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April 23 20122012-04-23A woman in a rust-orange sari with a long dark braid stands with her back to the camera at the granite base of a shrine, facing a deity murti pair seated on a raised throne. The murti pair wears garlands of marigold and white flowers, red and orange head-dress, and green and pink silk; brass oil lamps, a kalasha-style brass vessel, bells and offerings sit on the stone platform. Behind them a gold arch frames a yellow backdrop, with a smaller gilt niche and carved temple pillars around the open-air shrine.2013-04-09A woman in a red and green sari stands with her back to the camera, facing a shrine in a stone temple pavilion. The shrine holds several deity murti: a figure on the left holding a trident, and a larger seated figure in red and gold garlands with a crown, flanked by marigold garlands. A smaller figure in red stands in a doorway beside brass lamps. Grey carved stone pillars frame the scene, with green and orange curtains and a red railing behind.2011-10-31May 07 20132013-05-07A photograph of a temple shrine with a carved stone frame and a golden arch around a deity murti of a seated goddess with multiple arms, holding a trident and other objects, dressed in red and green cloth with garlands. Brass oil lamps stand on either side. In the foreground a single person in red robes and a red dhoti-style lower garment, with long hair, bends forward with hands folded in front of the shrine. A brass bowl of flower petals in red, yellow and white sits on the floor. Green leaves hang in a string above the shrine.2012-04-23A photograph of a shrine with painted deity murtis dressed in red and green silk, adorned with marigold garlands, rudraksha-style beads and jewelry. Brass oil lamps stand on the stone platform, with a brass kalasha-style vessel and plates of offerings nearby. On the right, a person in orange and red clothing with white forehead markings and a long rudraksha-bead necklace stands with hands folded in prayer, facing the shrine. An open arch leads to a tree and a red railing outside. The person is a devotee, and there is no appearance-based candidate for a person.2013-03-16March 16 20132013-03-16April 30 20122012-04-30A person in an orange saffron garment with long dark hair and a beaded necklace stands at right, facing a shrine. The shrine holds deity murtis with red and gold garments, a trident-bearing figure at left and a seated goddess at center, decorated with pink and yellow garlands. Brass oil lamps stand on the stone platform, and an arched gold-framed niche with a small figure sits behind. Stone pillars frame the open shrine, with an orange wall and a palm tree outside.2013-03-16October 22 20102010-10-22A photograph inside a stone temple shrine at Adi Kailaasa, Bengaluru. Two seated deity murtis in red and gold garments, garlanded with flower necklaces, sit on a golden pedestal with a black Shivalinga in front. To the right stands a standing deity murti in a green-backed niche wearing a red-brown dhoti and garland. Gold oil lamps, flower offerings and brass vessels surround the platform. In the foreground at right, a single standing man with long dark hair, a patterned headband, gold armlets and a rust-red shawl and dhoti faces the shrine with hands folded in devotion, shown in darshan.2017-09-10April 30 20122012-04-30