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March 22 2008

Photograph inside a Hindu temple shrine with gold and marble surfaces. A man with long dark swept-back hair, wearing an orange saffron wrap, a gold necklace and a red tilak, holds a lit oil lamp in both hands toward the deities. Beside him a woman in orange robes holds a silver tray and stands near a small brass murti. A third person in orange kneels with palms pressed together. Behind them a large standing deity murti is decorated with a multicolour floral garland, a crown and gold jewellery. The palanquin-like gold and wooden shrine structures and a decorated altar complete the scene.

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2014-09-21 +1 copies

A photograph of a puja before a gilded throne-like shrine holding a decorated deity murti dressed in a brown-red garment with silver ornaments and a crown, framed by garlands of red, yellow, orange and green flowers. A standing man in an orange-red dhoti and shawl with a white flower garland and white-marked forehead presses his palms together in greeting, with an oil lamp on the shrine. In front, a kneeling man in a saffron-orange cloth with a rudraksha mala bows low before a small flower-covered murti on a stand, with a blue cloth at the base. Two more devotees are partly visible at the bottom edge.

A photograph of a shrine with a devotee in orange robes standing at left with palms pressed together in namaskar, head slightly bowed. Behind a shiva lingam draped in marigold and multicolour flower garlands, two large deity murtis stand on a raised platform, one wearing an orange turban and the other a pink and gold sari-style garment, both garlanded. Brass oil lamps stand on either side, and a red-robed doll-like figure with flower garlands sits in front of the lingam. An ornate gold-framed niche and a red cloth hang in the background.

A temple shrine scene with a golden and gilded deity pair seated on a throne, the figures adorned with heavy gold necklaces, jewelled crowns and ornaments, framed by a tall arch of multicoloured flower garlands in red, yellow, white and green. A central dark stone linga-like form stands before them with a trident-shaped staff. On the left, a standing person with bare upper body, a rudraksha mala and a reddish-brown dhoti holds an oil lamp or aarti flame toward the deities. Gilded attendant figures stand at the sides and a gold kalasha-style vessel is visible at right. The setting appears to be a temple sanctum with a decorated ceiling. Visible printed copyright text overlays the lower right of the image.

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A photograph inside a temple shrine of a large gilded deity sculpture under a golden arch with a green silk backdrop. The central figure wears a red and orange turban, a red garland, beaded necklaces and a red and orange dhoti, holding a trident and a hand raised in blessing. Beside it stands a second figure in orange clothing with a red garland and a black cap. At right, a smaller golden-framed figure in an orange shawl and rudraksha-style beads wears a garland of red and yellow flowers. In front, a shaved-headed young boy in an orange robe with a white tilak stands with palms pressed together in prayer. Only the boy is a physical person in view.

A temple shrine scene where a long-haired man in a saffron-orange robe stands on a raised platform, reaching up with one arm toward the golden arch above two deity figures. The central figures are a male deity with an orange crown and a female deity in a pink sari, both draped with multicoloured flower garlands and an orange shawl. In the foreground a deity murti wears a rudraksha-style garland and a red-and-white flower garland. Two shaven-headed attendants in orange robes stand at left, one holding a cymbal and the other tending a lamp. Brass oil lamps stand at the foreground, and the stone pillars are carved with traditional motifs. The temple abhishekam or aarti setting suggests a ritual worship scene.