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October 03 20082008-10-03Night photo at a stone shrine with carved pillars and a blue-purple draped backdrop. Two deity murtis stand on a raised platform, one with a green-and-red crown and necklaces, the other in a red sari with garlands, with a white-draped object in front and a kalasha and lamps on the altar. Three people are visible: a bald man in orange robes with a white forehead mark and rudraksha-style beads presses his palms together before the altar; a man in white clothes stands beside him with hands folded; a third person in white at the left edge holds a brass tray of flowers and fruit. Fresh garlands drape the altar.2007-10-17December 19 20102010-12-19 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20072007-02-16Night-time photograph inside a stone temple hall with carved pillars at the Shivaratri festival. Two large metal deity murtis, one seated figure in red and gold with a crown and garlands, stand on a dark stone yoni-style pedestal with a golden base. A woman in white sari-style dress reaches toward the murti with a brass vessel. Nearby, a person in white robes holds metal pots, a man in white dhoti with a rudraksha mala stands at left, and a figure in saffron/orange robes stands in the background. Yellow marigold garlands drape the murtis.2007-02-16Night-time temple ritual at a stone shrine with carved pillars and red velvet drapes. A bald man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl raises a multi-branched aarti lamp toward a decorated deity murti with a crown, garlanded in marigolds and flowers. A woman in orange robes and a rudraksha mala kneels nearby on a striped mat, and other white-clad devotees stand in the background. A brass lamp stand and oil lamps sit on the platform, with more lamps glowing beyond.2007-02-16October 17 20072007-10-17October 03 20082008-10-03February 16 20072007-02-16February 16 20072007-02-16A temple abhishekam scene in front of a stone shrine with a large deity murti of a male and female divine pair, the figures draped in purple cloth and decorated with yellow-and-red marigold garlands. Two priests in white dhotis, one bare-chested, hold brass pots at the left, while a figure in saffron-orange robes pours from a pot toward a seated figure at the centre in orange cloth. A golden standing figure stands at the base of the shrine. Orange curtains frame the structure, and a silhouetted audience fills the foreground.2010-12-19 +1 copiesFebruary 16 20072007-02-16