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A photo inside a small temple with vermilion-red pillars and a black-and-white checkered marble floor. A large copper-toned bell hangs from the ceiling, and a round wall clock is mounted on the back wall beside framed deity pictures. In the shrine niche, a priest in white sits before an ornate image, with lamps and offerings on a low table. In the foreground, a figure with long dark wavy hair wears a leopard-print shawl and a marigold garland, facing the shrine. An older man in white stands to the left, and a man in grey hair and an orange shawl stands at the right edge holding a small cup.

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A photograph inside a red-pillared temple courtyard with a black-and-white checkered marble floor. In the foreground, a figure with long dark wavy hair wears a leopard-print shawl over a yellow marigold garland, seen from behind. Other men stand nearby, one in white and another in an orange shawl. A large red-orange temple bell hangs from the ceiling, and a wall clock and framed deity images decorate the shrine area. A small priest in white sits before a deity murti in a niche, with lamps and incense sticks nearby. The walls and columns are painted vermilion.Interior of a red-painted temple gateway with ornately carved orange-red pillars and arches. A large hanging bronze temple bell is suspended in the centre, and tridents with marigold garlands stand on either side. Framed deity pictures hang on the dark walls beside a wall clock. Several devotees stand and move through the entrance, including a man in a white kurta near the doorway, a man in a striped shirt, and a man in a light shirt with glasses at the right edge. Hands with bangles and garlands are visible at the lower left.2014-05-19May 19 20142014-05-19A red-walled temple interior with a checkerboard black-and-white marble floor and a shrine niche holding a deity murti decorated with a garland, with brass lamps hanging at left. A sadhu in orange-red robes with an orange marigold garland stands in profile at right, facing the shrine and holding a staff. Clock, framed pictures and hanging garlands decorate the walls, and a seated man in a light shirt sits at left.2014-01-30A temple interior with bright red walls and pillars, a black-and-white checkered marble floor, and a shrine niche holding a deity murti framed by a gold arch. A bare-chested man with a short bun and a long orange marigold garland stands at right, wearing a reddish-brown wrap, looking up toward the shrine. Oil lamps and framed pictures hang on the walls, and rose petals are scattered on the floor. A flower-garlanded figure stands in the foreground among the devotional setting. The man is a devotee or priest, and his identity is not established from appearance.2014-01-30Interior of a temple with red-painted carved pillars and a black-and-white checkered marble floor. A man with a shaved-headed hairstyle wearing a bright orange-yellow marigold garland and a saffron cloth over his bare shoulder stands at right with palms pressed together in prayer, facing a shrine. The shrine holds a deity murti decorated in red and gold, with brass oil lamps and a kalasha-style vessel in front. Wall clock, framed pictures and hanging brass lamps are visible. Red flowers lie on the floor near the pillar base.2014-01-30A dim, red-walled temple interior in Varanasi with hanging brass bells and warm bulbs. At centre, a man with long hair wears a red shawl, a rudraksha mala and a dark patterned wrap, and holds a tall ceremonial staff topped with a trident; he appears to be Swamiji (probable) on the basis of the rudraksha mala, long hair and ornate dress. Around him a woman in white with a red shawl and several men in white dhotis and striped shirts stand among devotees pressing forward, some with folded hands, while a figure in red clothing stands at right. The scene shows darshan at a shrine during a temple visit.2014-05-19April 05 20142014-04-05A photograph inside a red-painted temple interior with a checkered marble floor. A monk in a red-orange robe walks down the aisle beside a white-clad figure, passing along a white marble wall carved with Devanagari inscriptions. At right, a man in a white shirt bends over a red-railed shrine area where a deity murti is visible beneath red arches, with oil lamps burning and flower offerings on the floor. Several other people in white and saffron stand in the background near the shrine.2014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05April 05 20142014-04-05A photograph inside a narrow temple corridor with bright orange-red painted pillars and walls. A man with long dark hair, wearing a maroon-red shawl, a dark rudraksha-style bead necklace and a leopard-print garment, stands at centre gesturing with one raised hand while people gather around him. Beside him a bald man in saffron-orange robes with a yellow floral garland and yellow sandal marks on his forehead and chest stands close. A woman in white with a red shawl stands at left near a wall clock and a framed deity picture with marigold garland. A young man in a pink-orange shirt holds a yellow flower garland at right. Devotees in white and red, some sitting, fill the foreground. Trishula tridents hang on the right wall, and a small framed image of a deity hangs on the black wall at left.2014-05-19