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March 07 20162016-03-07A woman in a bright orange sleeveless dress stands with her back to the camera at a raised stone platform, offering a flame or lamp before a richly decorated deity murti. The murti wears a gold crown and is draped in multicoloured garlands of yellow, red, green and orange flowers, with a gold necklace and silver ornaments. Behind it stands a golden figure with a crown and rudraksha-style necklaces, and gold lamps and brass oil lamps line the altar. A small flame burns on the platform, and a tray of offerings sits in front. Gold arches and a decorated pillar frame the shrine.2007-11-26March 07 20162016-03-07November 29 20112011-11-29 +1 copiesFebruary 02 20162016-02-02Indoor temple-preparation scene at a temple with a decorated shrine. A young man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange shawl and a beaded necklace stands at left, holding an oil lamp, with a tiered wooden lamp stand in front of him. On a raised platform at right, a long-haired man in an orange robe with gold neck ornaments sits in a carved golden chair with palms pressed together in namaskar. Behind him is a large deity murti adorned with flower garlands and a gold crown, and a decorated black Ganesha murti in a blue base stands at left, also garlanded. Brass vessels, a kalasha and other puja items sit on the platform, and seated devotees in orange and red garments are at lower left. A bald man in glasses sits at the lower edge.November 09 20072007-11-09March 07 20162016-03-07March 07 20162016-03-07A photograph of an abhishekam at a temple shrine. A figure in an orange saffron garment with long dark hair, arms bent and bangled, pours or tends to the central black abhishekam stone on a raised platform. To the left, a man in white ritual dhoti and shawl with a sacred thread kneels and holds a ritual item near a brass oil lamp. Behind them stand gold-framed deity murtis draped in garlands of orange and white flowers, one with a multi-armed dancing form and a crown, another in an orange cloth. A brass lamp, brass kalasha-type vessel and flower offerings sit on the platform. A child is partially visible at the lower right edge.2009-10-17November 29 20112011-11-29 +1 copiesFebruary 17 20152015-02-17 +1 copies