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September 03 2008

A photograph of two men sweeping a polished reddish-brown marble floor on a temple veranda with white carved pillars. The man on the left wears a white dhoti, a yellow shawl and a rudraksha-style necklace, and holds a broom. The man on the right, barefoot, wears a yellow-striped shirt and grey trousers and sweeps with a red broom. Framed photographs hang on the white wall above, and a shrine doorway with a yellow-trimmed entrance opens to the right. Green trees are visible beyond the railing.

A photograph inside a white temple hall with polished pink-tinted floor reflecting the light, white pillars decorated with painted blue and red bands, and garlands strung across the openings. In the foreground, a man in white ceremonial clothes stands with hands joined near the left edge, while two women in red-and-gold saris stand nearby. Centre right, a man with his back to the camera wears a white dhoti with gold border and a white shirt, standing before a framed portrait on a cushioned wooden seat decorated with a red garland; the portrait shows a deity figure. A brass bell hangs from the ceiling at left, and a shrine with curtains and deity murti is visible at right. The man in front wears white and no identifiable saffron or ornate cues, so the appearance does not establish any candidate.

Empty interior of a white temple hall with a polished reddish-brown granite floor reflecting the columns. Two dark stone figures in blue-draped garments stand on pedestals flanking a doorway with red curtains, and a shrine doorway in the centre holds a lit deity murti. Framed paintings hang on the wall above, and a small plastic chair and table sit at the left edge beside ceiling fans. A square raised platform with a red base sits on the floor in front. No people are visible.

2006-01-23 +1 copies

September 03 2008

Interior of a white-walled shrine room with a polished dark floor reflecting the lamps. Two niches in the back wall hold deity murti: the left niche has a dark figure with a kalasha-like pot above, and the right niche has a deity murti decorated with flower garlands. Above the niches hang four framed photographs of monastic figures in saffron robes and a devotee in white. A wicker sofa with a red cushion stands at left beside a framed portrait of a figure in orange robes. No people are physically present in the room.

Two men in white dhotis and shirts with yellow shawls sit on the marble floor of a white temple hall performing a homa at a small brick fire pit with a lit flame. The man on the left faces left and gestures with his hand over brass plates of offerings and flowers; the man on the right sits on a yellow stool holding a ladle over the fire. Behind them stands a dark deity murti in a green sari draped with a red cloth, beside a striped tiger-skin seat and a ceiling fan.

Interior of a white temple hall with polished reddish floor, arched pillars decorated with red and yellow garlands and colourful painted columns. Four people stand in prayer: a man in white shirt and trousers at left, a woman in red-and-gold sari beside a standing figure in saffron-coloured garment, and a bare-chested man in white dhoti with gold border and a white-clad elderly man at centre-right. A framed picture of a deity garlanded with red flowers rests on a wooden bench at right, and a hanging bell hangs from the ceiling. Oil lamps and a small brass item sit on the left platform.

Photograph of a white stone temple entrance with carved pillars and cornices, showing two shrine doorways into dark sanctums. The left shrine holds a Shiva lingam with a brass kalasha-like offering vessel in front and a gold-framed arch. The right shrine has a gold-framed niche with white cloth draped inside. Two framed photographs hang above: the left one shows two saffron-robed monks embracing, the right one shows a group of saffron-robed figures in procession. Polished dark red floor and green foliage visible at right. No people are present in the scene.

2006-01-23 +1 copies

A covered white temple verandah with carved white pillars and a glossy red-brown floor. Three men are preparing for a festival: a man in a blue-grey shirt and dark trousers stands at left holding green leaves, a man in a white checked shirt and dark trousers stands in the centre, and a man in a white shirt crouches at lower right arranging leaves on the floor. Two tall cylindrical decorations hang on the right, patterned in red, blue, yellow and orange with bird motifs and orange fringes. Framed photographs hang along the top of the verandah, and a white plastic chair sits by the pillar. Green foliage and palm trees are visible beyond the railing.

January 14 2010

Interior of a white temple hall with polished pink-tinted floor, arched colonnades, and a bell hanging from the ceiling. Several men stand in the hall: one in a white shirt and white dhoti on the left, a bare-chested man in a red-and-gold wrap and dhoti in the middle-left, a bare-chested man wearing a white dhoti with gold border at centre, and an older man in white kurta and dhoti near a shrine. A garlanded deity murti sits on a decorated throne-like platform in a framed shrine, with curtains and marigold garlands around the doorways. The ceiling has ornate plaster medallions and fans.