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September 21 20132013-09-21September 21 20132013-09-21A hand lifts a brass lamp with a flame toward a granite shrine with carved pillars and a gold-framed arch around a red curtain. Inside, two standing deity murti are dressed in white and purple cloth with garlands, one holding a trident-like staff, and a smaller figure with a shivalinga-style stone and a garland sits on the altar platform. Brass pots, a small bell, oil lamps and flower offerings sit on the stone floor before them, and a green-curtained niche to the right holds a small standing figure in orange cloth. The lamp is an oil lamp used for aarti, not a homa fire.2013-09-21October 29 20142014-10-29July 07 20132013-07-07A photograph of a stone shrine with carved pillars and a golden arched frame. Inside, a large deity murti pair stands on a pink-draped backdrop, one figure in a blue skirt and the other in a red sari, both adorned with garlands and gold ornaments. In front, a decorated seated figure is garlanded with flowers, flanked by two smaller seated figures in orange and red robes with a brass lamp. In the foreground, a person in an orange sleeveless robe with cropped dark hair stands with their back to the camera, hands raised before the shrine, with a lit oil lamp and flower offerings on the stone ledge.2008-08-07A photograph of a temple shrine with a large seated deity murti pair in a red-draped alcove, decorated with purple and yellow garlands and gold ornaments. Brass lamp stands and a brass vessel stand before the shrine, and a granite pillar with carved reliefs is at right. In the foreground a priest in white dhoti and shawl with red border stands with his back to the camera, holding a flower and offering at the granite platform. No person is identifiable as a person candidate; the figure is shown from behind as a priest.2010-11-12A temple shrine interior with a priest in a red-brown dhoti and bare upper body raising a lit camphor flame toward a golden-framed deity murti seated on a throne. The murti wears red and gold garments, heavy beaded necklaces and a crown, with marigold and rose garlands draped over it. Brass oil lamps stand on either side of the altar, and a woman in a red sari with white flower garland stands at the right edge facing the shrine with hands clasped. A second golden figure stands at the right with layered beaded necklaces. Dark granite walls with carved details frame the scene.2014-10-31A stone shrine with carved granite pillars and a golden arched prabhavali frame holds a central deity murti in red and gold garments, adorned with white and gold garlands, flanked by two standing attendant figures in red and gold dhotis wearing beaded necklaces. A brass aarti lamp with a large flame is held in the foreground by a hand at the bottom edge, and brass lamps and offerings sit on the platform. Teal drapery and purple cloth decorate the back of the shrine. No person is visibly seated or standing on the shrine platform apart from the statues.2014-10-29October 29 20102010-10-29A temple shrine with a carved stone arch framing a deity murti pair seated on a throne, draped in red cloth and garlanded with marigold and multicoloured flower strands. A priest in white dhoti and shawl with a saffron-and-red border stands at the lower left, one arm raised toward the shrine. Brass oil lamps on tall stands flank the shrine, and a small figure in orange sits near the base. Another person in white stands in the background near a metal gate and greenery.2010-11-12A temple shrine niche with a golden arched frame and green backdrop holds a central deity murti of Shiva-Parvati style, with crescent moon on the crown and a trident in hand, flanked by two standing figures in garlands. A flame of an oil lamp with a brass aarti or lamp holder burns in the foreground, with brass lamp stands on either side. No people are visible; the statues are the figures shown.2015-08-31 +1 copies