone lingam set on a black base. Behind it, two gilded deity murtis sit under a gold arched frame: the left murti wears a red turban with a jewelled crown and a rudraksha mala, holding a trident, while the right murti wears a golden crown and jewelled necklaces. Yellow and magenta marigold garlands drape both figures, and an orange-peach cloth covers the platform. No living a person is visible; the figures are statues.2010-02-12January 01 20092009-01-01Photograph of a temple shrine heavily decorated with marigold and multicoloured flower garlands. Two gilded metal deity murtis stand in the back, one wearing a red and orange turban-style crown and the other a tall crown, both adorned with necklaces. In the foreground a bare-headed man in white dhoti with a gold border bends forward with his head down before a central brass kalasha-like vessel and a seated small blue-clad figure garlanded with flowers. Offerings of fruit and brass lamps stand on the altar, with tall ornate brass oil lamps on either side. A person kneels in reverence.2010-01-01January 01 20092009-01-01January 04 20152015-01-04January 04 20152015-01-04January 01 20092009-01-01January 02 20102010-01-02 +1 copiesA photograph of a temple shrine decorated with marigold garlands in yellow, orange, red and purple. Two golden deity murtis sit on a raised platform: the left figure wears a red turban and a red-stoned necklace, and the right figure wears a crown. A man in white dhoti and shawl bends forward in prayer before the shrine. On the left, a man in saffron robes and a rudraksha mala holds a silver plate. A woman in white with an orange shawl photographs the scene with a camera at right. Fruit offerings and a brass lamp sit before the altar, with silver oil lamps flanking the shrine.2010-01-01January 04 20152015-01-04