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Photograph inside a temple doorway framed by bulbs and marigold garlands. A figure in orange robes with long dark hair and an orange head-wrap stands in the foreground, hands folded in prayer, seen from behind. A bare-chested priest in white dhoti with a sacred thread holds a lit oil lamp before a deity murti decorated with white and red flower garlands in a gilded arch. To the right, an older man with white hair and beard wears a mustard-yellow shawl. A dark curtain and a small emblem hang on the back wall. Appearance cues for the orange-robed figure are limited, so identity is uncertain.

A photograph of a temple worship scene inside a small shrine. In the foreground, a shaved-headed priest in a white dhoti with a pink and green striped cloth and a gold chain holds a brass plate with a lit oil lamp, an aarti offering. Facing him, a person with long dark hair and an orange robe stands with palms pressed together and head bowed in reverence. Two other people in orange robes are partly visible at left, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a sacred thread stands behind the priest near a decorated deity murti garlanded with flowers at upper right. The shrine walls are pale blue and red-and-white striped.

A photograph inside a temple hall of a decorated golden palanquin carrying a small metal deity murti garlanded with white jasmine and red flower garlands, with a red and gold canopy overhead. A bare-chested priest in an orange-and-gold dhoti stands at left with hands folded. At right, a bare-shouldered man in orange robes with gold necklaces and bangles stands with palms pressed together, while a man in a white shirt watches beside him. An elderly person's bald head is in the foreground at lower left. Stone pillars frame the scene and petals lie on the floor.

A photograph of a temple abhishekam at night under a thatched and tented canopy. A man in a long saffron-orange robe with long swept-back hair and a pink flower garland stands on a stone floor pouring liquid from a metal vessel onto a silver deity murti draped in white cloth and yellow-orange marigold garlands. A young man in saffron clothing with a sandalwood tilak and gold chain holds a brass lamp with a bright flame and a plate of offerings. Around them devotees in white dhotis and shirts, some holding brass pots overhead, stand with hands folded. A small red-roofed shrine model sits in the foreground beside the murti.

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October 15 2008

2008-10-15 +1 copies

May 21 2012

A photograph inside a small shrine doorway decorated with yellow and white flower garlands and a blue backdrop. A priest in a green shirt and yellow dhoti stands at the threshold, facing the inner sanctum where a deity murti in orange garments sits amid flowers and brass offerings. To the left, a man in a white dhoti with a green-and-gold border stands watching. On the right, a person in an orange robe with long dark hair sits cross-legged on the floor beside the doorway, hands resting in lap, while an older man in white with a green border stands at the right edge. White tiled walls and a carved wooden door frame the scene.

December 20 2009

Night-time puja under a corrugated roof at an ashram shrine. A gilded golden doorway and gilded lion-guardian pillars frame a silver peetha holding a deity murti decorated with multicoloured floral garlands. Four people stand in prayer: two in saffron-orange dhoti-style robes with white sacred ash markings on their bare bodies, one shaven-headed with a tonsured look, and two men in the background with folded hands, one bare-chested with rudraksha beads and white ash, the other in glasses and a white shirt. Blue and green painted serpent-like decorations lie at the base of the shrine, and a brass oil lamp burns on a stand. Strings of coloured lights hang overhead.

A photograph of a temple doorway with peeling grey walls and brass bells hanging on a wooden lattice. A bare-chested priest in a white dhoti with a red-and-green waistband lifts a folded orange cloth over the head of a figure draped in an orange garment with a yellow-and-white border, wearing a red-topped headdress decorated with white flowers, yellow marigolds and green leaves, while a man in white ritual clothes with a rudraksha mala stands beside them. A blue cloth with gold trim hangs on the left. Several people are partially visible in the foreground and left edge.

2016-11-11 +2 copies

December 30 2008