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April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29Photo 11716760April 29 20182018-04-29April 29 20182018-04-29Photo 11716756 +1 copiesNight photograph of an evening ritual at an open-sided temple pavilion with a corrugated roof. A person in a red-orange robe with an orange shawl holds a brass lamp of flaming oil or camphor with flowers, extending it toward a second person in a white dhoti with a gold border, bare-chested, wearing a rudraksha mala, who holds a metal plate. Behind them stands a golden deity murti with a decorated arch and a gilded vahana figure on a red-draped base. A square fire pit with ash sits in front, and white-and-red striped steps lie in the background. Two physical people are visible.2014-11-23May 28 20122012-05-28 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine lit by a warm arch of bulbs. A bare-chested priest in a rust-orange dhoti, with a small headband and a garland, holds a lit oil lamp toward an ornate golden shrine or palanquin holding a deity murti decorated with red flowers. Two more priests stand to the right in white dhotis with gold-bordered shawls, one holding a ritual implement, and one with glasses, performing an aarti. Brass lamps stand on the altar in front. The scene is a lamp-lit puja at a shrine, with no identifiable a person candidate in the frame.2012-05-13 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesFebruary 19 20152015-02-19 +1 copiesA photograph of an aarti ritual before a deity murti adorned with garlands of marigolds and yellow flowers and a rope of beads. A bearded priest with red-marked forehead and body, wearing a saffron dhoti and beaded necklaces, holds a silver tray with a lit multi-wick oil lamp. Beside him, a man with flowers in his hair, a rudraksha mala with a shawl, and a light tilak extends his hands over the flame in blessing. Red and yellow floral garlands and a silver pillar frame the scene.2016-02-16