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October 15 2012

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February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesA photograph of a Nithya Pada and Shiva Puja at an ashram. In the foreground, a person in a rust-brown draped garment with a gold-bordered waist cloth and a long braid down the back stands beside a silver throne-like seat. On the seat stands a decorated silver-toned object adorned with red and white flowers, green leaves and yellow marigold garlands, with silver cups and lids below. On the right, a person in an orange robe holds a silver tray with lamps, incense sticks and small cups. Behind the seat, a gold-toned temple model is visible. The scene shows ritual worship with flowers, lamps and incense.2018-05-24July 22 20132013-07-22A photograph of a golden-framed shrine holding a deity murti dressed in a red skirt and draped with long garlands of yellow marigolds, white flowers and deep purple blossoms, with a red-and-gold crown. In the foreground a bare-backed priest in an orange dhoti with a striped border stands at left, raising green leaves and garland toward the murti. At right a seated man with a bare chest wears a deep red and cream rudraksha-style bead garland over a brown shawl and holds his hands together in a devotional gesture, his hair decorated with flowers. A red-and-gold canopy with tassels hangs at the upper right. Two people are visible, and a fragment of a third figure appears at the far left edge.2016-02-16 +1 copiesApril 21 20132013-04-21 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine with gold-framed arches behind. On the left, a person with long dark hair wears an orange-red wrap and smiles, hands clasped. In the centre, a man in an orange wrap with a ceremonial gold necklace and a rudraksha-style bead pendant stands with hands folded, smiling. On the right, a deity murti is dressed in a jewelled crown and a garland of white, yellow, red and green flowers, with a metal staff visible. Small silver vessels sit on an orange cloth table at the lower centre.February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesJune 05 20122012-06-05February 16 20162016-02-16 +1 copiesTemple-style puja before a gold-framed altar draped with a red-and-gold brocade cloth and layered garlands of orange, purple, red and white flowers. Two metal deity murtis wearing gold crowns and jewelled ornaments are the focal point. A bald priest in an orange-brown dhoti stands centre, holding a lamp toward the deities. On the right, a young man in white dhoti with orange turban and garland folds his hands in namaskar. On the left, a man in orange clothing stands beside a brass bowl, and a second deity with garlands is seen on the left. Rose petals are scattered on the floor and a brass vessel sits in the foreground.2015-01-09Two men in saffron-orange dhotis stand before a shrine niche with a gold-framed deity murti, flowers and oil lamps. The man on the left is bare-chested with white tripundra ash on his forehead, a rudraksha mala and a white and red flower garland, and a bangled wrist; the man on the right wears a saffron shawl, a flower garland and a flower crown and bows toward the altar. A third person in orange stands at the left edge. Lamps glow along the arch and a gold kalasha sits on the altar. a person is identifiable by bare-chested presence, rudraksha mala and garland cues, but the figure is uncertain.2012-04-29A photo of a temple-style puja at an altar stage. A man with long dark hair, a tilak and ornate gold armband wears a deep red-maroon dhoti and pours liquid from an orange-yellow vessel over a golden deity murti of a goddess decorated with a crown, garlands in red, purple and orange, and a pink-and-gold sari. Beside him a kneeling priest in a rust-orange dhoti and orange head cloth, with rudraksha beads and sacred ash markings, holds a small lamp. Golden standing statues, silver oil lamps, brass vessels, fruit offerings and garlands surround the altar under a pink-and-gold canopy. A starry backdrop fills the background.2018-04-25 +1 copies