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February 01 20172017-02-01Outdoor temple ritual viewed from behind a crowd of devotees with raised hands. A young man with a shaved head, bare-chested and wearing an orange dhoti and rudraksha beads, stands at a stone altar offering a ritual vessel and gesturing toward the deities. Behind him, a golden deity murti under a multi-hooded naga canopy is garlanded with red and white flowers, with brass oil lamps and gold kalasha-like vessels arranged on the altar. A painted figure in red clothing sits to the left, and a deity figure in green is visible at the top. Several devotees in foreground, some bare-chested and some in white, watch and raise their palms in worship.2017-01-29December 19 20102010-12-19October 10 20162016-10-10September 18 20152015-09-18November 16 20152015-11-16June 05 20122012-06-05 +1 copiesA photograph inside a temple shrine. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in saffron-orange robes, with a rudraksha mala and wrist beads, faces away from the camera and raises a tiered silver aarti lamp with multiple lit wicks. Two large painted guardian figures with multiple arms and gold crowns and necklaces flank the doorway. Behind, a gilded deity murti sits on a golden throne, with a second figure in red and orange garments seated nearby, and a few small lamps glow. Another person in white clothing is partly visible at the lower right.2014-10-27August 26th 20152015-08-26Photograph inside a temple hall of a richly decorated deity murti seated on a golden palanquin-style platform, garlanded with white and pink flowers, with a lit oil lamp held at left by a bare-chested priest in white dhoti. Standing at centre is a shaved-headed man in saffron-orange robes with golden borders, hands raised in offering over the murti. To the right, a man in a saffron shawl with a gold necklace and red forehead band stands with palms joined, next to two more saffron-robed men with folded hands wearing beaded necklaces and gold trim. Behind them, a few devotees in white stand near red-and-gold canopy fabric and brass bells.2012-06-05July 19 20162016-07-19A photograph of a priest in a saffron-orange dhoti and shawl with a red and white garland performing aarti before a gilded deity murti seated on a golden throne with a peacock-shaped arch. The murti wears a crown, gold necklaces, and red and yellow flower garlands over a mint-green cloth. The priest holds a silver lamp with a flame over the figure, while another person's hand holds a tray of red flowers at the lower right. A corrugated roof and a few plants frame the outdoor shrine.2015-02-23 +1 copies