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A photograph inside a crowded, dim stone shrine with carved pillars and arches. A large brass lamp with a bright flame stands in the foreground, with a tall black stand bearing Devanagari lettering. Behind it, a deity murti is garlanded with marigolds and green leaves. A person in a saffron-orange garment with long dark hair and a white cloth on the forehead holds up a green-and-gold vessel toward the lamp. A shaved-headed man in the lower left wears white and orange, and several devotees fill the background, some with red or white tilak marks.

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Photograph inside a dim stone shrine where a man in a white t-shirt holds up a lit oil lamp toward a deity murti heavily decorated with white and orange marigold garlands and green leaf garlands. Beside him a priest in saffron-orange dhoti with a red-and-white headband and a beaded necklace holds a brass vessel near the murti. Behind them other devotees in white and orange crowd the doorway, and ornately carved marble arches and a carved inscription frame the shrine.Crowded interior of a stone shrine in a temple. A carved marble niche holds a deity murti, a white stone figure decorated with a wreath of white and orange flowers, green leaves and a garland. A brass oil lamp with a bright flame sits in front. Around it, several shaved-headed priests in white dhotis and bare upper bodies, some wearing rudraksha malas and white sacred markings on the forehead, crowd close, reaching toward the shrine. A man in an orange cloth and white shirt stands at left with a red shawl. A carved inscription in Devanagari script runs across the top of the shrine wall.Photograph inside a dim stone temple passage at Kanjanur, showing a lingam shrine lit by many oil lamps, with a golden nandi figure at its base. Several devotees in orange and saffron robes stand near the shrine. The nearest figure has a shaved head and orange cloth draped over the shoulder and wears gold ornaments. Beside him a woman in a red-brown sari with a pink flower garland looks toward the shrine, one hand raised. On the right a person in white dhoti is partly visible near a gold-covered pillar. Oil lamps and a hanging light illuminate the arched doorway.2012-05-16 +1 copiesJune 02 20122012-06-02November 04 20102010-11-04A dimly lit stone temple interior with carved stone walls. A shirtless priest in a white dhoti with a yellow border holds a brass tray with a lit oil lamp and offerings while bowing toward a dark shrine niche. A woman with hair pulled back and beaded necklaces, wearing a blue garment, stands with hands folded beside him. On the right, a bald elderly man with a rudraksha bead necklace wears a white flower garland and a red garland and gold earrings, his hands held together in prayer. Another woman with beaded jewellery stands at left. A small black deity murti sits in the niche.2012-05-18Photo inside a stone shrine in a temple niche. A priest in white clothing with an orange shawl holds a brass aarti lamp with a bright flame toward a deity murti, a silver-faced idol draped in a red and gold cloth and wrapped in a thick garland of green leaves, white flowers and orange marigolds. Behind him an attendant in saffron-orange robes stands by a brass railing. At left, a person with dark curly hair and a gold bangle reaches forward with hands joined in reverence. A second white-clad attendant is at the right edge. The black base of the murti bears carved Devanagari lettering.Photograph inside a temple shrine decorated with orange and yellow marigold garlands hanging on the walls. In the foreground, a man in an orange turban, orange robe and red-pink flower garland stands at the center, facing right toward the shrine. Beside him, a bare-chested priest in white dhoti and a rudraksha mala performs puja at a silver-framed deity murti, holding a tall silver lamp with several burning flames. Devotees with hair in buns crowd the frame, one holding a small oil lamp, and a man in a white shirt stands in the background near a brass hanging lamp.2009-11-30Interior of a temple shrine with a silver-framed niche holding a deity murti draped in marigold and rose garlands. In the foreground a man in an orange-saffron shawl and bare upper body, with a rudraksha-style bracelet on his wrist, stands with hands together and faces the deity. Beside him stand other men, one in a white shirt with a red shawl and one bald man in orange, and a man behind a brass lamp with a lit flame. A large brass pot of offerings and a metal railing sit in front.2015-05-09Interior of a dim stone shrine with a plastered wall and lit oil lamps at right. A bare-chested priest in a yellow dhoti bends over a black stone lingam, pouring or offering over it, with a garland draped on the lingam. Behind him stand several people in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas; one figure at the left holds his hands raised above his head, wearing a green and gold shawl, flower garland and gold armlets. A white-clad figure is in the lower left foreground. Printed red temple-motif cards stand against the wall. Four or five people are visible in the room.2012-05-18 +1 copiesNight ritual inside a temple hall beside a fire pit where a flame rises from a pile of coconut halves and offerings. In the foreground a shaven-headed man in an orange-saffron cloth and a garland of yellow and white flowers holds his hands over the fire near another man's head, who is also shaven and garlanded. Behind them a bald man in a white dhoti with a rudraksha mala and flower garland looks upward. Several onlookers in dark and white clothing stand around, and a bright tube light and stone pillars frame the scene.2011-11-29A photograph inside a temple sanctum of a silver-framed deity murti, its face and head heavily garlanded with marigolds and white flowers, set before a purple cloth backdrop. A brass pot with a long spout and a lit oil lamp stand in the foreground. On the right, a man with a shaved head, yellow tilak and saffron-orange cloth draped over his shoulders holds a silver tray of rose petals, and a man beside him wears a dark rudraksha-style mala and a white shirt. Several other men in orange, red and white clothing crowd around, one in a red shirt holding a white plastic bag, and a devotee in a dark shirt leans in at the centre. Silver pillars and carved walls frame the scene.2014-05-19